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'''Christian Forshaw''' is a [[UK|British]] [[saxophone]] virtuoso<ref>{{cite news|url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5298714/Sanctuary.html|title=Sanctuary|date=March 2006|work=American Record Guide|accessdate=24 November 2011|quote=The saxophonist in question here is Christian Forshaw, Professor at the Guildhall School in London, and his abilities are truly fine,...}}</ref> and [[composer]]. |
'''Christian Forshaw''' is a [[UK|British]] [[saxophone]] virtuoso<ref>{{cite news|url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5298714/Sanctuary.html|title=Sanctuary|date=March 2006|work=American Record Guide|accessdate=24 November 2011|quote=The saxophonist in question here is Christian Forshaw, Professor at the Guildhall School in London, and his abilities are truly fine,...}}</ref> and [[composer]]. |
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Christian Forshaw comes from Yorkshire<ref>[http://www.riponcathedral.info/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=31030 Ripon Cathedral - St Wilfrid Festival 2011] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426001710/http://www.riponcathedral.info/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=31030 |date=April 26, 2012 }}</ref> and graduated from the [[Guildhall School of Music & Drama]] in 1995 with distinction.<ref>[http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/music/staff/teaching_staff/department/2-department-of-wind-brass-and-percussion/103-christian-forshaw Guildhall School of Music and Drama: Christian Forshaw. Accessed 5 February 2013]</ref> He then began working with some of the world’s finest ensembles including the [[London Sinfonietta]], the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the [[Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra]] and the [[Philharmonia Orchestra]]. He has toured extensively with smaller ensembles including the [[Michael Nyman]] Band, the ensembles [[Endymion (ensemble)|Endymion]], [[Icebreaker (band)|Icebreaker]] and the Composers Ensemble.{{ |
Christian Forshaw comes from Yorkshire<ref>[http://www.riponcathedral.info/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=31030 Ripon Cathedral - St Wilfrid Festival 2011] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426001710/http://www.riponcathedral.info/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=31030 |date=April 26, 2012 }}</ref> and graduated from the [[Guildhall School of Music & Drama]] in 1995 with distinction.<ref>[http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/music/staff/teaching_staff/department/2-department-of-wind-brass-and-percussion/103-christian-forshaw Guildhall School of Music and Drama: Christian Forshaw. Accessed 5 February 2013]</ref> He then began working with some of the world’s finest ensembles including the [[London Sinfonietta]], the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the [[Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra]] and the [[Philharmonia Orchestra]]. He has toured extensively with smaller ensembles including the [[Michael Nyman]] Band, the ensembles [[Endymion (ensemble)|Endymion]], [[Icebreaker (band)|Icebreaker]] and the Composers Ensemble.{{citation needed|date=October 2011}} Since 2002 Forshaw has been Professor of Saxophone at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.<ref>[http://www.smitf.org/page/aboutus/pdfs/Christian%20Forshaw%20&%20the%20Sanctuary%20Voices.pdf St Martin's-in-the-Fields Press Release - December 2005] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426001701/http://www.smitf.org/page/aboutus/pdfs/Christian%20Forshaw%20%26%20the%20Sanctuary%20Voices.pdf |date=April 26, 2012 }}</ref> |
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Forshaw is a member of Notes Inégales, directed by [[Peter Wiegold]], and was featured as soloist with the group in 2005 playing Donatoni’s ''Hot''. He has also made solo appearances with the Scottish Ensemble, giving several critically acclaimed performances of [[Richard Rodney Bennett]]’s ''Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Strings'', and with the London Sinfonietta in 2002 performing [[Pedro Rebello]]’s ''Aquas Liberas'' at the [[Queen Elizabeth Hall]]. |
Forshaw is a member of Notes Inégales, directed by [[Peter Wiegold]], and was featured as soloist with the group in 2005 playing Donatoni’s ''Hot''. He has also made solo appearances with the Scottish Ensemble, giving several critically acclaimed performances of [[Richard Rodney Bennett]]’s ''Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Strings'', and with the London Sinfonietta in 2002 performing [[Pedro Rebello]]’s ''Aquas Liberas'' at the [[Queen Elizabeth Hall]]. |
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Forshaw's debut album ''Sanctuary'' (QTZ2009) combines saxophone, voices, church organ and percussion in arrangements of sacred melodies as well as original composition. ''Sanctuary'' reached No.1 in both the Amazon.co.uk Classical Chart and New Zealand’s Concert FM charts, and made the [[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]] "Hall of Fame" in 2005. |
Forshaw's debut album ''Sanctuary'' (QTZ2009) combines saxophone, voices, church organ and percussion in arrangements of sacred melodies as well as original composition. ''Sanctuary'' reached No.1 in both the Amazon.co.uk Classical Chart and New Zealand’s Concert FM charts, and made the [[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]] "Hall of Fame" in 2005. |
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In 2006 Forshaw turned down a four album deal with SonyBMG in favour of setting up his own label, IntegraRecordsUK. This was to avoid having to consider market forces when creating further albums; something he felt would kill the creative process. His second album, ''Renouncement'', was released on Integra in April 2007. He was subsequently commissioned to write a piece in memory of victims of the [[7 July 2005 London bombings|London bombings of 2005]].<ref>[http://www.classical-music.com/article/christian-forshaw BBC Music Magazine, April 2012. Accessed 5 February 2013]</ref> |
In 2006 Forshaw turned down a four album deal with SonyBMG in favour of setting up his own label, IntegraRecordsUK. This was to avoid having to consider market forces when creating further albums; something he felt would kill the creative process. His second album, ''Renouncement'', was released on Integra in April 2007. He was subsequently commissioned to write a piece in memory of victims of the [[7 July 2005 London bombings|London bombings of 2005]].<ref>[http://www.classical-music.com/article/christian-forshaw BBC Music Magazine, April 2012. Accessed 5 February 2013]</ref> |
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*[http://www.christianforshaw.com Christian Forshaw's website] |
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Christian Forshaw comes from Yorkshire[2] and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 1995 with distinction.[3] He then began working with some of the world’s finest ensembles including the London Sinfonietta, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra. He has toured extensively with smaller ensembles including the Michael Nyman Band, the ensembles Endymion, Icebreaker and the Composers Ensemble.[citation needed] Since 2002 Forshaw has been Professor of Saxophone at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.[4]
Forshaw is a member of Notes Inégales, directed by Peter Wiegold, and was featured as soloist with the group in 2005 playing Donatoni’s Hot. He has also made solo appearances with the Scottish Ensemble, giving several critically acclaimed performances of Richard Rodney Bennett’s Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Strings, and with the London Sinfonietta in 2002 performing Pedro Rebello’s Aquas Liberas at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Forshaw's debut album Sanctuary (QTZ2009) combines saxophone, voices, church organ and percussion in arrangements of sacred melodies as well as original composition. Sanctuary reached No.1 in both the Amazon.co.uk Classical Chart and New Zealand’s Concert FM charts, and made the Classic FM "Hall of Fame" in 2005.
In 2006 Forshaw turned down a four album deal with SonyBMG in favour of setting up his own label, IntegraRecordsUK. This was to avoid having to consider market forces when creating further albums; something he felt would kill the creative process. His second album, Renouncement, was released on Integra in April 2007. He was subsequently commissioned to write a piece in memory of victims of the London bombings of 2005.[5]
The saxophonist in question here is Christian Forshaw, Professor at the Guildhall School in London, and his abilities are truly fine,...
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