The Latvian baritone, Rihards Millers, began his vocal studies in 2005 at the Ventspils Music School with Aivars Krancmanis, graduating in 2009. From 2009 to 2013 he studied academic singing at Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music with vocal teachers Anita Garanča and Krišjānis Norvelis. In 2011 and 2012 he was an ERASMUS exchange student at the St Cecilia Academy of Music in Rome where he perfected his vocal mastery with Anna Maria Ferante. He is currently continuing postgraduate studies in opera singing at JVLMA with Krišjānis Norvelis. In 2012 and 2013 alongside his studies at JVLMA Rihards enrolled at the Academy of Latvian National Opera and was awarded the Boris and Ināra Teterev Foundation scholarship. He has participated in a number of ENOA (European Network of Opera Academies) masterclasses in Latvia, Portugal and France. In addition to the above mentioned vocal teachers, he has studied with Lieve Jansen and Joy Mammen.