Countertenor
Darius Latham-Koenig is a British freelance countertenor, singing regularly in the choirs of St. Paul's Cathedral, St Clement Danes (RAF), and Royal Hospital Chelsea, amongst others, as well as in prestigious vocal ensembles such as the Gabrieli Consort and La Nuova Musica.
Darius started singing aged 7 as a treble member of the Westminster Boys' Choir; highlights included Berlioz's L'Enfance du Christ at Cadogan Hall with the English Chamber Orchestra, and Orff's Carmina Burana at the Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte in Montepulciano, in addition to international tours in America and China. After developing his voice at Westminster School, Darius was awarded a Choral Scholarship with Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford in 2016 whilst reading for a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Since 2019, Darius has combined further academic study alongside a burgeoning criminal law practice with a busy freelance singing schedule. He studies with David Clegg.
His highlights as a step-out soloist include Bernstein's Chichester Psalms with the Parliament Choir, directed by Simon Over, various projects with Christ Church Cathedral Choir, as well as Bach's Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Sagen with St James' Baroque, directed by James O'Donnell. Oratorio appearances have included Purcell's Dido and Aeneas at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall with David Bates and La Nuova Music, Handel's Messiah at KKL Lucerne, Tonhalle Zurich, and Theater an der Wien with Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort, Handel's Messiah at St. George's Hanover Square with Adrian Butterfield and the London Handel Orchestra, Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem with Stephen Layton and the Holst Singers, Goodall's Invictus: A Passion at West Green House Opera with Howard Ionascu, Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb at Royal Opera House Oman with Christ Church and the Novaya Opera Orchestra, Handel's The Choice of Hercules and Dettingen Te Deum at the Gottingen International Handel Festival with Christ Church and FestspielOrchester Gottingen, directed by Laurence Cummings, and Henze's Moralities with Christ Church, directed by Prof. Stephen Darlington.
Darius has begun to develop a varied discography, featuring Bach's Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Sagen with the Westminster School Chamber Choir (2015), The Eton Choirbook Vol. V: The Gate of Glory with Darlington and Christ Church (2017), the world premiere recording of Goodall's Invictus: A Passion with Darlington and Christ Church (2018), a live recording of Handel's The Choice of Hercules and Dettingen Te Deum with Cummings and Christ Church (2019), and Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius with McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort (2024) which won a Gramophone Classical Music Award 2024.
Pianist
Darius has developed a varied musical career to date, encompassing performances as a solo pianist, accompanist and keyboardist. Born in London, he received his first piano lessons at the age of four and later won several regional junior piano competitions. Since 2022, he has combined his multi-faceted career as a criminal defence lawyer and writer with a busy freelance piano and singing schedule.
His highlights as a piano soloist include recitals at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and private salon performances. His varied work as an accompanist spans a continuo performance on harpsichord of Bach's Double Violin Concerto at the Barbican, ad hoc organ performances at Westminster Abbey, Ognissanti Church in Florence, Oratoire du Louvre in Paris and Chelsea Old Church, and assisting 20th-century chamber groups. Darius has additionally acted as repetiteur for the MusicFest Aberystwyth, a revival of the National Theatre's London Road musical in Oxford, and Verdi's La Traviata at Rhodes House. Recent appearances have included several recitals with Sofia Kirwan-Baez, examining the work of Richard Strauss and Olivier Messiaen (amongst others) at St. Paul's Knightsbridge and St. Clement Danes (RAF), alongside a masterclass with Sir Stephen Hough at Kings Place as part of the London Piano Festival 2025.
Darius was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Schools of Music in Piano Performance in 2022, focusing on Schubert's Piano Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960 alongside an original essay titled "Linking late Schubert: an exploration of musical narration and structure in the context of memory and transcendence". Future plans include a recording of two-piano works by Mozart and Barber, a programme exploring the canon of variations for solo piano, a performance of Strauss' melodrama Enoch Arden, as well as further recitals at St. Paul's Knightsbridge, St. Stephen's Gloucester Road and St. George's Hanover Square respectively in 2026-27. He continues to study the piano with Katya Apekisheva and Charles Owen.
Writer
Darius writes on a variety of subjects, encompassing arts criticism, current affairs, and general political opinion pieces. His range of output is partly due to his diverse though interrelated academic interests in politics, international relations, and law, alongside his professional music career.
After serving as an assistant editor to The Elizabethan at Westminster School and founding its first ever music magazine The Pink Note, Darius was a freelance contributor to The Oxford Student whilst at Oxford. After completing a MSc distinction-level dissertation titled "Norm Contestation and the Practice Turn: The Responsibility to Protect in light of Kosovo and Libya", followed by an LLM distinction-level dissertation titled "", Darius is a freelance writer and epistolarian with a number of articles on classical music, energy politics and criminal law forthcoming. His work has been featured in The Times, The Spectator, CityAM, The Daily Star, The Global Legal Post, and The Solicitors Journal.
Previously published on Instagram under the account 'Albums_in_stone', Darius has written over 30 reviews of CDs, ranging from opera to jazz.
In late 2022, Darius launched his itinerant column project 'Ashley'.
