David Wickham

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David Wickham (born 1966) is a British concert pianist, music director and conductor. He was born in Worthing, West Sussex.

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Performing career

As an accompanist, Wickham has worked with Sara Macliver, [1] Aivale Cole, Taryn Fiebig, Michael Goldschlager, Fiona Campbell, Margaret Blades, Sergei Leiferkus, Michelle de Young, Krysia Osostowicz, Barnaby Robson, Andrew Webster, Emma Pearson, Libby Hammer, Gregory Yurisich, Mark Gasser and Ruby Philogene [2] in recital. Conductors he has worked with include Steuart Bedford, Charles Peebles, Jane Glover and Richard Mills. He has performed in many prestigious venues include London's Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room, the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Hamburg's BP Studienhaus, the Belgisches Haus in Cologne, the Vonderau Museum in Fulda, the Grand Salle de Commerce in Lille and Wellington Town Hall in New Zealand.

He has made numerous ABC broadcasts [3] with singers such as Sara Macliver and Fiona Campbell, and his piano trio, PVC. [4] Wickham has appeared in every ABC Classic FM Sunday Live series [3] since 2004 in Australia and has also broadcast recitals for BBC Radio 3 and UK Classic FM.

Wickham has recorded a CD of Australian art songs by Raymond Hanson, entitled The Poet Sings, with soprano Lisa Harper-Brown for Stone Records in 2012.

He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and studied with Norman Beedie, Paul Roberts and later with Graham Johnson and Paul Hamburger.

He is currently a lecturer at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

Conducting

He was a member of the music staff of the Australian Opera Studio from 2003 to 2006, [5] where he was music director for productions of Giulio Cesare , Don Quichotte , Carmen , Così fan tutte , Rodelinda , Manon , Bastien und Bastienne and Trouble in Tahiti , as well as Elijah and four cabarets. At the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts he has conducted Candide , [6] A Midsummer Night's Dream , Malcolm Williamson's English Eccentrics , [7] Trial by Jury , and Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites . The Australian Opera Studio's 2005 cabaret, of which Wickham was music director, won an award for the best live broadcast in the ABC's Sunday Live series. Wickham was music director and pianist for the 2009 Opera Under the Stars event [8] on Broome's Cable Beach. In 2010, he conducted The Mikado for West Australian Opera and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra to 15,000 people in Perth, [9] with simulcasts to large audiences in Geraldton and Bunbury, Western Australia.

Répétiteur

As a répétiteur, Wickham worked for English National Opera, Welsh National Opera and Scottish Opera, and spent nine seasons with Garsington Opera. [10] He has also worked on several productions for Broomhill Opera and West Australian Opera, including Richard Mills' award-winning The Love of the Nightingale , [11] described in the press as "the operatic event of the year."

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References

  1. ↑ ""Diamonds in the Snow - song recital with Sara Macliver" by David Wickham". Ro.ecu.edu.au. Archived from the original on 9 March 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "ABC Classic FM Music Details: Sunday 5 October 2008". Abc.net.au. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  3. 1 2 "ABC Classic FM Music Details: Sunday 22 February 2009". Abc.net.au. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "2009 CLASSICAL MuSIC AWARDS" (PDF). Waapa.ecu.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
  5. ↑ Emma Broe (2 February 2008). "Jalbrook Estate and West Australian Opera present Opera in the Valley - 2nd February, 2008". Jalbrookconcerts.com.au. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
  6. ↑ ""Candide" by David Wickham". Ro.ecu.edu.au. Archived from the original on 11 March 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "English Eccentrics: an Operatic Entertainment (Malcolm Williamson) | OZartsreview". Ozartsreview.hostingsuccess.com. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  8. ↑ "History". Opera Under The Stars. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  9. ↑ "The Mikado: West Australian Opera, Perth, 6th March 2010". Opera-britannia.com. 11 March 2010. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
  10. ↑ "artists". Solo To Symphony. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  11. ↑ ""The Love of the Nightingale" by David Wickham". Ro.ecu.edu.au. Archived from the original on 9 March 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
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