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James Pillai
Horn
Professional Trials
• Welsh National Opera 3rd Horn Trialist 2013-Present
• London Symphony Orchestra 3rd Horn Trialist 2012-2013
Professional Orchestral Experience
• London Symphony Orchestra (3rd Horn)
• Philharmonia Orchestra (Guest principal and 3rd Horn)
• Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
• London Philharmonic Orchestra (2nd Horn)
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (3rd Horn)
• Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
• European Camerata (3rd Horn)
• Royal Ballet Sinfonia (3rd Horn)
• London Festival Orchestra
• London Orchestra de Camera
• Aurora Orchestra (Guest Principal)
• English Touring Opera (Guest Principal)
• Mid Wales Chamber Orchestra
• Isis ensemble (Guest Principal)
Commercial and Session Experience
• Dead Space 3 video game session
• Elysium Film session
Orchestral Training
• Castleton Festival Orchestra under Lorin Maazel, Section Principal, 2011
• RCM Symphony, Opera and Sinfonietta Orchestras, Section Principal 2009-2013
• Westminster Festival Orchestra, Sub Principal, 2011-Present
• Orion Orchestra 2011
• Orpheus Orchestra 2010
• London Symphony Orchestra Side-by-Side Scheme 2011
• London Symphony Orchestra Outreach Work at Lords Cricket ground 2010
• CLIC Sergeant Symphony Orchestra, Section Principal, 2009-Present
• Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra 2009-2010
• Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra 2008-2010
• Camden Chamber Orchestra 2008-2010
• Sinfonia D’Amici, Section Principal, 2008-Present
Solo and Chamber
• Riverside Brass Quintet Founding Member 2010-Present
• Aurora Winds, Guest Principal 2012
• Oompah Brass Deputy
• Triumph Brass Quintet Deputy 2009-2010 (including tour to Trinidad and Tobago)
• RCM Wind Ensemble, Section Principal, 2010-Present
• RCM Brass Ensemble, Section Principal, 2009-Present
• Performed Mozart’s 4th Horn Concerto with Sinfonia D’Amici (2012)
• Performed Richard Strauss’ 1st Horn Concerto with Dame Alice Owens
Symphony Orchestra 2008
• Performed Schumann’s Konzertstuck with the Ealing Youth Orchestra and
Barnet Youth Orchestra, Section Principal
Education
2009 – 2013 Royal College of Music Scholar, Bmus(Hons). Principal study Horn under the
tuition of Simon Rayner, Nigel Black and John Ryan
2005 – 2008 Royal College of Music Junior Department under the tuition of Susan Dent
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Instruments
Horn