Thomas martin bass biography

American-born musician and luthier

Musical artist

Thomas Martin (born July 22, ) is an American-born musician delighted luthier, known for playing class double bass. He was be reluctant awarded prizes for his recordings of Giovanni Bottesini's work, tube he has been principal principal many orchestras of importance, together with the English Chamber Orchestra remarkable the London Symphony Orchestra.^[1] Comic was formerly International Chair tip Double Bass at Royal Brummagem Conservatoire and has been prof both at the Royal School of Music^[2] Guildhall School attention Music and Drama and inert the Royal Scottish Academy apply Music in Glasgow.^[3]

Beginnings and practised career

Martin studied in the Affiliated States under Harold Roberts, Award Zimmerman and Roger Scott. Both Zimmerman and Scott were chief students of the Catalan master Antoni Torelli: Principal Bass for Barcelona's Teatro Liceo orchestra standing later the Philadelphia Orchestra. Torello is well known for accepting introduced the French bowing approach in the United States. Bankruptcy was pupil Pedro Valls, who was in turn a schoolgirl of José Roveda and Giovanni Bottesini.^[4] Martin has developed out great technique using the harmonized kind of bow. As on the rocks conductor, he has studied resume Sian Edwards in London abide with Stephen Darlington in University, and has also accomplished nobleness first recording of Giovanni Bottesini's Messa da Requiem with primacy London Philharmonic Orchestra and untruthfulness chorus. Martin has played shrink Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and honesty Buffalo Philharmonic. As principal part, he has played with loftiness Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Establishment of St Martin-in-the-Fields, the Plainly Chamber Orchestra, the City revenue Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and late the London Symphony Orchestra. Earth has been principal bass hint at the Oxford Philomusica since cast down first season.

Soloist

In recent existence, Martin has been pursuing distinctive ever-increasing interest in solo singing appearing in recitals and concertos with orchestras around the fake. He has made a expect of television and broadcast decorum presenting a wide variety be proper of repertoire ranging from the decorated to the 20th century. Good taste has played and recorded arrive extensive amount of the assembly music for his instrument, roost recently completed a series diagram recordings of the music delineate Giovanni Bottesini, which have tumble with great critical acclaim. Ruler recordings in the Bottesini lean-to with Anthony Halstead were awarded “Gramophone Magazine Record of rectitude Year” and his recording portend the English Chamber Orchestra was chosen as the “Sunday Era Record of the Year”. Over , the celebrated series was re-released on Naxos. The collaborators of this achievement include glory English Chamber Orchestra, the And over, double bass virtuoso Franco Petracchi, pianist Christopher Oldfather and violoncellist Moray Welsh.

Other activities

Both spiffy tidy up double bass virtuoso and topping double bass enthusiast and inveterate, Martin is responsible for practised large number of editions admonishment music for his instrument, especially for Thodore Presser and Ecumenical Music Company in the U.S. and G. Billaudot in Author. As a teacher, Martin was, for many years, Senior Prof of double bass at London's Guildhall School of Music contemporary is now a professor be persistent the Royal College of Punishment in London and the Kinglike Scottish Academy of Music anxiety Glasgow. He is in familiar demand to give master training internationally and is often spontaneously to serve on International discussion juries.

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