Freddie De Tommaso
Singing, 2018
Won the BBC Music Magazine Newcomer Award.
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Singing, 2018
Won the BBC Music Magazine Newcomer Award.
Viola, 2014
Joined the artistic team of Orchestre National d'Auvergne as Artist in Residence for the next two seasons.
Musical Theatre, 2004
Appointed Musical Director for ITV’s Romeo and Duet.
Violin, 2005
Won the BBC Music Magazine award for the Best Chamber Music Disk of the year as part of The Sitkovetsky Trio.
Musical Theatre, 2020
Joins the West End cast of Hamilton.
Organ, 1960
Published his memoirs Sitting on a Pin.
Piano, 2009
Won the BBC Music Magazine award for the Best Chamber Music Disk of the year as part of The Sitkovetsky Trio.
Conducting, 2021
Appointed Assistant Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra for the 2022/23 season.
Composition, 2014
Commissioned to create a new piece by London Sinfonietta. Candyfolk Space-Drum received its world premiere at the Southbank Centre.
Bassoon, 2004
Joined the Welsh National Opera Orchestra as Sub-Principal Bassoon.
Musical Theatre, 2021
Cast in the workshop of musical Jekyll and Hyde.
Musical Theatre, 2018
Cast as Jekyll/Hyde in the workshop of musical Jekyll and Hyde.
Composition, 2016
Debut LP album Eleven to One (11/21) released by Off Latch Press.
Harp, 2019
Winner of the 21st International Harp Contest in Israel.
Piano, 2013
New album Sonata Fantasy, the Book of Moments has been released, featuring his 18-hour original composition. The piece won the Guinness World Record for the longest officially released instrumental work.
Guitar, 2006
Signed an exclusive long-term partnership with Sony Classical. His first album with the label will be released in early 2023.
Composition, 2000
Won an American Academy of Arts and Letters 2022 Music Award.
Violin, 2002
Composes the new Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi, becoming the first woman to score a Star Wars live-action project.
Singing, 2015
Announced as the 2022 winner of the Paris Opera Competition.
Conducting, 2017
Named as Principal Guest Conductor of the Vienna Volksoper.
Musical Theatre, 2009
Currently starring in the Olivier-Award winning production Cabaret.
Singing, 2005
Made her Seattle Opera debut as the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro.
Harp, 2015
Appointed as joint Principal Harp of the BBC Concert Orchestra.
Oboe, 2019
Appointed No 2 Oboe in the Philharmonia.
Timpani and Percussion, 1998
Performed the world premiere of Danny Elfman’s Percussion Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra.
Musical Theatre, 2018
Joins the West End cast of Hamilton.
Harp, 2017
Appointed as joint Principal Harp of the BBC Concert Orchestra.
Musical Theatre, 2013
Cast as Emma Carew in the workshop of musical Jekyll and Hyde.
Musical Theatre, 2019
Cast as Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds in the West End production of Hamilton.
Composition, 2015
At the RPS awards, won the Chamber-Scale Composition prize for her piece Wicked Problems.
Choral Conducting, 2013
At the RPS awards, won the Inspiration Award with the Bristol Choral Society.
Musical Theatre, 2019
Cast as Young Republicanette/understudy Heather Duke in Heathers.
Musical Theatre, 2021
Cast as Kurt in Heathers at The Other Palace.
Flute, 2013
Released a new album Classics in Square with the Black Square Quartet.
Composition, 1989
Completed his Sixth Symphony this year, commissioned by the Malcolm Arnold Trust, which was premiered by BBC NOW conducted by Martyn Brabbins. The Symphony is being recorded for Toccata Classics in 2022.
Musical Theatre, 2001
Released an album Musicals, Vol 1.
Musical Theatre, 2008
Appearing in Cabaret at the Playhouse Theatre in the West End, playing the role of Max and being 1st cover to Eddie Redmayne in the role of Emcee, as well as 1st cover Herr Schultz.
Musical Theatre, 2017
Appeared in the Salisbury Playhouse’s production of Snow White and the Happy Ever After Salon.
Composition, 2014
Won the award for Small Chamber Composition at the Ivors Composers Awards 2021 for his piece Sometimes Voices.
Musical Theatre, 2007
Joins the UK tour of Le Misérables.
PhD Research, 2016
Awarded a 2021 MOZAIK Philanthropy Future Art Awards prize for a second consecutive time, with his multimedia video installation piece We Interrupt this Broadcast: 1936-69.
Piano, 2002
Accepted the position as Department Chair of the Barbara E. Field Chamber Music Program at Third Street Music School Settlement in New York City.
Musical Theatre, 2011
Appearing in the West End revival of Cabaret starring Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley, as part of the Prologue Company.
Choral Conducting, 2013
Nominated for the RPS Inspiration Award.
Oboe, 1983
Nominated for an RPS award in the Instrumentalist category.
