Ilid Jones

Oboe / Cor anglais / Bass Oboe / Recorder

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Performing Experience:

Orchestral:
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra

Cor Anglais Trial
  • Scottish Ballet Orchestra

Principal Oboe Trial
  • RTE National Symphony Orchestra

Principal Oboe Trial
  • Northern Sinfonia

Principal Oboe Trial
  • BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Sub-Principal Oboe Trial
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra

Sub-Principal Oboe Trial
  • BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Sub-Principal Oboe Trial
  • Birmingham Royal Ballet

Cor Anglais Trial

 

 
  • London Symphony Orchestra                        
  • BBC Philharmonic Orchestra                        
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra                       
  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra       
  • BBC National Orchestra of Wales                
  • Halle Orchestra                      
  • Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra  
  • London Mozart Players         
  • Royal Scottish National Orchestra                
  • Britten Sinfonia                                             
  • English National Ballet                                  
  • New Queens Hall Orchestra                          
  • Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra                     
  • Glyndebourne Touring Opera                        
  • Scottish Ensemble                                          
  • Irish Chamber Orchestra                                
  • Welsh Chamber Orchestra                             
  • London Concert Orchestra                            
  • London Session Orchestra                             
  • London Soloists Chamber Orchestra             
  • English Symphony Orchestra                        
  • Sound Collective                                           
  • Brunel Ensemble                                            
  • Sinfonia Cymru                                              
  • European Union Youth Orchestra                 

 

  • Orchestra d’ Academie Lyrique d’Aix en Provence 2000 under Pierre Boulez
  • Orchester Attergau Training Course under the Vienna Philharmonic

 

 

 

Shows / Commercial:

  • Carousel
  • Wicked
  • Sound of Music                                             
  • Miss Saigon
  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  • Royal Variety Performance 2005
  • Divine Comedy – Victory for the Comic Muse

 

Solo / Chamber:

  • VaughanWilliams Concerto with London Soloists Chamber Orchestra at Purcell Room 2006
  • Strauss Oboe Concerto with London Soloists Chamber Orchestra at Cadogan Hall 2005
  • Mozart Oboe Concerto with Sinfonia Cymru (Carlo Rizzi) 2005
  • Willam Mathias Oboe Concerto with St David’s Chamber Orchestra  2002 & 2005
  • Willam Mathias Oboe Concerto with Welsh Chamber Orchestra 2005
  • Cimarosa Oboe Concerto with Welsh Chamber Orchestra 2004
  • Mozart Oboe Concerto with Welsh Chamber Orchestra 2001
  • Brandenburg Concertos 2 and 4 with Welsh Chamber Orchestra 2001
  • William Mathis Oboe Concerto with RCM String Orchestra 1997
  • Brandenburg Concerto 4 at Wigmore Hall with RCM Chamber Orchestra 1996

 

  • Solo Recitals at St Martin in the Fields, St David’s Hall, Cheltenham, North Wales, Conwy, Llandudno & Criccieth Festivals, for Blackheath Halls Young Artists Scheme and Leeds International Concert Series.

 

  • The Thorne Trio – Recitals at numerous music clubs and festivals
  • Winners of the Philharmonia Orchestra/Martin Music Award
  • Winners of Anglo-Czechslovak Music Competition

 

Awards and Prizes:

  • Winner of Kenneth Loveland Gift 2003
  • Winner of Grace Williams Memorial Award 2002
  • Winner of Harriet Cohen Memorial Award 2001
  • Winner of RCM Tagore Gold Medal 2000
  • Finalist in LASMO Staffa Award 1999
  • Semi-finalist in BBC Radio 2 Young Musician Competition 1998
  • Winner of RCM Joy Boughton Senior Oboe Prize 1998
  • Winner of Young Musician of Wales 1998
  • Semi-finalist in Shell/LSO Woodwind Scholarship 1997
  • Winner of Llangollen International Young Instrumentalist Competition 1997
  • Winner of Texaco Young Musician of Wales 1991
  • Winner of Instrumental Blue Ribbands at Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales 1987-97

 

Education / Professors 

 

  • BMus 1st Class Honours at the Royal College of Music (1994-1998)
  • PG Diplomas with Distinction at the Royal College of Music (1998-2000)
  • Michael Winfield, John Anderson, Christopher Cowie, Sarah Francis, Sonia Wrangham,  Maurice Bourgue.

 

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