Martin Owen
Martin Owen (born 22 September 1973) is a British horn player. After studying at the Royal Academy of Music, he became Principal horn of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra between 1998 and 2008. Since 2008 Owen has retained the position of Principal horn with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.[1]
Martin Owen regulary plays guest principal horn with the major London Orchestras, and many further afield, including the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra of Europe.[2] He also has a varied solo career outside the orchestra and appears as soloist and chamber musician in some of the leading music festivals around the world. Owen is a regular performer at the Wigmore Hall, making his debut in 1997 with Benjamin Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings alongside Philip Langridge and Guildhall Strings. Since then he has returned performing the same work with Toby Spence and the Scottish Ensemble. This last collaboration led to a recording for Linn records leading to Paul Driver of the Sunday Times citing "Owen's playing is a luxury for the ear".[3] Other recent recordings include Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 with the Royal Philharmonic (RPO Classics label), Schubert Octet (Wigmore Hall Live) label,[4] with Michael Collins, Roderick Elms 'Four Seasonal Nocturnes[5] (Dutton label, with RPO), and Danzi Sinfonia Concertante with the Orquestra de Cadaques.[6]
In October 2006, Owen gave the world premiere of Malcolm Arnold's Burlesque[7] for horn and orchestra, with the RPO. The work, a recently recovered fragment, is thought to be part of an unrealized first horn concerto.[8]
Recent performances include Schumann Konzertstuck with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra at the 2007 Royal Albert Hall Proms, Britten's Serenade at the 2008 Bad Kissingen festival with the BBC Symphony, and the London premiere of the Elliott Carter Horn Concerto and the Barbican Centre, for the composers 100th birthday, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Oliver Knussen.[9]
In 2009,Owen performed Oliver Knussen's horn concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the BBC Proms[10] live on BBC4 television and radio 3.
Martin Owen was awarded a Fellowship by the Royal Academy of Music[11] in 2006, where he is now Professor of Horn (since 2008).
Martin Owen is represented by Worldwide Artists Management.[12]
Performances 2011
3 February 2011 Bridgewater Hall, Manchester: Oliver Knussen horn concerto, Halle Orchestra/Knussen[13]
9-14 March 2011 Vinterfestspill i Bergstaden, Norway: Recital and Chamber Concerts[14]
19 March 2011 Trinity Church, Harrow: Britten Serenade, Trinity Orchestra/Murray[15]
30 March-6 April 2011 Kharkov, Ukraine: Recital and Masterclasses
15 April 2011 Hitchin: Britten Serenade, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Hussain[16]
20-22 May 2011 Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, Spain: Knussen and Carter concerto's, Orquestra Nacional d'Espana/Knussen[17]
21 June 2011 Konzerthaus, Detmold, Germany: Britten Serenade, Detmolder Kammerorchester/Perl[18]
September 2011 Kharkov, Ukraine: Chamber concerts and Masterclass
External Links
References
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/symphonyorchestra/about/players/
- ^ http://www.worldwideartists.com/Martin_Owen.htm
- ^ http://www.linnrecords.com/review-scottish-ensemble-britten-les-illuminations-The-Sunday-Times-.aspx
- ^ http://www.classicsonline.com/artistbio/Martin_Owen/
- ^ http://www.naxos.com/artistinfo/Martin_Owen/54855.htm
- ^ http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/danzi-3-sinfonies-concertants/id354591753
- ^ http://www.chesternovello.com/default.aspx?TabId=2432&State_3041=2&workId_3041=14688
- ^ http://www.musicweb-international.com/arnold/arnold.htm
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/11_november/19/bbcso.shtml
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2009/whatson/0708.shtml
- ^ http://www.ramhorns.org.uk/mo.html
- ^ http://www.worldwideartists.com
- ^ http://www.halle.co.uk/t_thu3feb11.asp
- ^ http://www.vinterfestspill.no/index.php?page_id=66
- ^ http://www.trinityorchestra.org.uk/forthcomingevents.html
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/symphonyorchestra/events/
- ^ http://ocne.mcu.es/temporada-verconcierto.asp?l=en&m=5&id_serire={8CD01376-06E2-4E4D-94AA-833AD057FD7B}&id_concierto={E27D8185-B3A8-4868-BD19-1D80095DFCF5}
- ^ http://www.detmolder-kammerorchester.de/konzerte.html#Anchor-21-44867