Composition, 2015
Nominated for an RPS award in the chamber-scale composition category for Wicked Problems.
Musical Theatre, 2017
Cast in Spring Awakening at the Almeida Theatre.
Musical Theatre, 2021
Cast in Spring Awakening at the Almeida Theatre.
Musical Theatre, 2018
Cast in Little Women at the Park Theatre.
Musical Theatre, 2021
Sast in Little Women at the Park Theatre
Musical Theatre, 2003
Filmed roles in Britannia (Sky Atlantic) and Boxing Day (Warner Bros).
Clarinet, 2001
Released a new album Feed the Hound (for basset horn) on Cuillin Sound Music label as a digital download/streaming release.
Viola, 2014
Joining the Los Angeles Philharmonic as a Dudamel Fellow for the 2021/22 season.
Musical Theatre, 2020
Making her West End debut as Catherine Parr in Six.
Musical Theatre, 2021
Making her Royal Shakespeare Company debut as the Lamplighter in The Magician’s Elephant.
Conducting, 2018
Won the prestigious Karajan Award for 2021 and signed with Askonas Holt.
Musical Theatre, 2002
Returning to the stage as Rosie in Mamma Mia! on the UK and international tour.
Musical Theatre, 2021
Joined the cast of The Prince of Egypt in the role of Nefertari.
Guitar, 2012
Winner of the high-profile Adelaide International Guitar Competition 2021.
Musical Theatre, 2001
Cast in a new production of Private Lives, the inaugural show of Nigel Havers's new theatre company, which will start at the Theatre Royal Bath and then tour the country.
Musical Theatre, 2019
Cast as Lorrell Robinson in the Dream Girls UK tour.
Double Bass, 1981
One of nine new Visiting Fellows of Jesus College, Cambridge.
Musical Theatre, 2018
Joined the cast of Come From Away as Bob (and others). The production returned to the Phoenix Theatre in July.
Musical Theatre, 2019
Making his West End debut in Tina! The Tina Turner Musical playing Craig (Tina’s son)/ cover Raymond Hill and Ensemble.
Composition, 2018
One of the composers who will be working with the London Philharmonic Orchestra as part of its Young Composers Programme 2021/22.
Trumpet, 2019
Won second prize in the Ellsworth Smith International Trumpet Solo Competition.
Violin, 2003
Émile Sauret Professor of Violin at the Academy, has released his new album, Ysaÿe, on Orchid Classics.
Composition, 2000
Won first prize in the 17th Kazimierz Serocki Composers' Competition 2021 for her work Lux Mundi.
Musical Theatre, 2017
Joined The Archers on BBC Radio 4 as Chelsea Horrobin.
Singing, 2017
Won the ROSL Singers Prize.
Musical Theatre, 2000
Starring in American Mariachi and Emilio in On Your Feet: The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan in the USA in the autumn.
Composition, 2013
Set of percussion miniatures, Landfall: New Zealand Percussion Vol 1, released by Rattle Records. The works are performed by Grammy-nominated percussionist Justin DeHart, and all the works on the record are by New Zealand composers.
Trombone and Composition, 1959
Awarded the 2021 Anthony Baines Memorial Prize by the Galpin Society. He gave the keynote speech at the Historical Brass Society Symposium on 18 June 2021.
Flute, 2014
Appointed as 2nd flute of the Royal Northern Sinfonia.
Flute, 2015
Appointed as 1st flute of the Royal Northern Sinfonia.
Musical Theatre, 2019
Cast in & Juliet which returned to the West End this autumn.
Singing, 2016
Won the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize in BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021.
Singing, 2007
Awarded a MBE in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Piano, 1976
Awarded an OBE in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Piano, 1975
Awarded an OBE in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours
Composition, 2016
Commissioned to write a five-minute completed concert piece, to be performed in the LSO’s 2022/23 Barbican season as part of the LSO Panufnik Composers programme.
Piano Accompaniment, 2020
Offered a Repetiteur position at the National Opera Studio from September.
Composition, 1979
One of four winners in the 2021 Palimpsest Composers’ Competition. The Canterbury Cathedral Choir will record and premiere his piece at the launch concert in 2022.
Viola, 2014
Signed with Wittenberg Artists in the USA.
Conducting, 2018
One of three finalists in the Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors Award taking place during the Salzburg Festival later this summer.
Musical Theatre, 2020
Cast in the ensemble of The Prince of Egypt in the West End.
Guitar, 1980
New CD The Angry Garden/Silvered Night was released in June.
Piano, 2020
Released his first album The Art of Polyphony on DaVinci Publishing.
Singing, 2018
Launched India’s first art song festival, which will take place digitally in July.
Guitar, 2006
Released a new album, The Moon & The Forest, which features works for guitar and orchestra by award-winning composers Howard Shore and Joby Talbot.
