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Vincent has performed regularly with The Loos
Ensemble between 2003 and 2004 and lately with the Horgen
Symphony Orchestra, Zurich, Switzerland where he performed
Gershwin’s Raphsody in Blue. Over the years Vincent
has been specialising on a wide range of contemporary repertoire
from living, Dutch composers such as Cornelis de Bondt and
Louis Andriessen, to the works of John Cage and Steve Reich
with pieces specially dedicated to him. Vincent is considered
highly for his performances on the works of Bach, Debussy
and Stravinsky.
Vincent graduated Bachelor of Music at the Royal Conservatoire
in Holland in 2004, were he received a commendation and
numerous sponsorships for his proceeding studies at the
Royal Academy of Music in London, were he was accepted for
the course Master of Music in Performance.
Vincent is graduating Master of Music at Royal Academy of
Music in 2007, having studied with Joanna MacGregor and
Daniel-Ben Pienaar. In January 2005 he founded the London
Steve Reich Ensemble and is running it as 1st pianist and
Artistic Director. During his dedicated involvement with
the ensemble Vincent initiated a collaboration with William
Tuckett, choreographer Royal Ballet, London and their principal
dancers. With a successful world premiere choreography on
Piano Phase in October 2006 he is shaping a new area of
music performance and dance together on the concert stage.
Together with Kevin Griffiths they form the Artistic Duo
behind the success of the London Steve Reich Ensemble.
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| The young conductor Kevin Griffiths, born
1978 in London, has already experienced conducting professional
orchestras such as the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Musikkollegium
Winterthur, Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Vidin Philharmonic,
Kammerphilharmonie Westfalen, Zurich Chamber Orchestra and
La Camerata Strumentale - Citta di Prato.
He is principal conductor and co founder of "The London
Steve Reich Ensemble", with whom he has performed in
Holland, London and Zurich, putting particular emphasis
on Steve Reich's music. Recently they have recorded their
first CD of Reich's music for the German label CPO which
will be released in 2007.
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Kevin Griffiths |
Kevin enjoys performing contemporary music
and has personally worked with composers such as Rudolph
Schacher, Luigi Laveglia, Dmitri Smirnov, Elena and Alissa
Firsova. In summer 2006 he conducted five first performances
at the Dartington Summer Festival with great success. Other
well-known artists he has worked with include Boris Pergamenschikov,
Ricardo Castro, Dmitri Ashkenazy, the Tecchler Trio and
the Dante Quartet.
In the year 2001 he founded his own orchestra, "Ensemble
Classique", with whom he toured Japan in 2004, one
of the concerts in Tokyo was dedicated to the Aichi World
Exhibition in the presence of Joseph Deiss, the then President
of the confederation of Switzerland.
After successfully conducting and narrating concerts for
young people with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, performing
Beethoven with the Musikkollegium Winterthur, and several
New Year concerts with the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie,
he has been invited back for future concerts with all three
Orchestras.
Having lived in Switzerland for most of his life, he completed
his education as a violinist with Adelina Oprean (teaching
diploma), Igor Ozim and Giuliano Carmignola (Concert Diploma,
PGdip). Kevin then received his first conducting lessons
from his father Howard Griffiths, assisted him on various
occasions and participated in several master classes such
as the "Accademia Musicale Chigiana" in Siena,
the "Vienna Master classes" and worked with the
conductors Sir Colin Davis, Jorma Panula, Lothar Zagrosek,
George Hurst, Julius Rudel (opera). In September 2003 he
was one of the finalists of the first "Orpheum Conductors
Master class" in Zurich, and was given the opportunity
to conduct the Zurich Chamber Orchestra in the Tonhalle,
Zurich.
Major influences in his development as a conductor were
studying with David Zinman who gave him a fellowship for
the "Aspen Music Festival and School" in 2004
and 2005 and Colin Metters, with whom he has been studying
at the Royal Academy of Music on the Postgraduate Conductors
course since 2004.
In September 2007 he will commence the new position of
a Junior Fellow at the Royal Northern College of Music.
He will be conducting the RNCM Symphony and Chamber Orchestra,
the New Ensemble as well as Opera productions, and will
receive tuition from Mark Elder CBE. There will be opportunities
to work with orchestras such as the Hallé Orchestra,
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic and the Northern
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