16-year-old Countertenor from Melbourne

Anderson Mokyiu

Bio
Anderson Mokyiu is a 16-year-old countertenor from Melbourne, known for his expressive tone and stage presence. He began singing at the age of six and quickly developed a passion for performance through his early choral work. At eleven, he was appointed Head Chorister at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne, by the Dean, marking the beginning of a rapidly advancing vocal career.  In 2025, Anderson achieved Honours in the AMEB Certificate of Performance in Classical Singing. He was selected as a finalist in the prestigious National Baroque Competition and was invited to perform at the Ringwood Eisteddfod Gala Concert, celebrating standout performers across various categories. Anderson went on to win first place in the International American Protégé Vocal Competition (Under 17 Open Aria category), earning him an invitation to perform at the world-renowned Carnegie Hall in New York City.
2025 Vocal Awards/Major Prize
American Protégé International Vocal Competition Under 17 Open Aria First Place Winner 7 News Young Achiever Awards nominees and certificate of achievement The 71st Annual Ringwood Eisteddfod Light Opera, Gilbert & Sullivan Under 17 1st Prize Winner The 71st Annual Ringwood Eisteddfod Classical Vocal Under 16 1st Prize Winner The 71st Annual Ringwood Eisteddfod Acoustic Guitar Under 16 1st Prize Winner
2024 Vocal Awards/Major Prize
AMEB Gold Award 2024 Boroondara Youth Awards Finalist 45th Mildura Eisteddfod Florence Giddings Novice Aria Award 45th Mildura Eisteddfod John Irwin Legal Classical Vocal Scholarship 2024 The Classical Voice Singing Competition Novice Aria Award 2024 The Classical Singing Competition Max Riebl Early Music Memorial Award 2024 The Music Society Ron McNicol Vocal Award 2024 Monash Music Festival Jennifer Boyle Memorial Award 2024 Royal South Street The Nicholas McMahon Prize for the best boy soprano 2024 The Lion's Club Traralgon Vocal Award
2024 Achievements with 1st place distinctions:
2024 The Classical Singing Competition Year 9-12 Novice Aria Solo 2024 La Trobe Valley Eisteddfod Under 19 Art Song Solo 2024 La Trobe Valley Eisteddfod Under 19 Sacred Solo 2024 La Trobe Valley Eisteddfod Under 16 Vocal Solo 2024 The Music Society of Victoria 18 years and under Vocal Solo 2024 Monash Music Festival 15-18 Years Vocal Solo 45th Mildura Eisteddfod 15 years and over Novice Aria Solo 45th Mildura Eisteddfod 15 & 16 years Classical Solo 45th Mildura Eisteddfod 15 & 16 years Classical Religious Solo 70th Ringwood Eisteddfod 14 years and under Classical Solo 69th Eisteddfod by the bay 13-14 Classical Vocal Solo
2023 Vocal Awards/Major Prize
2023 The Classical Singing Competition Max Riebl Early Music Memorial Award 46th Geelong Annual Eisteddfod The Ida Esler Memorial Encouragement Award (Best male voice under 25) 2023 Royal South Street Eisteddfod The Marjorie Davies Encouragement Award (Best male voice under 14) The 41st National Liederfest Secondary Student section - Best diction and understanding of the German language
2023 Achievements with 1st place distinctions:
The 2023 Classical Voice Singing Competition Year 7 & 8 Solo 46th Geelong Annual Eisteddfod under 16 Classical Vocal Solo 46th Geelong Annual Eisteddfod under 15 Sacred or Spiritual Vocal Solo 2023 Monash Youth Music Festival under 14 Vocal Solo 2023 Royal South Street Eisteddfod under 14 Classical Vocal Solo 68th Eisteddfod by the Bay 13-14 Classical Vocal Solo
2022 Vocal Awards/Major Prize
The 40th National Liederfest Secondary Student section - Best diction and understanding of the German language
Up Coming Performance
St Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church, Blackburn South 18 October 2025 6pm Mass
Past Performance
"La Boheme-Melbourne Opera , Chorus, July, 2025" "La Boheme-Melbourne Opera , Children's Chorus- October, 2025" "Dido and Aeneas-Chorus, Sep, 2024" "Opera Box-Victorian Opera-Principal role: God of Comedy May, 2024" "Tosca-Opera Australia-Children's Ensemble, May, 2024" "Amahl and The Night Visitors - Principal role: Amahl November, 2023" "The Talent 3MBS Melbourne 103.5FM - Episode 4: 28/03/2023" "A Christmas Carol - Victorian Opera - Young Scrooge and Tiny Tim, December 2022" "Il Mago di Oz - Victorian Opera - Children's Chorus, August 2022" "Mefistofele in concert - Opera Australia - Children's Ensemble, May 2022"
Anderson performs:
Caldara: Sebben, crudele A.Mozart: Komm, Liebe Zither Franck: Panis Angelicus Mahler: Fruhlingsmorgen Heagney: Poppies With associate artist Isaac Mouskovias