Piano, 2020
Releasing her second solo album for Decca, Summertime, in July.
Musical Theatre, 2000
Organised a music video with performers across the industry to help raise awareness and funds for India’s COVID relief
Composition, 1989
The recording of his Fourth and Fifth Symphonies has been awarded Recording of the Year 2020 by Audiophilia magazine. His Symphony No 6 received its world premiere on 9 May with BBC National Orchestra of Wales conductor Martyn Brabbins.
Composition, 1967
A new recording of his instrumental music has been released on Naxos, including his Oboe Sonata, which was written during his second year at the Academy.
Musical Theatre, 2004
Returned to BBC One for series 10 of Call the Midwife.
Horn, 2007
Appointed Head of Instrument Loan Scheme at Benslow Music.
Musical Theatre, 2017
Cast as Heather Duke in Heathers, which opens at Leeds Grand Theatre in July followed by a UK tour.
Singing, 2019
Finalist in BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021.
Singing, 2018
Finalist in BBC Cardiff Singer of the Year 2021.
Singing, 2019
Finalist in BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021.
Singing, 2014
Finalist in BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021.
Composition, 2010
Released new album This Departing Landscape on NMC Recordings.
Viola, 2014
Featured as a guest on the podcast a mic on the podium with Michael Seal.
Violin, 2015
Released a debut album Sympathetic Vibrations.
Jazz Guitar, 2013
Released his debut single Snowy Night in collaboration with alumna Catriona Price (Violin, 2012).
Bass Trombone, 2005
Recognised as one of 25 artists who have engineered the cultural transformation of British jazz over the past four decades in a book by David Burke entitled Giant Steps: Diverse Journeys in British Jazz.
Composition, 2014
Released new album Music for Bosch People on Birmingham Record Company.
Clarinet, 1970
Directed the chamber ensemble Gemini in their latest recording entitled for clarinet and strings. Performing on the recording are several familiar Academy names including Yuko Inoue (viola professor), Jo Cole (Head of Strings) and Caroline Balding (Violin, 1985).
Choral Conducting, 2004
Chorus master on the record that won Best Classical Solo Vocal album at the Grammys.
Trumpet, 2005
Recorded Enter Ghost by Judith Bingham.
Jazz Piano, 2018
Won the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals for the second year running.
Jazz Saxophone, 2007
Appointed an Associate Artist by Wigmore Hall for a five-year period.
Musical Theatre, 2012
Reached the semi-finals of The Voice UK.
Singing, 1988
Set up Opera Live at Home, a performance platform for singers and their accompanists that gives the audience a unique opportunity to engage with the artists at the end of each performance.
Harp, 2012
Signed to Deutsche Grammophon and will release her debut album for the label in January 2022.
Piano, 2020
Winner of the 2021 Leonard Bernstein Award by the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival.
Singing, 2018
Signed to Decca Classics with his debut album Passione to be released in April.
Choral Conducting, 2015
Appointed Studienleiter and Kapellmeister at the Mainfranken Theater Würzburg, Germany.
Singing, 2017
Winner of the Ferrier Loveday Song Prize at the 2020 Kathleen Ferrier Award competition.
Singing, 2018
Won second prize at the 2020 Kathleen Ferrier Award competition.
Piano, 2012
Recording of the Chopin concerti for Decca Classics has been awarded a Diapason d’or de l’année 2020 in the concerto category.
Singing, 2019
Won second prize at Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin.
Composition, 2013
His opera, Denis & Katya, won the Stage Works category at the Ivors Composer Awards 2020.
Composition, 2015
His work for solo alto recorder, Diaries of the Early Worm, won the Solo or Duo category at the Ivors Composer Awards 2020.
Composition, 2013
His work for chamber orchestra, Grin, won the Chamber Orchestral category at The Ivors composer award 2020.
Violin, 2017
Awarded the Gold medal at the 2020 ROSL Annual Music Competition final.
Singing - Tenor, 2009
Debut solo album, A Lad's Love, released on Bridge Records.
Composition, 2012
Released new album We’re Done For (And Other Responses).
Composition, 2007
Riot Ensemble have been awarded the Ernst von Siemens Ensemble Prize.
Organ, 1986
Recently appointed Organist in Residence and Choir Director at St. Thomas Aquinas, Charlottesville, Parish to the University of Virginia.
Guitar, 2016
Winner of the 2020/21 Musicians' Company's New Elizabethan Award for guitarists and lutenists.
Organ, 2003
Appointed Professor at Frederic Chopin University of Music, Warsaw.
Organ, 1974
New book The New Oxford Organ Method, jointly authored with Frederick Stocken, has been published by Oxford University Press.
Composition, 2016
Awarded the Mozaik Philanthropy Future Art Awards prize for his multimedia video installation piece Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free which was written in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA.
