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Classical
HeadofClassicalAccordion
OwenMurray
GRAM,DipRAM(Copenhagen),HonRAM
BornintheUK,studiedwithMogens
Accordion
EllegaardattheRoyalDanishAcademyof
MusicinCopenhagen,graduatingwiththe
Diplomain1982.Manyrecitalsbothinthe
UKandoverseas.RecordingsincludeOn
theWingsoftheWind.Pioneeringfounder
oftheAcademy’sAccordiondepartment,
andHeadofClassicalAccordionsince1986.
Photo:OwenMurray(left)withvisiting
professor,FriedrichLips.
MilosMilivojevic:postgraduate TheCourse TheTeachers
‘Londonhasaveryactivecontemporary TheAcademywasthefirstBritish OwenMurrayGRAM,DipRAM(Copenhagen),HonRAM
musicscene,andbeingattheAcademy conservatoiretointroduceteachingforthe
hasgivenmegreatopportunitiestoget classicalaccordion.Thespecialistcurriculum VisitingProfessor
involvedandperformsomeofthegreat complementsothercoursesandincludes FriedrichLips(Moscow)
20th-centuryrepertoire. masterclasses,performancepractice,
I’veplayedattheWigmoreHallandthe
accordionhistory,repertory,instrument YourAudition
SouthBankCentre,andIbelieveI’mthe
maintenanceandartofteachingclasses. Twoorthreecontrastingpiecesshould
firstaccordionisttoperformatthe
beoffered.Seep.59forgeneraldetails.
UniversityofLondon’sSenateHouse.
Theaccordionisthoroughlyintegrated
Asanaccordionistyoumustalsobean
intothelifeandworkoftheAcademy ‘Iwasespeciallyimpressedbytheextent
ambassadorforyourinstrument—andI’m
throughastrongandwide-ranging towhichtheyoungplayersmanagedto
veryhappytohaveworkedwithseveral
chambermusicprogramme.Theresponse getundertheskinofPärt’sscores’
Academycomposersandintroducedthem
ofcontemporarycomposerstothe TheIndependent,April2000
toitsinspiringsound-world.’
instrument’semergenceisreflectedin
continuingcollaborationswithcomposition ‘Murrayisaninspirationalteacher’
studentsandestablishedcomposers. TheTimes,January2007
Apartfrommanyconcertopportunities TheDerekButlerPrizeiscontested
withintheAcademy,accordionstudents bypostgraduatestudentsnominated
haveperformedatleadingmusicfestivalsin byeachofLondon’sfourconservatoires.
theUKandabroad.In1998theentire MilosMilivojevicwonthe2008final
accordiondepartmentmadeitsProms atWigmoreHall:
débutwiththeBBCSymphonyOrchestraat ‘Milivojevic’sartistryonthehumble
theRoyalAlbertHall.In2006,three buttonaccordiontookthebreathaway
studentsandOwenMurraywereinvitedby —indeed,hiscoruscatingtranscription
GyorgyKurtágtoperformathis80th ofanorganchoralebyMendelssohn
birthdaycelebrationconcertinBudapest. madeonealmostwonderwhetherwe
Academyaccordionstudentshaveenjoyed actuallyneedthosethunderinggiants.
considerablesuccessinmajorcompetitions. I’dputmoneyonthisbrilliantyoung
Distinguishedaccordionistswhohavegiven performeropeningawholerangeof
concertsandmasterclassesattheAcademy newmusicalworlds.’
includeInakiAlberdi,FriedrichLips,Matti TheIndependent,March2008
Rantanen,MieMiki,ViascheslavSemionov,
OlegSharov,PeterSoaveandMikaVayrynen.
DepartmentAdministrator:
KarenIngramBA,HonARAM
Telephone02078737380
Emailaccordion@ram.ac.uk
OpenDay:Pleasecontactusforan
individualappointment
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