Darius Latham-Koenig is a British freelance countertenor, singing regularly in the choirs of St. Paul's Cathedral, St Clement Danes (RAF), and Royal Hospital Chelsea, amongst others, as well as in prestigious vocal ensembles such as the Gabrieli Consort and La Nuova Musica.
Darius started singing aged 7 as a treble member of the Westminster Boys' Choir; highlights included Berlioz's L'Enfance du Christ at Cadogan Hall with the English Chamber Orchestra, and Orff's Carmina Burana at the Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte in Montepulciano, in addition to international tours in America and China. After developing his voice at Westminster School, Darius was awarded a Choral Scholarship with Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford in 2016 whilst reading for a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Since 2019, Darius has combined further academic study alongside a burgeoning criminal law practice with a busy freelance singing schedule. He studies with David Clegg.
His highlights as a step-out soloist include Bernstein's Chichester Psalms with the Parliament Choir, directed by Simon Over, various projects with Christ Church Cathedral Choir, as well as Bach's Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Sagen with St James' Baroque, directed by James O'Donnell. Oratorio appearances have included Purcell's Dido and Aeneas at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall with David Bates and La Nuova Music, Handel's Messiah at KKL Lucerne, Tonhalle Zurich, and Theater an der Wien with Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort, Handel's Messiah at St. George's Hanover Square with Adrian Butterfield and the London Handel Orchestra, Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem with Stephen Layton and the Holst Singers, Goodall's Invictus: A Passion at West Green House Opera with Howard Ionascu, Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb at Royal Opera House Oman with Christ Church and the Novaya Opera Orchestra, Handel's The Choice of Hercules and Dettingen Te Deum at the Gottingen International Handel Festival with Christ Church and FestspielOrchester Gottingen, directed by Laurence Cummings, and Henze's Moralities with Christ Church, directed by Prof. Stephen Darlington.
Darius has begun to develop a varied discography, featuring Bach's Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Sagen with the Westminster School Chamber Choir (2015), The Eton Choirbook Vol. V: The Gate of Glory with Darlington and Christ Church (2017), the world premiere recording of Goodall's Invictus: A Passion with Darlington and Christ Church (2018), a live recording of Handel's The Choice of Hercules and Dettingen Te Deum with Cummings and Christ Church (2019), and Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius with McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort (2024) which won a Gramophone Classical Music Award 2024.
Pianist
Darius has developed a varied musical career to date, encompassing performances as a solo pianist, accompanist and keyboardist. Born in London, he received his first piano lessons at the age of four and later won several regional junior piano competitions. Since 2022, he has combined his multi-faceted career as a criminal defence lawyer and writer with a busy freelance piano and singing schedule.
His highlights as a piano soloist include recitals at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and private salon performances. His varied work as an accompanist spans a continuo performance on harpsichord of Bach's Double Violin Concerto at the Barbican, ad hoc organ performances at Westminster Abbey, Ognissanti Church in Florence, Oratoire du Louvre in Paris and Chelsea Old Church, and assisting 20th-century chamber groups. Darius has additionally acted as repetiteur for the MusicFest Aberystwyth, a revival of the National Theatre's London Road musical in Oxford, and Verdi's La Traviata at Rhodes House. Recent appearances have included several recitals with Sofia Kirwan-Baez, examining the work of Richard Strauss and Olivier Messiaen (amongst others) at St. Paul's Knightsbridge and St. Clement Danes (RAF), alongside a masterclass with Sir Stephen Hough at Kings Place as part of the London Piano Festival 2025.
Darius was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Schools of Music in Piano Performance in 2022, focusing on Schubert's Piano Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960 alongside an original essay titled "Linking late Schubert: an exploration of musical narration and structure in the context of memory and transcendence". Future plans include a recording of two-piano works by Mozart and Barber, a programme exploring the canon of variations for solo piano, a performance of Strauss' melodrama Enoch Arden, as well as further recitals at St. Paul's Knightsbridge, St. Stephen's Gloucester Road and St. George's Hanover Square respectively in 2026-27. He continues to study the piano with Katya Apekisheva and Charles Owen.
Writer
Darius writes on a variety of subjects, encompassing arts criticism, current affairs, and general political opinion pieces. His range of output is partly due to his diverse though interrelated academic interests in politics, international relations, and law, alongside his professional music career.
After serving as an assistant editor to The Elizabethan at Westminster School and founding its first ever music magazine The Pink Note, Darius was a freelance contributor to The Oxford Student whilst at Oxford. After completing a MSc distinction-level dissertation titled "Norm Contestation and the Practice Turn: The Responsibility to Protect in light of Kosovo and Libya", followed by an LLM distinction-level dissertation titled "", Darius is a freelance writer and epistolarian with a number of articles on classical music, energy politics and criminal law forthcoming. His work has been featured in The Times, The Spectator, CityAM, The Daily Star, The Global Legal Post, and The Solicitors Journal.
Previously published on Instagram under the account 'Albums_in_stone', Darius has written over 30 reviews of CDs, ranging from opera to jazz.
In late 2022, Darius launched his itinerant column project 'Ashley'.