The Nash Ensemble of London is an English chamber ensemble. It was founded by Artistic Director

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Rodney Slatford Rodney Slatford OBE (born 18 July 1944) is an English contemporary double bass player and teacher. He was the principal bass player of the Midland Sinfonia, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, and English Chamber Orchestra, a founder of the Nas ...

in 1964, while they were students at the

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, and was named after the Nash Terraces around the academy. The Ensemble has won awards from the Edinburgh Festival Critics and the Royal Philharmonic Society, as well as a 2002 Gramophone Award for contemporary music. In addition to their classical repertoire, the Ensemble performs works by numerous contemporary composers, including Richard Rodney Bennett, Harrison Birtwistle, Elliott Carter, Henri Dutilleux, Mark-Anthony Turnage, and Peter Maxwell Davies, and has given premier performances of more than 200 works.

Personnel

Current members

* Adrian Brendel ( cello) * Clifford Benson (piano) * Philippa Davies (

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) * Richard Hosford (

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) * Gareth Hulse ( oboe) *

Ursula Leveaux Ursula Leveaux is an English classical bassoonist. She is Principal Bassoon with the City of London Sinfonia and the Academy of Ancient Music; and is currently the bassoonist of the Nash Ensemble. Leveaux was Principal Bassooon with the Scott ...

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) *

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( double bass) *

Lawrence Power Lawrence Power is a British violist, born 1977, noted both for solo performances and for chamber music with the Nash Ensemble and Leopold String Trio. Career Power started out as a violist (rather than beginning studies on the violin and switch ...

( viola) * Laura Samuel (violin) *

Marianne Thorsen Marianne Thorsen (born 13 March 1972) is a Norwegian violinist. Biography and career Born in Trondheim, Thorsen was taught by Bjarne Fiskum before studying at The Purcell School for Young Musicians in Hertfordshire, and later tutored by Gyö ...

(violin) * Lucy Wakeford (

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Richard Watkins Richard Watkins (born 1962) is a horn player. He performs as a concerto soloist and chamber music player. He was Principal Horn of the Philharmonia Orchestra from 1985 to 1996, a position he relinquished to devote more time to his solo career ...

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Former members

* Ian Brown (piano) *

Skaila Kanga Skaila Kanga (born in India) is a harpist and Professor Emerita of Harp at the Royal Academy of Music in London. After winning a Junior Exhibition to the Royal Academy of Music for piano, she switched to harp studies at age 17. She studied wit ...

(harp) * Malin Broman (violin) *

Roger Chase Roger Chase (born in London in 1953) is a British violist who currently teaches at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. Life Roger Chase was born in London and studied under Bernard Shore (with occasional lessons fr ...

(viola) * Robin Miller (oboe) * Michael Collins (clarinet) * Marcia Crayford (violin) * Mark David (trumpet) * Catherine Edwards (organ and piano) * Liz Layton (violin) * Bryn Lewis (harp) * Simon Limbrick (percussion) * Frank Lloyd (horn) * Judith Pearce (flute)
John Pigneguy
(horn) * David Purser (trombone and sackbutt) *

(double bass) * Christopher Van Kampen (cello; died 1997''Music to Hear'' CD (Black Box, BBM 1065, 2001) liner notes) * Paul Watkins (cello) *

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(trumpet) * Brian Wightman (bassoon)

References

External links

Nash Ensemble of London
Chamber music groups Contemporary classical music ensembles Chamber orchestras Musical groups established in 1964 British classical music groups Gramophone Award winners 1964 establishments in England {{Classical-ensemble-stub