Choral Conducting, 2019
Appointed Director of Music of St Peter's College, University of Oxford.
Tuba, 1971
Awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list 2020.
Piano, 2005
Released solo album That's the Berries! New York Nights featuring music by Gershwin, Florence Price and Samuel Barber.
Piano, 1973
Published biography of Francis Poulenc, Poulenc: The Life in Songs.
Violin, 1958
Awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list 2020.
Oboe, 1983
Awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list 2020.
Cello, 2010
New album, Tanbou Kache, released on New Focus Recordings.
Cello, 2019
Won the Digital Creative Award at the ISA Digital Festival in Vienna for her work Heroes: the Shadows of a Tragic Mind.
Piano, 1973
Published mini-autobiography Just a Little from the Top.
Composition, 1967
New recording Complete Music for Solo Piano by Edward Gregson, performed by Murray McLachlan, released on Naxos.
Cello, 2016
Appointed Vice Principal Cello of the Korean Symphony Orchestra.
Organ, 2014
Debut album Mellow Mind released in August 2020.
Musical Theatre, 2019
Nominated in the category of 'Best Performer in a Musical' for The Stage Debut Awards for her performance as Maria in West Side Story at The Curve, Leicester.
Violin, 2010
Curated Many Voices on a Theme of Isolation, an album raising funds for Help Musicians, featuring 18 artists including Academy professor Rachel Podger. The campaign has raised over £24,000 for musicians in need.
Singing - Soprano (Opera), 2019
Selected to join the ENO's Harewood Artists programme.
Composition, 2018
Selected for the 2020-21 RPS composer programme.
Composition, 2016
Selected for the 2020-21 RPS composer programme.
Composition, 2012
Selected for the 2020-21 RPS composer programme.
Composition, 2014
Selected for the 2020-21 RPS composer programme.
Piano Accompaniment, 1986
Featured on new recording of David Lewiston Sharpe's 60-minute song cycle for soprano, tenor and piano, In the Tavern of Sweet Songs.
Harpsichord, 2008
New solo album, Bach: The English Suites BWV 806-811, released on Musica Ficta.
Piano Accompaniment, 2017
New album of French repertoire for violin and piano, Les Saisons Françaises, released on Stone Records.
Jazz Piano, 2011
Won the Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year at the 2020 Parliamentary Jazz Awards.
Piano Accompaniment, 2013
Awarded 1st prize at the 2020 Mahler International Conducting Competition.
Violin, 2017
Overall winner of the Strings Section Prize in the 68th ROSL Annual Music Competition.
Musical Theatre, 2018
Cast in world premiere of Orfeus: A House Music Opera at the Young Vic.
Violin, 2016
Selected to join the London Philharmonic Orchestra 1st violin section.
Horn, 2019
Appointed Principal Horn of the BBC Philharmonic.
Musical Theatre, 2004
New musical #zooilogicalsociety released as online album, due to be staged later in 2020.
Singing (Baritone/Bass), 2018
Accepted on the 2020 Salzburger Festspiele Young Singer's Programme and joining the studio of the Vienna State Opera for two years from September 2020.
Composition, 2014
Winner of the Small Ensemble Dankworth Composition Prize.
Piano Accompaniment, 2008
Appointed General Music Director at the Pforzheim Theatre, in Baden-Württemberg, starting in September 2020.
Singing (Tenor), 1997
Won the 'Best Mystery' Audie award for his audiobook narration of The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup.
Conducting, 2014
Appointed Music Director of the Richmond Symphony in Virginia, USA.
Jazz Guitar, 2013
Orchestral piece Bone Palace Ballet, written for the London Symphony Orchestra, featured on the new CD Panufnik Legacies III released on LSO Live.
Organ, 2004
Appointed Director of Music and Organist at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, USA.
Violin, 2012
Released a new CD, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Complete Trios, with the Linos Piano Trio.
Piano Accompaniment, 2001
Commissioned by BBC Proms to write a unique First Night arrangement for a Grand Virtual Orchestra to mark the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth.
Double Bass, 2004
Appointed Professor of Double Bass, Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Munich.
Composition, 2009
One of seven composers commissioned by BBC Radio 3 to write a movement of an a cappella work for choir entitled Seven Ages of Woman, broadcast on International Women's Day.
Composition, 2001
New piece The Diasporic Quartets to recieve it's world premiere at LSO in April (postponed).
Musical Theatre, 2019
Cast in the ensemble of Bring It On The Musical tour.
Violin, 2013
Appointed a Musician in Residence with the British Council and PRS Foundation and will undertake a residency in Brazil in spring 2020, collaborating with a youth orchestra, brass band and local musicians.
Musical Theatre, 2009
Cast in new Cinderella film to be released in February 2021.
Singing (Mezzo), 2016
Awarded the Audrey Strange Memorial Prize for a Singer of Promise at ROSL Annual Music Competition.