Alexander Lingas

City St George's, University of London / St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary / Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, Cambridge, UK

Zoë Sarbanes Pappas Senior Fellow, Gennadius Library

Research Topic: A New Historical Introduction to Byzantine Chant for the Yale University Press

Alexander Lingas, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Performing Arts at City St George’s, University of London; Professor of Music at the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies (Cambridge, UK); and Professor of Music and Associate Director of the Institute of Sacred Arts at St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, New York. He is also Music Director Emeritus of Cappella Romana, the professional vocal ensemble he founded in 1991. His academic awards include Fulbright and Onassis grants for musical studies in Greece with cantor Lycourgos Angelopoulos, the British Academy’s Thank-Offering to Britain Fellowship, and research leave supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. Dr Lingas has received multiple honours for his service to Orthodox church music, including the title of Archon Mousikodidáskalos of the Great Church of Christ from Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I.

In 2023 he formed and directed the Byzantine Chant Ensemble for the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla. He was elected to a four-year term as Chair of the International Society for Orthodox Church Music in June 2025. During the 2026–27 academic year he will be working on a new historical introduction to Byzantine chant for Yale University Press.