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Justin Pearson - Cello is
one of London’s busiest and most enterprising musicians. He is Principal cellist
and Artistic Director of The National Symphony Orchestra (UK), Guest Principal
cellist of the Royal Philharmonic and English Sinfonia Orchestras and cellist of
the English Piano Trio. Justin is artistic director and manager of the Locrian
Ensemble of London, one of the most sought after, and often-recorded ensembles
in Britain today. He also performs regularly with the Michael Nyman Band, and
for over twenty years has been the chosen solo cellist for Andrew Lloyd Webber
in London’s West End. Justin has played chamber music in Downing Street, performed by invitation to Queen Elizabeth ll (The Commonwealth Institute) and the Prince of Wales (Hampton Court). He has appeared live on stage with “Oasis”, Eric Clapton and toured on the Asian Music Network in Britain. Justin has recently written scripts for plays with music that are touring Britain: “Tango! Tango!”, a play with narrator, tango band and dancers about the life of the tango composer, Astor Piazzolla; “The Angel of Rome”, the poignant story of the last surviving castrati singer, Alessando Moreschi. His latest drama, “Stirring the Spirit”, commissioned by the Sarratt Festival, was so enthusiastically received that it toured most successfully to fifteen regional theatres and both Edinburgh and Cambridge Festivals. The play came to London’s West End theatre in August, 2006. Tours abroad have included performing with the Feinstein Ensemble in Egypt, playing solo recitals at the Edinburgh and Spoleto Festivals, touring Germany and Holland, and performing many concertos, including the Elgar, at St.Martin-in-the-Fields. Just recently he has undertaken his first solo recital tour to the USA. Justin has recorded CDs for the following classical labels: Hyperion (Schubert), Naxos (Malcolm Arnold - a “Gramophone” award winning disc, and chamber works of Martinu), 4 discs for Guild (Beethoven Quintets, chamber music by Othmar Schoeck, piano trios and string quartets by Volkmar Andreae), ASV (Mozart and Schubert Viola and Cello Quintets), Dutton Epoch (8 discs: Rebecca Clarke, Walter Leigh, Richard Arnell, Arthur Benjamin, McDowell, Clifford and Bainton), Carlton Classics (Piazzolla) and, most recently, the Limerick-based composer, Osborne, for the Irish Lyric fm label. He has also produced independent programmes for BBC Radio 3, featuring the chamber music of Ginastera and Gliere. Justin is to be heard playing the solo cello line in the film about the life of Oscar Wilde, “Wilde”, starring Stephen Fry, and is also the featured soloist on the soundtracks to cinematic successes, “Female Perversions” and “Frozen”. Originally born in Dublin, Justin left Ireland at 14 to study in England with Derek Simpson of the Aeolian String Quartet. He entered the Royal Academy of Music where he won all available prizes for chamber music playing. Justin continues to return to Ireland to lecture and adjudicate at the Cork School of Music. . Justin serves as Chairman of the Governors of the Royal Society of Musicians, a charity that supports musicians in need, is Co-Chair of the London cello Society, and is Musical Patron of Sunbeams Music Trust, helping children and adults with special needs, through music, in Cumbria. “Justin Pearson’s powerful, roomy tone” Strad “Forthright and incisive” The Times “An excellent soloist” Financial Times Justin Pearson on Guild Music
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