Graham Ross (musician)
Graham Ross | |
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Born | Surrey, England | 29 April 1985
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Clare College, Cambridge Royal College of Music |
Occupation(s) | Conductor, composer |
Website | www.grahamross.com |
Graham Ross (born 29 April 1985) is a British conductor and composer. Since 2010 he has been the director of
Early life and education
Ross began his training as a treble, pianist, organist and violinist. He read music at Clare College, Cambridge, studying composition with Giles Swayne, and conducting at London's Royal College of Music,[1] studying with Peter Stark and Robin O'Neill. In 2004, whilst at Cambridge, he co-founded The Dmitri Ensemble,[2] a performing group based around a string ensemble, of which he is Principal Conductor.[3] Ross held a conducting scholarship with the London Symphony Chorus from 2008 to 2009.
Conductor
From 2008 to 2010 Ross was Musical Director of Concordia Chamber Choir and Kingston Choral Society.[4][5] In 2010, he made his BBC Proms debut, with opera work taking him to Jerusalem,[6] Aldeburgh, and Musique-Cordiale, Provence.[7] Since 2013 he has been principal conductor at the Musique-Cordiale International Festival in the Pays de Fayence, France each August and at its UK concerts in Kent each autumn.[8]
Ross has been Assistant Conductor and Chorus Master for
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Since 2010 he has directed the
Guest conductor
Ross has conducted the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra,[13] Ars Nova Copenhagen, Aurora Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra,[14] BBC Singers,[15] Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra,[16] London Mozart Players, London Philharmonic Orchestra,[17] Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment,[18] Set Norske Blåseenemble (Norwegian Wind Ensemble) and Southbank Sinfonia.
He has worked with soloists including Raphael Wallfisch, Richard Tognetti, Jennifer Pike,[19] Laura van der Heijden and Guy Johnston.
Premiere recordings and performances
Ross has conducted world premiere recordings by James MacMillan,[20] Giles Swayne, Judith Bingham, Nico Muhly, Brett Dean, Matthew Martin and Imogen Holst, and premiere performances of works by Toby Hession, John Rutter, Cecilia McDowall,[21] Gabriel Jackson, Jocelyn Pook and others.
Recordings
Ross's discography includes recordings with The Dmitri Ensemble and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, for
Year | Album | Label | Artists |
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2009 | Seven Last Words from the Cross | Naxos | The Dimitri Ensemble |
2010 | Stabat Mater: The Silent Land | Naxos | The Dimitri Ensemble, Raphael Wallfisch |
2011 | Judith Bingham: Organ Music | Naxos | Tom Winpenny, The Dimitri Ensemble |
2012 | Imogen Holst: Choral Works | Harmonia Mundi | Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, The Dimitri Ensemble |
2013 | Veni Emmanuel: Music for Advent | Harmonia Mundi | Choir of Clare College, Cambridge |
2014 | Lux de caelo: Music for Christmas | Harmonia Mundi | Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, The Dimitri Ensemble |
2014 | Stabat Mater Dolorosa: Music for Passiontide | Harmonia Mundi | Choir of Clare College, Cambridge |
2015 | Ascendit Deus: Music for Ascensiontide & Pentecost | Harmonia Mundi | Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and The Dimitri Ensemble |
2015 | Chamber Symphonies: Shostakovich, Rudolf Barshai | Harmonia Mundi | The Dimitri Ensemble |
2015 | Requiem: Music for All Saints and All Souls | Harmonia Mundi | Choir of Clare College, Cambridge |
2016 | Cantica Sacra: Lydia Kakabadse | Divine Art | Choir of Clare College, Cambridge |
2016 | Remembrance: Duruflé, Tavener, Elgar | Harmonia Mundi | Choir of Clare College, Cambridge |
2016 | Haec Dies: Music for Easter | Harmonia Mundi | Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Matthew Jorysz |
2016 | Mater ora folium: Music for Epiphany | Harmonia Mundi | Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Michael Papadopoulos |
2016 | Music at Westminster: From Tallis to Britten | Harmonia Mundi | Choir of Clare College, Cambridge |
2017 | Pange lingua: Music for Corpus Christi | Harmonia Mundi | Choir of Clare College, Cambridge |
2017 | Reformation 1517-2017 | Harmonia Mundi | Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Clare Baroque Ensemble, Margaret Faultless |
2018 | O lux Beata Trinitas: Music for Trinity and Ordinary | Harmonia Mundi | Choir of Clare College, Cambridge |
2020 | A Ceremony of Carols: with Bridge, Holst, Ireland | Harmonia Mundi | Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Carter Eleanor, Ashley Show, Tanya Houghton |
2020 | Arvo Pärt: Pēteris Vasks, James MacMillan | Harmonia Mundi | Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, The Dimitri Ensemble |
2022 | Iceland, The Eternal Music: S. Saevarsson, J. Leafs, A. Thorvaldsdóttir | Harmonia Mundi | Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, The Dimitri Ensemble, Carolyn Sampson |
