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Poppy Beddoe

Clarinet

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Biography


Working as a soloist, orchestral and chamber musician, Poppy performs extensively throughout the UK and internationally. Poppy studied Music at King's College London, graduating in 2014, followed by a Masters at the Royal Academy of Music in 2016.

In 2021 Poppy released her debut album, Soliloquy, with Ulysses Arts which features her own transcriptions of Bach and Hildegard of Bingen.

In late 2022 she recorded a concerto written for her by Matthew Taylor with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. This will be broadcast on BBC Radio Three in 2024 and released on disc by Toccata Classics.

In November 2022 she was a visiting artist at the University of Houston, Texas, where she gave solo recitals, lectures, masterclasses and premièred music commissioned by the university and the Texas New Music Ensemble. Poppy is returning to Texas in 2024 as the clarinettist for the Texas New Music Ensemble.

In 2022 she was the Artist in Residence of the Clifton International Music Festival; she is looking forward to repeat engagements there in both 2024 and 2025.
Other upcoming engagements include concerts in London, Cambridge, Bristol, Nottingham, New York and various venues in the South of France.

She will perform Malcolm Arnold’s Second Concerto in St John’s Smith Square in November 2024.

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Instruments
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Classical Clarinet, Eb Clarinet