Hugh Maguire (violinist)
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Born | Andrew Hugh Michael Maguire 2 August 1926 Dublin, Ireland |
Died | 14 June 2013 | (aged 86)
Education | Royal Academy of Music |
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Andrew Hugh Michael Maguire (2 August 1926 – 14 June 2013) was an Irish violinist, leader, concertmaster and principal player of the London Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Orchestra (1962–1967), leader of the Melos Ensemble and the Allegri Quartet, a professor at the Royal Academy of Music, and violin tutor to the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.
Career
Maguire was born in Dublin as one of six siblings, all of whom became professional musicians. His father Elias, a headmaster and tenor, introduced him to violin lessons at age 6.[1] By age 12, he had won every prize for violin-playing at the principal music festivals in Ireland. Educated at the Belvedere College, in 1944 he gained a four-year scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he won the Alfred Waley and Alfred Gibson Prizes for violin playing, and the Cooper Prize and McEwan Prize for quartet playing. There he led the first orchestra for two years under Clarence Raybould and played concertos at several 'end of term' concerts.[2]
In January 1949, Maguire was in the first violin section of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.[3] In 1950, he spent ten months in Paris having lessons from George Enescu (to whom he acknowledged his greatest debt), and appeared as soloist, including a concerto under Roger Désormière.[4] In 1952 he was appointed leader of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra,[5] after which he had a short period as sub-leader of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.[4]
In 1956, Maguire became leader of the
Maguire helped to found the
Maguire became leader of the
Maguire was professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London for 26 years,[13] and was also artistic director of the Irish Youth Orchestra, as well as violin tutor to the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. He was head of strings at the Britten-Pears school of music and taught master classes at Aldeburgh Music and was on the coaching staff of the ensemble training at the Leiston Abbey music school.[15]
Maguire was married twice. His first marriage, in 1953 to the dancer Suzanne Lewis, produced five children, three daughters and two sons. The couple divorced in 1987.[13] His second marriage was to Tricia Catchpole, from 1988 until her death in February 2013.[1]
Maguire died at Peasenhall on 14 June 2013, at age 86.[1][13][10]
References
- ^ a b c d e Anne Inglis (7 July 2013). "Hugh Maguire obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ This paragraph derived from Concert Programme, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall 18 March 1960, Jean Martinon (cover and 8 pages), page 8.
- ^ Concert Programme, London Philharmonic Orchestra Saturday 29 January 1949, Central Hall, East Ham. His name does not appear in the listings of subsequent programmes.
- ^ a b Concert Programme, LSO 18 March 1960 (cited above).
- ^ BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Prospectus, 61st Season 1955, pp. 1, 19.
- ^ London Symphony Orchestra facts and figures (PDF)
- ^ LSO History of Recordings
- ^ List of Fellows of R.A.M.. Maguire's fellowship was almost the longest of tenure of all living Fellows.
- ^ BBC Promenade Concerts, Prospectus 1961–1967 inclusive.
- ^ a b "Hugh Maguire". Telegraph. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ Inglis, Anne (10 June 2004). "Iona Brown". The Guardian. London.
- ^ John Owen, 'Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies', International Journal of Music Education, Original Series 3, No. 1, 53-55 (1984).(PDF) Archived 10 July 2012 at archive.today
- ^ a b c d e Kenneth Shenton (2 August 2013). "Hugh Maguire: Violinist who led the BBC Symphony Orchestra". The Independent. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ The Critics, Liverpool Echo, 7 December 1968, p.2
- ^ Pro Corda staff 2010