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Summer Festival 2009: MUSICIANS
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Dante Quartet
Krysia Osostowicz and Giles
Francis (violins).
Judith Busbridge (viola), Bernard Gregor-Smith
(cello)
Winner of the prestigious
Royal Philharmonic Society Award in 2007 and this year's BBC
Music Magazine Award for best change music disc, the Dante
Quartet is one of Britain's finest ensembles. Founded in
1995 at Prussia Cove in Cornwall, the quartet chose Dante's name
to reflect the idea of a great journey of discovery. Renowned
for its imaginative programming and its emotionally charged
performances, the Dante Quartet is a regular guest at festivals
and music societies throughout the UK and abroad, broadcasting
on Radio 3 and recording for Hyperion. They are also
quartet-in-residence at King's College, Cambridge. The
Dante Summer Festival in the Tamar Valley was launched in 2004
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Tim Boulton
As viola player with the
Bellinger String Quartet, Domus piano quartet and the Raphael
Ensemble, Tim Boulton has performed, recorded and broadcast in
many parts of the globe. He has been Professor of Viola
and Chamber Music at Guildhall School of Music & Drama in
London for 17 years. Inspired equally by performing, conducting
and teaching he is currently involved in music education and
performance in the South West. He is Principal Conductor
of the South West Sinfonietta, Consultant to Cornwall Music
Services, and in 2007 initiated the new international series
Concerts Penzance.
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Andrew
Wilson
Born in 1960, he studied
at Trinity College and London University, and since 1992 has
been Director of Music at Kelly College, Tavistock. Andrew
started composing very young: his earliest manuscripts date from
1967. In 2004 the Dante Quartet performed his String
Quartet at their first Summer Festival. This year saw the
premieres of Sea Studies and Three Drayton Lyrics in
Oxford, and The Celestial Sphere at Denston Festival,
Suffolk, where Andrew was composer-in-residence.
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The Goliards
are a troupe of wandering
musicians performing the folk music of Europe and beyond, taking
their material from many differetn traditions including England,
France, Spain, Scndinavia and Eastern Europe. They also
include storytelling and puppetry in their performances, and
perform not only in England, but at festivals and gatherings all
over Europe.
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Mike O'Connor
has been working as a musician since the 1970s and a story
teller since the 1990s. Brought up in Wales and London, he
lived in Scotland for many years before moving to Cornwall
twenty years ago. He has traveled widely reseraching his
matreial. Mike's tales vary from 5 minute fireside tales to
epics such as Tristan and Iseult, Imravoe, the Tales of the Holy
Rood, and Loki. Mike is honoured to have been awarded the
OBE and has been made a bard of the Gorseth of Cornwall. |
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Nigel Edwards joins the Dante Quartet for another 'Paint the
Music' session, providing a unique opportunity to hear
their music and respond using a wide range of art
materials. This year we are once again grateful to DS Smith
packaging for their support. Having
trained, qualified and worked in
graphic design Nigel moved in his twenties to Fine Art and
education to share his commitment to enable the
abilities we all have - mostly underdeveloped - to come
to the fore and flourish. Nigel recently created the cover for the Dante Quartet's
CD: Janacek's string quartets, which was released in
June 2007. |
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