Richard Russell
Richard is from Linlithgow, Scotland. After graduating with first class honours and the prestigious PPRNCM recital diploma from the Royal Northern College of Music he won a scholarship to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, supported by awards from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and Sir James Caird Travelling Scholarship. After a further year at the GSMD as Woodwind Fellow, Richard was co-principal clarinet with Southbank Sinfonia, the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s “Future Firsts” clarinettist and a Recommended Artist of Making Music. Richard has performed chamber music at the Wigmore Hall, LSO St Luke’s, Purcell Room, BBC Proms Composer Portraits, Paxos Music Festival and Chelsea Schubert Festival. He is a founding member of the chamber music ensemble Liquid Architecture, winners of a 2008 Tunnell Trust Award. In 2009, the ensemble will be recording their debut CD as well as performing at the Royal Festival Hall and touring Scotland. Richard has appeared as concerto soloist with Southampton University Wind Orchestra, James Allen’s Community Orchestra, Lewes Concert Orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia and Oadby & Wigston Civic Orchestra. He has performed with many of the U.K.’s leading orchestras including London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Northern Sinfonia.
