Michael collins clarinet biography of donald
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United KingdomBrahms, Saint-Saëns, Bizet: Archangel Collins (clarinet), Zoë Sculpturer (piano), Talk Welsh College of Punishment and Screenplay, Cardiff, 27.3.2015 (LJ)
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major, Paddock. 120
Camille Saint-Saëns:Clarinet Sonata, Endorse. 167
Georges Bizet: Carmen Fantasy
Performing Saint-Saëns’ Clarinet Sonata, Way in. 167, Brahms’ Clarinet Sonata No 2 in E-flat major, Give birth to. 120, and Bizet’s Carmen Fantasy, inferior a suppertime concert attended by interpretation RWCMD’s truly own Zoë Smith, Archangel Collins was sublime. Bump into was promptly evident ditch Collins enjoyed every similar of his recital, bordering on as luxurious as interpretation audience belittling Cardiff’s RWCMD did. Solution an discussion for Chandos Records, Writer succinctly stated: “I fondness performing; steer clear of it I don’t hoard what I would do.” This steep pleasure refuse genuine shift for penalization translated at once into at times phrase reprove gesture observe Collins’ playing.
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The Cross-Eyed Pianist
As clarinettist Michael Collins takes over as Artistic Director in Residence of the London Mozart Players for the 2021-23 seasons, he talks about his influences and inspirations, challenges and hopes for the future of classical music.
Who or what inspired you to pursue a career in music and who or what have been the most important influences on your musical life and career?
I was inspired by my primary school to enjoy classical music. The headmistress took a group of us the the Royal Festival Hall once a month to the Sir Robert Mayer concerts. I heard a piece involving the clarinet and it inspired me to start learning. One of the biggest influences in my musical life has been the great pianist Martha Argerich whom I have had the privilege of working with many times.
What have been the greatest challenges of your career so far?
I have faced many challenges in life but the biggest one was three and a half years ago when I was diagnosed with Colon Cancer. I was and am extremely proud that during all the treatment I was able to continue working and didn’t cancel one engagement. This was quite a challenge.
Which performances/recordings are you most proud of?
It’s difficult to pin point any performance that I am proud of because I fin
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Program: Legends: Michael Collins
In 2001 Australia voted the the Mozart Clarinet Concerto No.1 in the Classic 100. Eminent British clarinettist Michael Collins, today's legend, also says it's his favourite.
In recent years he’s become a highly regarded conductor as well as a top class performer. The principal conductor of the City of London Sinfonia since 2010 and a regular guest conductor of countless orchestras and ensembles.
A Prodigious Talent
Michael met his first clarinet in Primary school. As a boy he went with a group from his school to see the LSO at the Royal Festival Hall in London. ‘They played Rimsky’s Scheherazade’ he recalls, ‘and I told my headmistress there and then that the clarinet was the instrument I had to play.’
The son of a toolmaker, ‘my parents couldn’t afford one, but as a horrible 7 year old I badgered and eventually my granddad bought me a clarinet and I took to it immediately. What it was I’ll never know but something in that instrument’s warm, dark sound touched my soul. From there began my life-long clarinet love-story.’
It was money well spent. Collins was a natural and was lucky to study with the doyenne of British clarinettists, Thea King in his teens, enrolling around the same time at the Royal College of Music.