Staff A-Z

He is regularly invited, as chamber musician and soloist, to appear at international festivals which have included Edinburgh, Johannesburg, Nordland, Hong Kong and Bermuda.

Despite reading Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Magdalen College, Oxford, Anthony gradually became more absorbed with playing the clarinet. The National Federation of Music Societies’ “Young Artist” award provided a springboard for his recital career, and he made his Wigmore Hall debut in 1994. Concerto appearances at the Royal Festival Hall, Barbican, Cadogan Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall followed.

Anthony plays on Selmer Recital Clarinets.

Anna has been a professor of flute for 20 years at the Junior RAM and has taught at the Purcell School for nearly as long. Teaching is the focus of her interest and her pupils have enjoyed notable success. They have been an almost continuous presence in the NYO since 1993, including three as principal flute. Emma Halnan in 2010 was the second of her students to be a Concerto Finalist in the BBC Young Musician competition.

Beginning her training with The National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Lucy went on to graduate from The University of Southampton with a BA Hons in Music in 2007. She then spent three years as a member of the international a cappella group, The Swingle Singers. With the group, she travelled the world singing in famous concert venues including the iconic Teatro alla Scala in Milan.

Whilst providing backing vocals for Florence & The Machine on their 2015/16 World Tour, Lucy appeared on prime time TV shows such as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Saturday Night Live, The Graham Norton Show, Later…with Jools Holland and The Ellen Show. Lucy has performed on some of the world’s biggest stages, including Red Rocks Amphitheatre, The Hollywood Bowl and the steps of The Sydney Opera House. With the band, she has also headlined numerous iconic music festivals such as the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury and Coachella.

Lucy regularly records for studio sessions at the world famous Abbey Road and AIR studios and can be heard on numerous Hollywood movie soundtracks, including Wonder Woman 1984, Avengers: Endgame, Aladdin, Dumbo, Beauty And The Beast, and The Hobbit.

As a vocal coach, Lucy has been a part of the team for prime time ITV show ‘The Voice UK’ for a number of years, and has most recently coached on the BBC hit show Little Mix: The Search.

Sarah has had an international singing career as a mezzo soprano and continues to perform, going to Copenhagen in the summer, for example, to perform La Frugola in Il Tabarro  by Puccini.

Sarah is one of the mentors in the upcoming Sky Arts series- ‘Anyone can Sing.’

She is also a voice coach on the Comic Relief team.

Having partly trained in Florence, Sarah is particularly interested in working with  the Bel Canto style of singing, and looking at healthy ways for young singers to train.

Since arriving in England in 1997, Omar has maintained an international profile, playing all over Europe, the USA and Africa, playing with such musicians as Tito Puente, Kirsty MacColl, Jools Holland and Courtney Pine. Omar has appeared on the BBC and several ITV channels, various radio shows as well as at venues the length and breadth of Britain: from Aberdeen to the Isle of Wight, Newcastle to the Eden Project, Belfast to Cork including Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, The Jazz Cafe, Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Royal Festival Hall.

Omar teaches jazz violin at Leeds College of Music, Cuban music at various places including LCM, and Trinity College of Music, London. He continues to teach in Havana, and maintains a close relationship with the Cuba Solidarity Campaign.

As a guest artist he has performed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonia, the Hallé, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra and Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra.

Embracing both jazz and classical styles has led to performances alongside John Scofield, Vince Mendoza, David Arnold, Seth Macfarlane, Sir Richard Rodney Bennett and Claire Martin OBE in venues as diverse as the Royal Albert Hall, the O2 Arena and the Blue Note clubs Japan & New York.

Matthew also has a passion for vintage keyboard instruments, regularly working as both restorer and performer on Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes and Wurlitzer electric pianos.

Walter Reiter is now internationally recognised as a leading Baroque violinist, teacher, leader and conductor. He is Professor of Baroque Violin in the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance,as well as Visiting Professor of Baroque Violin in the Institute of Superior Arts in Havana, His work in Cuba is sponsored by the Mozarteum Trust in Salzburg.Walter Reiter has made countless recordings with orchestras in Europe and the UK. A much traveled recitalist, he has recorded the Recreations of Leclair for Addes, France, and Sonatas by Mondonville for Meridian, a CD that was awarded the ‘Choc’label by the French CD magazine Diapason.

