Stephen Upshaw presents a Master Class on viola. Free and open to the public.
Repertoire includes: Vieuxtemps, Bartók, Hindemith
American violist Stephen Upshaw regularly appears in festivals around the world. Much in demand as a chamber musician, he is a member of the award-winning Solem Quartet– recognized as one of the most innovative and adventurous quartets of its generation.
A noted interpreter of contemporary music, Stephen is also a member of London’s Riot Ensemble, winners of the Ernst von Siemens Foundation Ensemble Prize, whose disc ‘Speak Be Silent’ was selected as one of New Yorker Magazine’s ‘Best Recordings of 2019’. He has worked closely with many of today’s leading composers, including Max Richter, John Adams, Thomas Adès, George Benjamin and Helmut Lachenmann. Expanding the repertoire of the viola through the commissioning of new music has always been a feature of Stephen’s work. He has taken part in over 300 world premieres including chamber music of Georg Haas and Sally Beamish (alongside the composer) and solo works of Mark Simpson, Simon Holt, Michael Finnissy and Errollyn Wallen.
Recent solo appearances include: Feldman’s complete “The Viola in My Life” at Cafe Oto and “Rothko Chapel” with the New London Chamber Choir, Jonathan Harvey’s Jubilus and Benjamin Graves’ concerto “Four Façades” with the Riot Ensemble, and recitals in the Time of Music (Finland), Brighton and Little Missenden Festivals, Kettle’s Yard and the National Gallery.
Stephen has also toured regularly to the USA, Europe and Asia with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and its music director, Joshua Bell and works with the Chineke! Orchestra as principal viola and as a member of the chamber players.
Stephen is professor of viola and chamber music at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Junior Department and plays a 1715 Daniel Parker school viola currently made available to him by the Stradivari Trust.
Repertoire includes: Vieuxtemps, Bartók, Hindemith
American violist Stephen Upshaw regularly appears in festivals around the world. Much in demand as a chamber musician, he is a member of the award-winning Solem Quartet– recognized as one of the most innovative and adventurous quartets of its generation.
A noted interpreter of contemporary music, Stephen is also a member of London’s Riot Ensemble, winners of the Ernst von Siemens Foundation Ensemble Prize, whose disc ‘Speak Be Silent’ was selected as one of New Yorker Magazine’s ‘Best Recordings of 2019’. He has worked closely with many of today’s leading composers, including Max Richter, John Adams, Thomas Adès, George Benjamin and Helmut Lachenmann. Expanding the repertoire of the viola through the commissioning of new music has always been a feature of Stephen’s work. He has taken part in over 300 world premieres including chamber music of Georg Haas and Sally Beamish (alongside the composer) and solo works of Mark Simpson, Simon Holt, Michael Finnissy and Errollyn Wallen.
Recent solo appearances include: Feldman’s complete “The Viola in My Life” at Cafe Oto and “Rothko Chapel” with the New London Chamber Choir, Jonathan Harvey’s Jubilus and Benjamin Graves’ concerto “Four Façades” with the Riot Ensemble, and recitals in the Time of Music (Finland), Brighton and Little Missenden Festivals, Kettle’s Yard and the National Gallery.
Stephen has also toured regularly to the USA, Europe and Asia with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and its music director, Joshua Bell and works with the Chineke! Orchestra as principal viola and as a member of the chamber players.
Stephen is professor of viola and chamber music at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Junior Department and plays a 1715 Daniel Parker school viola currently made available to him by the Stradivari Trust.
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- Free - no tickets required
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