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Huw Morgan, trumpet
Since becoming Brass Winner of the BBC Young Musician 2006, Huw Morgan has appeared in concert and recital throughout Europe, Asia and North America. Born in South Wales in 1987 and educated at Chetham’s School of Music, he graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with first-class honours, studying under Professor James Watson, Mark David and Robert Farley.
Hailed by The Times as an artist of ‘high intelligence and immaculate professionalism,’ Huw is the youngest ever winner of both the International Trumpet Guild Solo and Orchestral competitions, and in 2010 scooped both the Wind Section Award and Philip Jones Memorial Prize at the Royal Overseas League Annual Music Competition. Last year he also became the first ever trumpeter to be selected for the Making Music/Philip & Dorothy Green Award for Young Concert Artists, and was awarded 2nd prize in both the Jeju International Trumpet Competition (Korea) and International Trumpet Competition “Città di Porcia” (Italy).
As a soloist, Huw has performed with the Northern Sinfonia, Hamburg Camerata, Banff Festival Orchestra, Sinfonia Cymru and Irish Chamber Orchestra under conductors including Yan Pascal Tortelier and Thomas Zehetmair. He has appeared at festivals in Cheltenham, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Tokyo, in recital at the Wigmore Hall, Kings Place and Bridgewater Hall, and
most recently was the featured trumpeter on the soundtrack to the hit movie Me and Orson Welles. A keen exponent of contemporary music, Huw has premièred works by Eric Ewazen, Leif Segerstam and Karl Jenkins.
In addition to his solo career, Huw pursues his interest in chamber music as a founder member of brass ensemble QuintEssence. Throughout 2009 Huw served as Acting Associate Principal in the Helsinki Philharmonic, and has appeared as guest principal with the BBC Symphony, Philharmonia, Hallé, and Aurora orchestras.
Highlights of the 2010/11 season include concerto performances with The Orchestra of the Swan, Lichfield Sinfonia, Hertfordshire Philharmonia and National Youth Wind Ensemble, premières of works by Paul Max Edlin and Olga Neuwirth, as well as recitals at St Martin-in-the-Fields, St James’s Piccadilly and the Purcell Room (under the auspices of the Park Lane Group).
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