In 1999 he founded Cordaria, whose highly acclaimed solo CDs on the Signum label are of Vivaldi Violin Sonatas Op 2, the Biber Mystery Sonatas, and “Un alma innamorata”, a collection of cantatas forvoice, violin obbligato and continuo.He has led and directed many baroque orchestras over the years and is a Principal of The English Concert, with whom he has toured and recorded extensively, frequently appearing as a soloist, and with the English Concert Chamber Group.Walter Reiter is currently working on a book of pedagogic interest for baroque violinists, “How to Play the Baroque Violin, an Annotated, Graded Course of Works for the Perplexed, Curious and Diligent.”His Baroque Violin Etude books “Gradus ad Parnassum” are being published by International Music Publishers and a four volume”Baroque Violin Anthology” is being published by Schott. He has also written a novel, “Healing by Deceit.”

Riepler is also known for his work with French saxophone star Julien Lourau (Electric Biddle) and since late 2015 member of US-drummer Jeff Williams’ band. He holds teaching positions at Trinity Laban and Middlesex University (London).

Riepler’s writing and playing are refreshingly cliché free and “The Brave” represents a highly promising début . The Jazz Mann 

“… music making and improvisation at the highest level” Jürgen Spiess, Reutlinger Nachrichten

“London continues to be a magnet for foreign jazz musicians, and one of the best is Austrian guitarist Hannes Riepler” The Daily Telegraph

Elena has commissioned, edited, published, performed and recorded over 40 new works giving countless world premieres including Sir John Tavener’s “Ypakoe”, written especially for her. Elena’s efforts on behalf of new music and as a keen educationalist led to the publication by Boosey & Hawkes of Salsa Nueva in 2006 – now on its second run and in 2009 Elena Riu’s R’n’B Collection and Out of the Blues CD. “My disc of 2000 is without hesitation Elena Riu’s extraordinary CD of 20th century piano music” (Gramophone) Elena has toured extensively and has performed in all major concert halls in the UK and abroad. An eclectic artist, Elena has pioneered collaborative work. She was the brain behind the sell-out multicultural Spanish Plus Series at the SBC and re-launched their Childrens and Families series. Her most recent collaboration: The Adventures of Tom Thumb was awarded a coveted Fringe First Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Riu studied at Trinity College of Music in London with Joseph Weingarten where she won many prizes ands competitions. She was also a student of Neil Immelman, Maria Curcio and Roger Vignoles. Later, Elena won a scholarship from to travel to Paris for advanced tuition from Vlado Perlemuter in Paris.

Elena has led numerous master classes and courses  throughout the world including several residencies at Dartington International Summer School, Jackdaws Music Trust, CALARTS in LA, Royal Northern College of Music, Trinity College of Music Junior Department, Royal College of Music, EPTA, Simon Bolivar University in Caracas and Anglia Ruskin University among many.

She holds positions at Trinity Laban and Highgate School and has published two books with Boosey and Hawkes focusing on newly commissioned solo piano music.

Matt has also gained a reputation as one of the most versatile conductors in London, often being called upon to lead ‘cross-over’ projects with broad stylistic demands. He has conducted the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra, London Concert Orchestra, Manchester Concert Orchestra, United Strings of Europe, Engines Orchestra and many others.

Alongside his composing and conducting career, Matt regularly works an arranger and orchestrator for pop artists such as Jorja Smith, Cleo Sol, Dizzee Rascal, Giorgio Moroder, SAULT, Maverick Sabre, Lanterns on the Lake and many others.

A passionate educator, Matt lectures in orchestration at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance and in Jazz Composition and Jazz History at Goldsmiths University. He’s also worked as a visiting tutor at Leeds Conservatoire, Royal Academy of Music, National Youth Jazz Orchestra, Julian Joseph Jazz Academy and many other education institutions.

Nowadays, John still holds his position in the RPO, as well as being principal oboe in the English Chamber Orchestra and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. He has performed concertos in Europe, Asia and Africa, and is also a very keen chamber musician, having toured extensively with the ASMF chamber and worked at various times with London Winds, the Gaudier Ensemble, Zarek Chamber and the London Sinfonietta.

