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Orpheus Leander
Violin
Solo Showreel - https://youtu.be/OKUwHWjLu6c
The Lark Ascending live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlcYklwpvJQ
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Professional Orchestral
- English National Opera - 1st Violins
- Philharmonia Orchestra - 1st & 2nd Violins
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - 1st Violins
- London Mozart Players
- London Chamber Orchestra
- London Concert Orchestra
- Music of the Spheres Ensemble - Leader/Fixer
- New London Orchestra
- Musician's of London - Guest Leader
- English String & Symphony Orchestras
- Chameleon Arts Orchestra - Guest Leader
- London Ripieno Orchestra - Leader
- London Musical Arts Orchestra - Guest Principal
- London Soloists Chamber Orchestra
- Kent Sinfonia
- Stanley Hall Opera
- Symphony Orchestra of India
- London Early Opera - Guest Leader
- Commonwealth Orchestra - Guest Leader
- Amadeus Orchestra - Guest Leader/Principal 2nd
- Arabian Philharmonic - Dubai Opera - Andrea Bocelli
Session Work (Recordings /TV/Tours)
Recordings
- London Metropolitan Orchestra
- Philharmonia Orchestra - Air Lyndhurst
- Commonwealth Orchestra, Ezio Bosso - Abbey Road
- The Compozers - Miloco Studios
- Audio Network - solo violin recordings for TV Commercials
- Floating Earth - Solo CD project - Music of the Spheres Ensemble
TV
- Face Music: BBC • ITV • Channel 4
- Children in Need
- Strictly Come Dancing
- X Factor
- Alan Titchmarsh Show
- Paul O’Grady Show
- This Morning Show
- Westlife • Il Divo • Paul Potts • Susan Boyle, Leona Lewis
- The Compozers - Brixton O2 Academy
- Katy Carr & The Aviators - Poland tour & UK concerts
World Music
- Persian Classical concerts, Leader - SOAS
- Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade solo violinist with Yair Dalal - Oud
- Eurasian Symphony Orchestra - leader
- Del Plata Tango Quintet - Arts Council of England, National Theatre,
- Tate Modern River Tango Festival, LABAN Contemporary Dance Center
- Balletboyz 'Greatest Hits’ - Solo Tango Violinist - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Shows
- Leader - Iolanthe • West Side Story • Guys & Dolls
- The Sound of Music • South Pacific • Calamity Jane
Theatre Music Composer/Violinist
- Composer and violinist live on stage appearances and recordings
- Productions by Aron Anthony Wallace
- The Emperor Jones - Lost Theatre
- Oceans of Loneliness - Lost Theatre & Etcetera Theatre
- Shoe Horn - Tristan Bates Theatre
- Coda4maKbet by Nicholas Jonne - Questors Theatre, on-stage actor/violinist
Education Work
- New London Orchestra Education work - orchestral coach/leader Britten Children’s Opera Noye’s Fludde
- Orchestra leader Beethoven Eroica Symphony multi media project 'Orchitecture'
- Workshop leader /designer - Modern Music for String Orchestra
- Newham Academy Youth Orchestra - orchestral coach and conductor
- Orfeas String Quartet workshops series funded by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Chamber
- Orfeas String Quartet - Leader (2004 - )
Royal Festival Hall • St Martin in the Fields • Science Museum • English Pen • Westminster Scottish Office - Queen's House for HRH Prince Philip
- World Premieres ‘Heart Has No Measure’ by Denise Mangiardi & ‘Kamni’ by Aziza Sadikova
- Resident Ensemble at St John’s Church Notting Hill
Violin & Piano recitals
- St Martin in the Fields, Guildford International Music Festival, St John's Smith Square, National Portrait Gallery,
Bath Recital Artists Trust - International tours - China recitals and masterclasses, Lithuania, Greece
- Festivals - Gina Bachauer Festival Corfu & Limni Euvia
- Regular Concerts for The Council of Music in Hospitals & Lost Chord
- World Premieres for Solo Violin - Preobrajenie by Aziza Sadikova • Libido Individuation by Amir Konjani
Solo - Concertos with Orchestra
- Vivaldi - Four Seasons on modern & baroque violin regular performances 2008 onwards London - St James Piccadilly, Athens Greece, Graz Austria
- Bach - Double Violin Concerto, Oboe & Violin Concerto, complete Brandenburg Concertos
- Haydn - Double Concerto for harpsichord and violin
- Mozart Violin Concerto No 5 - Music of the Spheres Ensemble, 2015, St Martin in the Fields
- Mozart Violin Concerto No 3, Royal Overseas League
- Mozart Sinfonia Concertante with violist Yuri Zhislin
- Beethoven Violin Concerto performances 2014 onwards
- Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64, Bournemouth Philharmonic 2019
- Bruch Violin Concerto No 1 - London, Bournemouth, Abbots Langley
- Sarasate Zigeunerweizen performances St Martin in the Fields & CD recording
- Ralph Vaughan Williams 'The Lark Ascending' London performances, Vienna, Austria, CD recording & Tour of England supported by the Ralph Vaughn Williams Charity 2011 onwards
- Denise Mangiardi 'A Greek in New York' Concerto for Violin & Chamber Ensemble - World Premiere written for Orpheus
- Alla Sirenko - Ukrainian Fantasy for violin, viola and orchestra World Premiere with Andriy Viytovych
- Ezio Bosso - Sea Rain, UK Premiere soloist with the composer conducting
- Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, London 2022
‘a penetrating account of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with Orpheus Leander a commanding soloist of great breadth and sensitivity’
Robert Matthew - Walker - Musical Opinion
Education
- Trinity College of Music - Postgraduate Advanced Diploma (2005 – 2007)
- Royal Academy of Music - BMus Hons, LRAM Diploma (1995 – 2000)
- Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Australia (1998 - 1999)
Teachers: Michael Bochmann • Emanuel Hurwitz • Carmel Kaine • Nicholas Miller
Masterclasses: Norbert Brainin, Zvi Zeitlin, Joji Hattori, Emanuel Borok, Magnus Ericsson, Erich Gruenberg,
George Hadjinikos, Clarence Myerscough
Prizes and Awards
- Richmond Music Festival Concerto Competition - Sibelius Violin Concerto - 1st prize
- Marlow Music Festival - Silver Medal
- Croydon Music Festival - Unaccompanied Bach - 1st prize
- RAM Scholarship for study at the Queensland Conservatorium
- TCM Scholarship for Dartington International Summer School
References: Michael Bochmann • Nicholas Miller
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