2023 | Rolling River: American Choral | Harmonia Mundi | Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Iestyn Davies |
2023 | Vidi Speciosam | Signum Classics | The Bevan Family Consort |
Awards and recognition
- Rising Star in BBC Music Magazine,[24]
- Gramophone Awardnomination
- Diapason d'Or[25]
- Le Choix de France Musique
- Editor's Choice, Gramophone
- Editor's Choice, BBC Music Magazine
- 2019 - Made an Honorary Fellow the University of Macau, where he was presented with a Half Moon Award for the Arts[26]
Composer
As a composer, Ross has written over one hundred works for a wide variety of genres that have been broadcast and performed by
He is published by
Other work
Ross is Artistic Director of Fringe in the Fen, a biennial music and arts festival in
See also
- Gramophone magazine interview, December 2016, p16-18 [1]
- Choir and Organ magazine interview, January 2020, p15-18 [2]
- Crosseyed Pianist interview, May 2020 [3]
References
- ^ Will Gore (8 October 2002). "Expect good conduct". Kingston Guardian. London, UK. p. 30.
- ^ Fiona Maddocks (7 December 2014). "Carols from the Old & New Worlds Vol 3 CD review – gleaming clarity". The Observer. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Graham Ross Interview - CompositionToday.Com". Compositiontoday.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "About us | Kingston Choral Society". Kingstonchoralsociety.org.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ Will Gore (8 October 2002). "Expect good conduct". Kingston Guardian. London, UK. p. 30.
- ^ "Choir of London - About". Choiroflondon.org. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "What made Così fan tutte unforgettable? The arrival of a singing dog". Blogs.telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010.
- ^ "Summer Festivals 2015". Gramaphone magazine. London, UK: MA Publications. April 2015. p. 39.
- ^ "Graham Ross the director of music". Clare.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ Anne Midgette (7 December 2014). "More than just Fine: Clare College choir offers packed program to end LoC festival". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Graham Ross the director of music". Clare.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ Graham Ross (January 2020). "Life within life". Choir and Organ (No. 1 ed.). London: MA Music. p. 18.
- ^ "PÅSKEKONCERT: HAYDN - AFLYST". aalborgsymfoni.dk. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "At the foot of the cross". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Performances of Graham Ross at BBC Singers". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Christmas Concert: Handel's Messiah". gso.se. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "The Lark Ascending". brightondome.org. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "HANDEL DIXIT DOMINUS AND BACH MAGNIFICAT". oae.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Past concerts". hertfordshirechamberorchestra.org.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
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- ^ Cecilia McDowell. "Archive events". ceciliamcdowall.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Graham Ross- Bio, Albums, Pictures – Naxos Classical Music". Naxos.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ Graham Ross (24 March 2016). "Music for Easter – 10 of the best". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Graham Ross". Classical-music.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "HMmobile". www.harmoniamundi.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Graham Ross conductor". ikonarts.com. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ John Lewis (5 May 2023). "Adjunct Ensemble: Sovereign Bodies/Ritual Taxonomy review – a disorientating act of resistance". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "About us". cgco.org.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Catalogue". wisemusicclassical.com. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "The Oxford Book of Flexible Carols". global.oup.com. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Publications Introduction". encorepublications.com. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Spectrum for Piano Duet". shop.abrsm.org. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Fringe in the Fen 2011 - Festival of music and art". www.fringeinthefen.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 November 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "London Festival of Contemporary Church MusicPatrons". London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. 4 March 2013.
- ^ "Graham Ross". wigmore-hall.org.uk. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Turtle Song". rcm.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Malta International Choir Festival". Maltachoirfest.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "Reverse this concert ban at our musicians' church". The Guardian. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2023.