Ian Wilson studied recorder and clarinet at the Guildhall School
of Music & Drama where he won the woodwind prize twice (once on
each instrument) and gained the Principal's Prize upon
graduation. Other prizes include the Skene Award, a LASMO Staffa
Music Award and the Van Wassenaer Competition's Musica Antica
Prize for best individual musician. As well as the Flautadors,
Ian is a member of the Burney Players and regularly performs
with the Adderbury Ensemble with whom he has recorded several
concertos.
He has performed as a soloist with many of Europe's period
instrument orchestras including the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra,
The Irish Baroque Orchestra and the English Concert and has
performed, recorded and broadcast with the Early Opera Company,
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and
contemporary music specialists Kokoro.
As a chamber musician, Ian has performed in many European
festivals including the Auvergne and Innsbruck Early Music
Festivals, the Edinburgh Festival and the BBC Proms. In 2008 his
career was the subject of a documentary for the Icelandic
National Broadcasting Service. Outside classical music, Ian can
be heard on the latest albums by the band Paris Motel and his
performance with folk icon Vashti Bunyan was selected as one of
the best live performances on the BBC's Jools Holland show,
featuring on the show's anniversary DVD.
In addition to his performing work Ian has acted as an
adjudicator and examiner in the UK, France, Ireland and Hong
Kong. He is the Head of Woodwind at Eton College, the principal
recorder professor at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and
teaches contemporary recorder repertoire at Trinity College of
Music.
"Ian
Wilson, a young virtuoso performer on both recorder and
clarinet, was the soloist in Vivaldi's Concerto for Sopranino
Recorder and in Weber's Concertino for Clarinet in which an
amazing fusion of mood made for a performance of unequal
brilliance"
The
Herald, Aug 2000
