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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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Instruments
Violin, Baroque Violin

Ensembles
Music of the Spheres Ensemble