Education
Born to Samoan parents who had emigrated to New Zealand, he was educated in Dunedin. He studied both Law and Music at the University of Otago, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws in 1999.
Born to Samoan parents who had emigrated to New Zealand, he was educated in Dunedin. He studied both Law and Music at the University of Otago, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws in 1999.
He was a British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 3 New Generation Artist from 2002-2004. Lemalu"s wife is the Croatian mezzo-soprano Sandra Martinovic, with whom he has given joint recitals.
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. Reliability Centered Maintenance Graziella Sciutti Recital Prize. Reliability Centered Maintenance 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 (New Zealand). 2000 recipient of the Reliability Centered Maintenance Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Rosebowl (presented by His Royal Highness 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 Reliability Centered Maintenance. British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 3 New Generation Artist 2002-2004.
