Madeleine Mitchell
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Madeleine Mitchell is a British
violin
ist who has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in over forty countries in a wide repertoire. She has also been a member of The Fires of London and the Michael Nyman Band
.
's performing group, The Fires of London. In 1992, she was briefly a member of the Michael Nyman Band
and appeared in that capacity in Volker Schlöndorff
's concert film
, The Michael Nyman Songbook
, performing on some of the eponymous album, which was recorded the previous year. She subsequently recorded Nyman's work 'On The Fiddle', written for her in 1993, as part of her album In Sunlight: Pieces for Madeleine Mitchell NMC D098 of music written for her by Brian Elias
, Stuart Jones
, James MacMillan, Stephen Montague
, Nigel Osborne
, Anthony Powers
, and John Woolrich
with pianist
Andrew Ball in 2005.
Other albums include Violin Songs - divine-art.com dda 25063 - short pieces by Berg, Boulanger, Bridge, Copland, Elgar, Massenet, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Ravel, Schubert, R Strauss with Andrew Ball and Elizabeth Watts (soprano) 2007; Alwyn Chamber Music & Songs - Naxos 2007; FiddleSticks
- Lou Harrison Violin Concerto with Percussion Orchestra and new works by Anne Dudley
and Tarik O'Regan
with Ensemble Bash - Signum 2007; 'British Treasures' - Goossens, Hurlstone & Turnbull violin sonatas for Somm 2003; Hummel violin sonatas and Bridge chamber music for Meridian 2004 and Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time with Joanna MacGregor etc - Collins Classics 1994; violin & piano movement re-issued on SoundCircus - Quiet Music. Her CD of the violin music of Howard Blake with the composer as pianist, was released by Naxos in November 2008.
She was one of the artists representing Britain in both the festival UKinNY with a recital at Lincoln Center and for the centenary of Entente Cordiale with France, has given recitals at Sydney Opera House, Seoul Center for the Arts and Hong Kong - part of a 3 month world tour, played at many international and most of the major British festivals and frequently performs in London. She was invited by Norbert Brainin to perform with him for his 80th birthday concert at Wigmore Hall in 2003. Other artists with whom she has collaborated include Paul Watkins, Joanna MacGregor, Craig Ogden and Roger Chase. Her recitals have frequently been broadcast by BBC, S4C, ABC, Bayersicher Rundfunk etc
Madeleine Mitchell has performed a wide repertoire of concertos with major orchestras including the St Petersburg Philharmonic (2009), Czech and Polish Radio Symphony, Wurttemberg and Munich Chamber, the Royal Philharonic and other London orchestras; Welsh Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra de Bahia Brazil, Malaga Symphony of Spain and for the BBC including the written for her by Piers Hellawell. She commissioned and premiered a unique 'concerto' for violin with voices by Jonathan Harvey
, Thierry Pecou
and Roxana Panufnik.
She was awarded the Tagore Gold Medal as Foundation Scholar at the Royal College of Music where she has been a Professor since 1994. As Fulbright/ITT Fellow
she gained a master's degree in New York studying with Dorothy DeLay, Donald Weilerstein and Sylvia Rosenberg at the Eastman and Juilliard schools. She is Director of the London Chamber Ensemble and the Red Violin Festival (Founder Patron Lord Menuhin). She was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2000.
United Kingdom
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violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist who has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in over forty countries in a wide repertoire. She has also been a member of The Fires of London and the Michael Nyman Band
Michael Nyman Band
The Michael Nyman Band, formerly known as the Campiello Band, is a group formed as a street band for a 1976 production of Carlo Goldoni's 1756 play, Il Campiello directed by Bill Bryden at the Old Vic...
.
Biography
Mitchell served from 1985-1987 as a member of Peter Maxwell DaviesPeter Maxwell Davies
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, CBE is an English composer and conductor and is currently Master of the Queen's Music.-Biography:...
's performing group, The Fires of London. In 1992, she was briefly a member of the Michael Nyman Band
Michael Nyman Band
The Michael Nyman Band, formerly known as the Campiello Band, is a group formed as a street band for a 1976 production of Carlo Goldoni's 1756 play, Il Campiello directed by Bill Bryden at the Old Vic...
and appeared in that capacity in Volker Schlöndorff
Volker Schlöndorff
Volker Schlöndorff is a Berlin-based German filmmaker who has worked in Germany, France and the United States...
's concert film
Concert film
A concert movie, or concert film, is a type of documentary film, the subject of which is an extended live performance or concert by a musician ....
, The Michael Nyman Songbook
The Michael Nyman Songbook
The Michael Nyman Songbook is a collection of art songs by Michael Nyman based on texts by Paul Celan, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, William Shakespeare and Arthur Rimbaud. It was recorded as an album with Ute Lemper in 1991, and again as a concert film in 1992, under the direction of Volker...
, performing on some of the eponymous album, which was recorded the previous year. She subsequently recorded Nyman's work 'On The Fiddle', written for her in 1993, as part of her album In Sunlight: Pieces for Madeleine Mitchell NMC D098 of music written for her by Brian Elias
Brian Elias
Brian Elias is a British composer.- Career highlights :*1965 - commenced informal composition studies with Elisabeth Lutyens.*1984 - L’Eylah premiered at the BBC Proms....
