Ouri studied and worked as staff accompanist at the Conservatoire of Lausanne (Switzerland). He then moved to London, where he studied at the Royal College of Music (with Roger Vignoles, John Blakely and John Constable) and at the National Opera Studio (supported by the Friends of Covent Garden, a Nelly Gronen Bursary and John Wates). During his time at the RCM, Ouri played for all the main vocal masterclasses and won the accompanist prizes of the English Song and Lies Askonas competitions.
Ouri then worked as repetiteur (trainee) at the English National Opera. Since then, he works as free-lance accompanist and vocal coach. Ouri recently worked with companies such as the English National Opera, Royal Opera House, European Opera Centre, English Touring Opera, Royal College of Music Opera, and Classical Opera Company. He also worked for the Bregenzer Festspiele and for the academy in the festival of Aix-en-Provence.
Future projects include “Cavalleria Rusticana” (Mascagni), “Pagliacci” (Leoncavallo), “The Barber of Seville” (Rossini) and “Aida” (Verdi) for ENO, “Pélleas et Mélisande” for Independent Opera and “Into the little Hill” (George Benjamin) for Opera Group.
2004 – 2008 | Free-lance repetiteur for various opera companies, including the English National Opera, Royal Opera House, European Opera Centre, Bregenzer Festspiele, Royal College of Music Opera, English Touring Opera, Classical Opera Company |
2008 | Vocal coach for of Aix-en-Provence Festival’s Mozart Academy |
2000 - 2004 | Staff accompanist in Lausanne’s Conservatoire (Switzerland) |
English National Opera, Sep-Oct 2008 | “Cavalleria Rusticana” (Mascagni), “Pagliacci” (Leoncavallo), “The Barber of Seville” (Rossini) and “Aida” (Verdi) with English National Opera |
Independent Opera, Oct-Nov 2008 | “Pelléas et Mélisande” (Debussy) – repetiteur and assistant conductor |
Opera Group, Jan- Feb 2009 | “Into the little Hill” (George Benjamin) |
December 2007 | Assistant conductor on “Emilia di Liverpool”, European Opera Centre |
April 2007 | Off-stage conducting in “Owen Wingrave” (Britten) at the Royal Opera House (Covent Garden) |
2006-2007 | Conducting lessons with Neil Thomson at the RCM |
2006 - 2007 | Repetiteur course at the National Opera Studio, London |
2004 - 2006 | Student at the Royal College of Music, postgraduate studies in accompaniment (2004-05) and opera repetiteur (2005-06) |
1997 - 2000 | Accompaniment and solo piano studies at Lausanne’s Conservatoire (Switzerland) |
2006-2007 | Studies supported by “The Friends of Covent Garden”, “Swiss Global Artistic Foundation” and John Wates |
May 2006 | Titanic Memoriam prize at the “Lies Askonas” competition |
January 2006 | “Denereaz” and “Nicati de-Luze” scholarships in Switzerland |
March 2006 | Accompanist prize at the RCM English Song Competition |