music.wikisort.org - Musician

Search / Calendar

Derek Collier (1927 – 24 June 2008) was an English violinist and leader of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. He was also the maternal grandfather of Jacob Collier.

Derek Collier
Born1927
Died
24 June 2008(2008-06-24) (aged 80–81)
OccupationViolinist
RelativesJacob Collier (grandson)

Collier studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London and also with Alfredo Campoli. He performed as a soloist with many of the leading British and North American orchestras and gave the first performances in Britain of violin concertos by Dag Wirén, Joaquín Rodrigo and Boris Blacher.

Collier used a violin made by Pietro Guarneri and he made a number of commercial recordings for EMI and Decca with pianists including Ernest Lush[1] and Daphne Ibbott.[2]


References


  1. The Voice of the Violin, HMV XLP20080 (1966)
  2. The World of the Violin vol.2, Decca SPA 405 (1975)





Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии