Juliette Pochin

Juliette studied singing at Guildhall School of Music and Drama and after an initial career in opera, she came to the attention of Sony who signed her to record her solo album, Venezia which became Classic FM’s Record Of The Week.

She is a regular arranger and MD for BBC Radio 2 Piano Rooms, working with artists like Rick Astley, Suzanne Vega, Olly Murs and James Blunt etc.

She produced the world's first commercial album for Decca where the entire team (from performers through to record company execs) were all women: The Lost Women of Music.  

Juliette is also on the database of the BBC's Expert Women and produced and presented a 60 minute programme on the late Dame Vera Lynn following the success of the album Vera 100 which went to No.2 in the album charts.

As a singer, she performed with many of the UK’s leading orchestras and her career has included such diverse performances as Gerontius with the CBSO, to duetting with Meatloaf on ITV’s Popstar to Opera Star. As a recitalist Juliette has worked with Graham Johnson and Iain Burnside with whom she performs on the CD, The Sky Shall be our Roof (Gramophone magazine’s Editor’s Choice).

She gave the world premieres of Sofia Gubaidulina’s Canticle of the Sun with Mtsislav Rostropovich at the Barbican, performed for the UN, sung the national anthem at Wembley, Twickenham and the Millenium Stadiums and was the soloist for three years in the BBC’s Proms in the Park with a live TV link from Salford. She can also be heard on the soundtracks to Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and Star Wars.

She founded and continues to be the musical director of Brighton Festival Youth Choir.