Nicholas Daniel (born 9 January 1962) is a British oboist and conductor.
[edit] Awards
Nicholas Daniel won the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition in 1980 and was awarded the 2011 Queen's Medal for Music.[1]
[edit] Teaching posts
Daniel was Professor of Oboe at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama for ten years, then in 1997 became Professor of Oboe and Conducting at the Indiana University School of Music. He then was invited to be Prince Consort Professor of Oboe at the Royal College of Music in London. In 2004, he was named Professor of Oboe at the Musikhochschule in Trossingen, Germany.
[edit] Performing ensembles
Nicholas Daniel is a founding member of the Haffner Wind Ensemble and the Britten Sinfonia, and formed a duo with pianist Julius Drake in 1981.[2]
As Principal Oboist of the Britten Sinfonia, Daniel has frequently appeared as a member of the orchestra and also as a soloist/director. In 2009 the Britten Sinfonia released its first own label recording, which features Nicholas Daniel in John Tavener's Songs of the Sky.
[edit] Commissions
Daniel has commissioned and premiered many new works for the oboe, to increase its status as a solo instrument. Such works include:
[edit] References
- ^ "The Queen's Medal for Music 2011". The Official Website of the British Monarchy. http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2012/TheQueensMedalforMusic2011.aspx. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ Rian Evans (12 April 2003). "Nicholas Daniel, Julius Drake (The Courtyard, Hereford)". The Guardian. http://music.guardian.co.uk/classical/livereviews/story/0,,1899095,00.html. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
- ^ Rian Evans (11 August 2006). "Britten Sinfonia/Watkins (Snape Proms, Aldeburgh)". The Guardian. http://music.guardian.co.uk/classical/livereviews/story/0,,1898198,00.html. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
- ^ Andrew Clements (9 November 2006). "Britten Sinfonia/Daniel (Queen Elizabeth Hall, London)". The Guardian. http://music.guardian.co.uk/classical/livereviews/story/0,,1943100,00.html. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
- ^ Rowena Smith (7 March 2007). "SCO/Gardner (City Halls, Glasgow)". The Guardian. http://music.guardian.co.uk/classical/livereviews/story/0,,2028184,00.html. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
- ^ Katie Vickers. "Personal view from Nicholas Daniel". Southbank Centre. http://classicalmusic.southbankcentre.co.uk/2010/10/14/james-macmillans-new-oboe-concerto-a-personal-view-from-nicholas-daniel/. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
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