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Having met in 2000 while members of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Victoria Davies and James Turnbull formed the Elysian Ensemble. As members of the Countess of Munster Recital Scheme, Victoria and James have travelled throughout the UK giving chamber music concerts in places such as Cambridge, Leamington Spa, Highgate, Aberystwyth and Dorchester. They are currently working on a number of recital programmes and also a new CD to be released mid-2009.
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To see a sample recital programme, please click here.
From Britten to Berkeley and Bach
J.S. Bach - Sonata in G minor (BWV 1030b)
Alun Hoddinott - Bagatelles
Benjamin Britten
- 6 Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49
Michael Berkeley -
Second Still Life
Benjamin Britten - Harp Suite, Op. 83
Astor Piazzolla - From History of the Tango |
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To view Victoria's Biography, please click here.
Victoria studied the harp under Daphne Boden at the Royal College of Music Junior Department and at the Royal Academy of Music with Skaila Kanga, where her studies were generously supported by a Star Award from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, and the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund. She also read Music at Christ Church, Oxford, where she was an Academic Scholar and Instrumental Exhibitioner. While at the RAM she won the Guy McGrath Harp Prize and received the Katie Thomas Memorial Fund award, graduating in June 2005 with a Postgraduate Diploma with distinction. She was winner of the London Harp Competition in 1999 and 2001, and in 2000 was Principal Harp of the National Youth Orchestra. In 2005 she won the Harriet Cohen Award as the Oxford University nominee, against competitors from the Royal College, Glasgow, and Trinity Colleges of Music. Victoria has worked extensively with the Cathedral Choir of Christ Church, Oxford, with whom she has made 3 CDs, and gave the premiere of Howard Goodall's Winter Lullabies at SJSS in December 2006, as well as featuring on the recent recording of Goodall's Requiem. She has also performed as soloist and accompanist on BBC radio and television, including the BBC Radio 3 programme 'In Tune'. From January 2006-July 2007 Victoria was a resident harpist and teacher at the Tamnak Prathom Harp School in Bangkok, Thailand, where she gave solo and chamber performances, and toured with the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra and Opera. In February 2007 she recorded a CD of Asian and European contemporary harp duet music with the harpist Ema Mitarai, with whom she gave concerts in Japan and the UK in April 2007. Victoria is currently a participating artist in the 2007-08 and '08-09 Countess of Munster recital scheme, as soloist and with fellow ex-Christ Church and Cohen award-winner, oboist James Turnbull, with whom she will be recording a CD of contemporary works for harp and oboe in 2008. She is represented by Val Fancourt Music Management. |
As well as the following list of pieces for oboe and harp, we can offer solo pieces to use in conjunction with chamber works.
| William Alwyn |
Suite for Oboe and Harp |
| C.P.E. Bach |
Sonata in G minor (Wq135) |
| J.S. Bach |
Sonata in G minor (BWV 1020) |
| Michael Berkeley |
Second Still Life |
| Elliott Carter |
Trilogy |
| Claude Debussy |
Album of Five Pieces (arr. Jolles & Lucarelli) |
| Alun Hoddinott |
Bagatelles |
| André Jolivet |
Controversia |
| Antonio Pasculli |
Hommage á Bellini (for Cor Anglais and Harp |
| Astor Piazzolla |
From History of the Tango |
| Maurice Ravel |
Piece en forme d'Habanera |
| Robert Rønnes |
"A Spanish Night" |
| Erik Satie |
3 Gymnopédies |
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Cosmusica was formed in 2006 after both players met during their studies at the Trossingen Musikhochschule in south west Germany. Since then Cosmusica have appeared in concert in Trossingen, Tüttlingen, Freudenstadt and Rottweil.
Due to the unusual combination of instruments, Cosmusica specialises in contemporary repertoire and are currently working on several new commissions such as Bicinienenbuch by Norbert Fröhlich.
To view Teddy's biography, please click here.
Teddy Ezra was born in Israel in 1981. His first teacher Itzhak Katzap is the reason for his falling in love with the clarinet. He studied for a diploma in teaching and conducting at the IDF Orchestra College (1999-2001). He completed his Bachelor’s degree in teaching and performance in Chen Halevi’s clarinet class at the Trossingen Music Academy (2003-2006). He studied for a Master’s degree in modern instruments with Chen Halevi in Trossingen (2006-2007), and is currently completing a Master’s Degree in period instruments in Trossingen, in Ernst Schlader’s class.
Teddy received the America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships in (2001-2003), as well as scholarships from the Petach Tikva Conservatory (1998-2005), DAAD scholarships (2005-2006) and a full scholarship from the Siena Music Academy to support participation in master classes with Antony Pay. He won 1st prize in the DAAD competition for all instruments (2006). Teddy served as principal clarinettist and bass-clarinet with the Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva under Yaron Traub (2002-2003); Ensemble Polyphonie T under Manfred Schreier (2003-2006); the Trossingen Academy Orchestra (2003-2007); project by the Israel Contemporary Players under Zsolt Nagi (2005); and as an intern with Zeitoper (specialising in contemporary opera) and the Junge Oper der Staatsoper Stuttgart, conducted by Wolfgang Heinz, Mike Svoboda and Cristine Sibenik (2008). He also appeared as principal clarinettist and basset-horn player in joint project of the Bayrische Theaterakademie and the period-instrument ensemble Hofkapelle München, conducted by Christoph Hammer. He appeared also with the L'arpa festante, Barockorchester München conducted by Frank Schefller. He is a member of Ensemble "Crossart" conducted by Caterina Centofante (specialising in contemporary music). Teddy also appeared as a soloist with the Südwestdeutschen Philharmonie Konstanz and the Tuttlinger Kammerorchester, and made several recordings for the Israeli Radio’s Voice of Music channel, for Israeli National Television and for the French channel ARTE. |
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