In recent years, John also has a small presence on CD, having recorded Poulenc’s Sonata, Trio and Sextuor with the pianist Mark Bebbington, and a solo number in John Rutter’s I Sing of a Maiden EP.

Engagements have included the world premiere of Xavier Dayer’s Mémoires d’une jeune fille triste in Geneva, Gianni Schicchi for Covent Garden with Richard Jones and Antonio Pappano, and Kaija Saariaho’s L’amour de loin for English National Opera. She has also given various recitals and concerts across the UK and Europe including performances with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Goldsmiths Choral Union, as well as at a number of festivals: the Edinburgh International Festival; Derry City of Song Festival; St Magnus; Oxford Lieder; and Brighton, Ryedale, Carlisle, Norfolk and Norwich and Buxton Festivals. Other performances have taken place at Chichester Festivities, Kings Place, Wigmore Hall, St John’s Smith Square, King’s College, Cambridge, Dartington International Summer School and in Paris, Vienna, Aarhus, Moscow, Barbados and Ohio.

Joan Rodgers received the Royal Philharmonic Society award as Singer of the Year for 1997, the 1997 Evening Standard Award for outstanding performance in opera for her performance as The Governess in the Royal Opera’s production of The Turn of the Screw and an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Liverpool University in July 2005. Joan Rodgers was awarded the CBE in the 2001 New Year’s Honours List.

Mr. Rogé has performed in almost every major concert hall in the world and with every major orchestra across the globe and has collaborated with the most distinguished conductors in history, including Lorin Maazel, Michael Tilson Thomas, Mariss Jansons, Charles Dutoit, Kurt Masur, Edo de Waart, Alan Gilbert, David Zinman, Marek Janowski, Sir Andrew Davis, Raymond Leppard and others.

One of the world’s most distinguished recording artists, Pascal Rogé has won many prestigious awards, including two Gramophone Awards, a Grand Prix du Disque and an Edison Award for his interpretations of the Ravel and Saint-Saëns concertos, along with the complete piano works of Ravel, Poulenc and Satie.

Several years ago, Mr. Rogé began a new and ambitious recording project for Onyx called the Rogé Edition. With the Vienna Radio Symphony under Bertrand de Billy, he has recently recorded two CDs of both of the Ravel Piano Concertos and the Gershwin Concerto in F and Rhapsody in Blue.

Recently, he has enjoyed playing recitals for four-hands/two-pianos with his partner in life and in music Ami Rogé. Together, they have travelled the world appearing at prestigious festivals and concert halls and recorded several CDs dedicated to the French 2 piano and 4 hands repertoire. In 2011 they gave the premiere of a newly commissioned Concerto for Two Pianos by the composer Matthew Hindson with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Recently chairman of the Geneva Piano competition, Pascal Rogé is also dedicated to teaching and gives regular masterclasses in France, Japan, United States and United Kingdom.

Penelope Roskell combines an international performing career with posts as Professor of Piano at Trinity Laban, and as visiting artist at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. She is also the author of the award-winning book The Complete Pianist: from healthy technique to natural artistry, published by Peters Edition. She has performed as soloist at major concert halls throughout Britain, including the Barbican Concert Hall, Wigmore Hall, Bridgewater Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room. She has also travelled widely throughout the world, playing in over thirty countries in Western and Eastern Europe, the United States, Africa, Asia, and the Middle and Far East. She plays and teaches a very wide range of repertoire. Her first prize at the British Contemporary Piano Competition resulted in numerous invitations to festivals of contemporary music, including eight recitals in Hans Werner Henze’s festivals in Montepulciano and Munich. Her performances of Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann and Shostakovich have been particularly acclaimed. She has played Mozart Concertos with numerous orchestras, including the London Mozart Players at the Barbican Concert Hall and on tour with Sir Simon Rattle. She has also played both Shostakovich Concertos in the Queen Elizabeth Hall with the Docklands Sinfonietta. She is also a committed chamber musician and has performed with many distinguished artists. Over the last twelve fifteen years she has played piano quintets regularly with the Fitzwilliam String Quartet, and plays in the Roskell Piano Trio with the violinist and cellist from the quartet. At Trinity she founded Meridian, a piano and wind ensemble with Trinity professors. Her work with dance companies has included a season of solo performances with Twyla Tharp Dance Company at Sadlers Wells.