, Stuart Jones
Stuart Jones
Stuart Jones may refer to:* Stuart Jones , English football goalkeeper* Stuart Jones , Welsh football defender* Stuart Jones , professional rugby league player for Castleford Tigers...
, James MacMillan, Stephen Montague
Stephen Montague
Stephen Montague is a composer who grew up in West Virginia and Florida.-Education:After studying piano, conducting and composition at Florida State University B.M 1965 with Honors, M.M 1967, he received a doctorate in composition from Ohio State University in 1972...
, Nigel Osborne
Nigel Osborne
Nigel Osborne MBE, FRCM is a British composer.He serves as Reid Professor of music at the University of Edinburgh and has been teaching at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover.He studied composition with Kenneth Leighton ,...
, Anthony Powers
Anthony Powers
-Life:Born in London, England, he took private tuition with Elisabeth Lutyens and Harrison Birtwistle between 1969 and 1971, and also with Nadia Boulanger in Paris from 1972 to 1973. Between 1973 and 1976 he went to the University of York, where he studied with Blake David and Bernard Rands , to...
, and John Woolrich
John Woolrich
John Woolrich is a British composer. He was BBC Radio 3 'Composer of the Week' in March 2008, involving the broadcast of over 4 hours of his music in one week.-External links:**...
with pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
Andrew Ball in 2005.
Other albums include Violin Songs - divine-art.com dda 25063 - short pieces by Berg, Boulanger, Bridge, Copland, Elgar, Massenet, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Ravel, Schubert, R Strauss with Andrew Ball and Elizabeth Watts (soprano) 2007; Alwyn Chamber Music & Songs - Naxos 2007; FiddleSticks
Fiddlesticks
Fiddlesticks are sticks used to play rhythmic accompaniment in old-time fiddle music.Fiddlesticks may also refer to:*Fiddlesticks , a 1930 animated cartoon*Devil sticks, a set of juggling sticks...
- Lou Harrison Violin Concerto with Percussion Orchestra and new works by Anne Dudley
Anne Dudley
Anne Dudley is an English composer and pop musician, and was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in both the classical and pop genres. She is perhaps best known, however, as one of the core members of the synthpop band Art of Noise and also as a film...
and Tarik O'Regan
Tarik O'Regan
Tarik O'Regan , full name Tarik Hamilton O'Regan , is a British composer, partly of Algerian extraction. His compositions number over 90 and are partially represented on 22 recordings which have been recognised with two GRAMMY nominations. He is also the recipient of two British Composer Awards...
with Ensemble Bash - Signum 2007; 'British Treasures' - Goossens, Hurlstone & Turnbull violin sonatas for Somm 2003; Hummel violin sonatas and Bridge chamber music for Meridian 2004 and Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time with Joanna MacGregor etc - Collins Classics 1994; violin & piano movement re-issued on SoundCircus - Quiet Music. Her CD of the violin music of Howard Blake with the composer as pianist, was released by Naxos in November 2008.
She was one of the artists representing Britain in both the festival UKinNY with a recital at Lincoln Center and for the centenary of Entente Cordiale with France, has given recitals at Sydney Opera House, Seoul Center for the Arts and Hong Kong - part of a 3 month world tour, played at many international and most of the major British festivals and frequently performs in London. She was invited by Norbert Brainin to perform with him for his 80th birthday concert at Wigmore Hall in 2003. Other artists with whom she has collaborated include Paul Watkins, Joanna MacGregor, Craig Ogden and Roger Chase. Her recitals have frequently been broadcast by BBC, S4C, ABC, Bayersicher Rundfunk etc
Madeleine Mitchell has performed a wide repertoire of concertos with major orchestras including the St Petersburg Philharmonic (2009), Czech and Polish Radio Symphony, Wurttemberg and Munich Chamber, the Royal Philharonic and other London orchestras; Welsh Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra de Bahia Brazil, Malaga Symphony of Spain and for the BBC including the written for her by Piers Hellawell. She commissioned and premiered a unique 'concerto' for violin with voices by Jonathan Harvey
Jonathan Harvey (composer)
Jonathan Harvey is a British composer. He has held teaching positions at universities and music conservatories in Europe and the USA and is frequently invited to teach in summer schools around the world.-Life:...
, Thierry Pecou
Thierry Pécou
Thierry Pécou is a modern French composer.The composer's own Ensemble Zellig was named after the eponymous hero of Woody Allen's Zelig.-Works:* L'homme armé...
and Roxana Panufnik.
She was awarded the Tagore Gold Medal as Foundation Scholar at the Royal College of Music where she has been a Professor since 1994. As Fulbright/ITT Fellow
ITT International Fellowship Program
The ITT International Fellowship Program was a program of grants promoting international educational student exchanges, similar to the Fulbright Program, sponsored by the International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation...
she gained a master's degree in New York studying with Dorothy DeLay, Donald Weilerstein and Sylvia Rosenberg at the Eastman and Juilliard schools. She is Director of the London Chamber Ensemble and the Red Violin Festival (Founder Patron Lord Menuhin). She was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2000.