Meyrick Alexander | |
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Born | 18 May 1952 |
Occupation | Bassoonist |
Known for | One of the UK's best known bassoonists and bassoon teachers |
Meyrick Alexander (born 18 May 1952) is an English bassoonist. He is one of the UK's best known bassoonists and bassoon teachers.
As a performer, Alexander was Principal Bassoon of the Philharmonia Orchestra for 30 years, and currently plays principal with the London Chamber Orchestra. [1]
Alexander is Professor of Bassoon at the Royal Academy of Music [1] and has also taught at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, [2] where he was Head of Woodwind and remains a tutor, [1] the Royal Northern College of Music, [1] Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, [1] and, for most of his career, at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. [3] [1]
Alexander has appeared as a soloist on numerous occasions including performances of the Mozart Bassoon Concerto under Vladimir Ashkenazy; he has made two solo recordings with the London Chamber Orchestra. Alexander is a specialist on the baroque bassoon which he plays in John Eliot Gardiner's Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and the English Baroque Soloists. [4]