Stephen Stirling
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Stephen Stirling – soloist and chamber musician, Professor of Horn at Trinity College of Music
in London.
As a student he was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and the Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra
; he studied at the Royal Northern College of Music
and went straight into the Hallé Orchestra for three years when he left college in 1979. From there he went to the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
(COE) for the following ten years. He still regularly appears with COE as guest principal, and can be heard in COE’s recordings of Mozart’s entire output of wind music.
Gary Carpenter’s Concerto (nominated for a British Composer Award) was written for Stephen Stirling and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Baldur Brönnimann
,
and given its world and broadcast premiere in April 2005. Other world premieres have included solo works by Stephen Dodgson
and Martin Butler – Hunding (2004); the latter was again performed by Stephen Stirling in the very first moments of the grand opening of Kings Place in London in 2008.
Stephen Stirling has a world-wide reputation as a chamber musician and can regularly be heard at festivals in the UK and abroad – he has performed in Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia and the Americas. He is a founder member of Endymion, the Fibonacci Sequence, the Audley Trio, Arpège, and the New London Chamber Ensemble
. His recording of the Brahms Trio, with the Florestan Trio
, was nominated for a Gramophone Award.
Having studied with Ifor James
and later with Julian Baker, and citing Alexander Schneider
, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
and Sándor Végh
as some of his own most formative influences, Stephen Stirling also greatly enjoys teaching and coaching and is on the faculty of the Yellow Barn Summer Festival in Vermont and a seasoned participant at the Dartington International Summer School.
Trinity College of Music
Trinity College of Music is one of the London music conservatories, based in Greenwich. It is part of Trinity Laban.The conservatoire is inheritor of elegant riverside buildings of the former Greenwich Hospital, designed in part by Sir Christopher Wren...
in London.
As a student he was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and the Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra
Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra
The Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra is a program of Jeunesses Musicales International. It was founded in 1949 by Igor Markevitch but its permanent structure dates back to 1970, when Gilles Lefebvre consolidated the world’s first youth orchestra...
; he studied at the Royal Northern College of Music
Royal Northern College of Music
The Royal Northern College of Music is a music school in Manchester, England. It is located on Oxford Road in Chorlton on Medlock, at the western edge of the campus of the University of Manchester and is one of four conservatories associated with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music...
and went straight into the Hallé Orchestra for three years when he left college in 1979. From there he went to the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe , established in 1981, is administratively based in London. The orchestra comprises about 60 members coming from across Europe. The players pursue parallel careers as international soloists, members of eminent chamber groups, and as tutors and professors of music...
(COE) for the following ten years. He still regularly appears with COE as guest principal, and can be heard in COE’s recordings of Mozart’s entire output of wind music.
Gary Carpenter’s Concerto (nominated for a British Composer Award) was written for Stephen Stirling and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Baldur Brönnimann
Baldur Brönnimann
-Biography:Brönnimann was born in Switzerland, and at the Musik-Akademie der Stadt Basel and was a Junior Fellow in Conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester....
,
and given its world and broadcast premiere in April 2005. Other world premieres have included solo works by Stephen Dodgson
Stephen Dodgson
Stephen Dodgson is a British composer and broadcaster.- Biography :During World War II, he served in the Royal Navy. From 1947 to 1949, Dodgson studied at the Royal College of Music, where he later taught composition. In 1950, he visited Italy on a travelling scholarship, after which he taught in...
and Martin Butler – Hunding (2004); the latter was again performed by Stephen Stirling in the very first moments of the grand opening of Kings Place in London in 2008.
Stephen Stirling has a world-wide reputation as a chamber musician and can regularly be heard at festivals in the UK and abroad – he has performed in Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia and the Americas. He is a founder member of Endymion, the Fibonacci Sequence, the Audley Trio, Arpège, and the New London Chamber Ensemble
New London Chamber Ensemble
The New London Chamber Ensemble is a wind quintet formed in 2001.The nlce performs works such as Berio's Opus Number Zoo, Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals and new commissions by Edward Longstaff and John Woolrich...
. His recording of the Brahms Trio, with the Florestan Trio
Florestan Trio
The Florestan Trio is a piano trio. Formed in 1995 in London, England, its members are Anthony Marwood , Richard Lester , and Susan Tomes . Their recording of the first two trios by Schumann won the 1999 Gramophone Award for chamber music. Also in 1999, the Trio received the Music Award for Chamber...
, was nominated for a Gramophone Award.
Having studied with Ifor James
Ifor James
Professor Ifor James was a horn player and teacher, numbering among his pupils many future Principal Horns and horn professors at British music schools....
and later with Julian Baker, and citing Alexander Schneider
Alexander Schneider
Alexander Schneider was a violinist, conductor, and educator. Born in Vilna, Lithuania, he later moved to the United States as a member of the Budapest Quartet.- Biography :...
, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Nikolaus Harnoncourt is an Austrian conductor, particularly known for his historically informed performances of music from the Classical era and earlier. Starting out as a classical cellist, he founded his own period instrument ensemble in the 1950s, and became a pioneer of the Early Music movement...
and Sándor Végh
Sándor Végh
Sándor Végh was a Hungarian, later French, violinist and conductor. He was best known as one of the great chamber music violinists of the twentieth century.- Education :...
as some of his own most formative influences, Stephen Stirling also greatly enjoys teaching and coaching and is on the faculty of the Yellow Barn Summer Festival in Vermont and a seasoned participant at the Dartington International Summer School.