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Jonathan Fa'afetai Lemalu (born 1976) is a New Zealand opera singer, of Samoan descent. Born in Dunedin, he sings in the bass baritone register.
Educated in Dunedin, Jonathan studied both Law and Music at the University of Otago, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws in 1999.
Lemalu studied at the Royal College of Music (RCM) winning the college's gold medal award in 2002, and the prestigious London based Kathleen Ferrier Award (previously won by Malvina Major in 1966) also in 2002. He was the 2004 winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society's award for Young Artist of the Year.
Awards
- 1997 Dame Sister Mary Leo Scholarship.
- 1998 New Zealand Mobil Song Quest.
- 1999 Australia's McDonald's Operatic Aria Contest at the Sydney Opera House.
- 2000 Inaugural Llangollen International Singer 2000 Competition.
- RCM Graziella Sciutti Recital Prize.
- RCM Keith Faulkner Oratorio Prize.
- 2000 LASMO Staffa Singers Prize.
- Bruce Millar/Gulliver Award for Young Opera Singers (Glasgow).
- Overall winner of the Royal Over-Seas League Competition (and Royal Over-Seas League Singers Prize, and Overseas Award).
- Richard Tauber Prize for Singers (Wigmore Hall).
- Concert FM Broadcasting Artist of the Year (NZ).
- 2000 recipient of the RCM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Rosebowl (presented by HRH Prince Charles) and NFMS Alfreda Hodgson Prize.
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Scholar.
- President Emerita Scholar, Leverhulme Trust Scholar, Tillet Trust Scholar and Singers Academy Scholar at the RCM.
- 2002/2003 BBC Young Generation Artist.