Artist
Biographies
Trevor
Wye studied the flute privately both with Geoffrey Gilbert and
the celebrated Marcel Moyse. He was a freelance orchestral and chamber music
player on the London scene for many years and has made several solo recordings,
notably on his specialist instrument, the flute d'amour, which he reintroduced
in modern times. His formative years were influenced by many players and singers,
particularly Alfred Deller and William Bennett.
He was formerly a Professor at the Guildhall School of Music, London and for
21 years at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.
Trevor Wye is the author the famous Practice Books for the flute, which have
received world wide acclaim and have been translated into ten other languages.
More recently, his highly praised biography of Marcel Moyse was published in
English and in four other languages. Currently, he is working on an encyclopedia
of the flute.
During the year, he teaches at his Studio in Kent, a residential course for
postgraduate students, and travels throughout the world giving concerts and
master classes including annual appearances in the USA, Switzerland and Japan.
He enjoys serving on juries for international competitions, and giving recitals
which includes presenting his unique "flutes fantastic!", an hilarious
recital with commentary, in which he plays on more than fifty different flutes.
He collects antique spectacles on which he sometimes lectures, and in 1990,
he won the annual Quiz on the subject of the Mapp and Lucia novels, awarded
by the E.F. Benson Society. He spends what other spare time he has on astronomy
on which he also talks. Founder of the British Flute Society, he was also founder
and director of International Summer School, from 1969-1988, the biggest flute
summer camp in the world. In 1990 he was made an honorary Fellow of the Royal
Northern College of Music.
Trevor Wye is in high demand all over the world as both a performer and teacher.
His charming sense of humor, combined with his musical knowledge and integrity,
make his classes not only fun but also highly enlightening for both performer
and auditor alike.
Clifford
Benson is a pianist highly acclaimed for
his sensitivity, outstanding musicianship and strong feeling for poetry and
colour. He enjoys a varied career of performing solo piano, chamber music, teaching
and composing.
He studied at the Royal College of music with Cyril Smith and Lamar Crowson
and was awarded the Chopin Sonata Prize and the Tagore Gold Medal as the outstanding
musician of his year. With the violinist Levon Chilingirian, her was first prizewinner
in the BBC Beethoven and the Munich International Duo Competitions, which led
to numerous collaborations with prestigious artists, to solo and chamber music
recitals and to recordings for BBC Radio 3. Clifford was the pianist for the
Jacqueline du Pre masterclasses on BBC 2 television and has appeared as a soloist
and chamber musician at the Proms.
As member of the Nash Ensemble for many years, he enjoyed a wide-ranging repertoire,
performing with such artists as Cleo Laine, Eartha Kitt, Marion Montgomery,
Sarah Walker, John Taverner and Sir Simon Rattle. Clifford has appeared at many
major music festivals and in addition to the UK, his recitals have taken him
to Europe, the Middle and Far East, the USA and Canada.
As a recording artist, he has encompassed a whole range of styles from Mozart
to the present day. Apart from his recordings for Hyperion, specializing in
English music, he has covered much of the flute and piano repertoire with William
Bennett and Trevor Wye, and has recorded other combinations for Chandos, CRD
and Deutsche Grammophon.
Clifford, a composer with published works himself, has given some notable world
premieres of contemporary composers such as Richard Rodney Bennett and Malcolm
Lipkin. He currently teaches piano and gives piano chamber music workshops at
the Royal Academy of Music, London. He has been a panel member for the BBC Young
Musician of the Year Competition, the Albuquerque Flute Association’s
Frank Bowen Young Artist Competition and regularly coaches and adjudicates for
the British Chamber Music for Schools Competition. His personable manner, brilliant
musicianship and sense of humor make him a popular addition to any masterclass.
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