Richard Russell

Clarinet ¨ Bass Clarinet ¨ Eb Clarinet

Email: richardarussell@hotmail.com

 

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ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE:

  • London Philharmonic Orchestra (2nd; 3rd; bass; Eb)
  • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (2nd; bass)
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Concert Orchestra (2nd; bass)
  • Northern Sinfonia (2nd)
  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (clarinet; bass)
  • BBC Philharmonic (clarinet; bass)
  • Aurora Orchestra (2nd)
  • Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra (bass)
  • Second Movement Opera (Principal)
  • English National Orchestra (2nd; bass)
  • Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra (Principal)
  • City Side Sinfonia (Principal)
  • Southbank Sinfonia (Member, Co-Principal Clarinet 2006)
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra “Future Firsts” (2005-06)

Extra Lists:                       

  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

 

SOLO AND CHAMBER MUSIC:

  • Mozart Clarinet Concerto: 

Koster Chamber Music Festival, Sweden

James Allen’s Community Orchestra¨Lewes Concert Orchestra¨Southbank Sinfonia

  • Weber Concerto no. 2: Oadby & Wigston Civic Orchestra
  • Guest Soloist, Southampton University Wind Orchestra (Premiering 3 new concertos)
  • Wigmore Hall: Guildhall Gold  & Southbank Sinfonia Showcase
  • Purcell Room: LPO Future Firsts
  • Paxos International Music Festival
  • Jerwood Hall, St Luke’s: LSO Discovery Series
  • Liquid Architecture: Chelsea Schubertfest; Schubert Institute UK; various recitals
  • BBC Proms Composer Portrait Series
  • Recitals : St Martin-in-the-Fields; Royal Opera House, Crush Room; Regent Hall; Wooburn Festival; Epping Music Society; Oxford Lieder Song Evenings.

 

EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH EXPERIENCE:

Philharmonia Education ¨ London Philharmonic Orchestra Education

 

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS:

Tunnell Trust Award Winner 2008 (Liquid Architecture) ¨

Philip & Dorothy Green Young Concert Artists Awards: Recommended Artist ¨

Countess of Munster Musical Trust ¨ Sir James Caird Travelling Scholarships ¨ GSMD Entrance Scholarship ¨ RNCM Muriel Berry Award: Winner ¨ RNCM Granada Prize for Chamber Music:  2nd & Audience Prizes ¨ Stevenson Scholarship to Junior RSAMD

 

EDUCATION:

  • GSMD Woodwind Fellow; MMus Performance (2003 – 2005)
  • RNCM BMus(Hons) 1st class & PPRNCM (1998 – 2002)

 

Professors: Robert Hill ¨ Barnaby Robson ¨ Andrew Webster ¨ Jenny McLaren ¨ John Stenhouse ¨ Dame Thea King ¨ John Bradbury ¨ Nicholas Cox ¨ Colin Pownall

 

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