Stephen Williams
Stephen Williams double bass
Stephen Williams was born in Wales and started to play the bass at the
age of 14. He played with the National Youth Orchestra of Wales, the
first ever European Union Youth Orchestra and studied at the Guildhall School of
Music with Tom Martin.
Steve is a founder member and Principal Bass with the Britten Sinfonia,
playing at their acclaimed Proms debut in 1999 and at the BS Soloists
Wigmore Hall debut. Since 1987 he has been principal with the English Chamber
Orchestra with whom he has played in over 30 countries and appeared as
soloist.
He is also a member of the Gaudier Ensemble who have their own festivals in Dorset and Holland and record regularly for Hyperion. Steve is a frequent guest of many ensembles most recently the Emperor, Parissi and Mandelring quartets.
His bass was made in the 1580's by Gasparo da Salo.
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Next Production
Britten Sinfonia At Lunch October
London, Norwich, Cambridge and Birmingham
06 - 15 October 2010
Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet is an acknowledged masterpiece and at the heart of this opening concert in Britten Sinfonia’s award-winning lunchtime series. Arguable his best known chamber work, it’s a piece hugely admired by two composers also featured in this concert. The celebrated composer James MacMillan is represented by four miniatures each dedicated to important figures in his life, including Brother Walfrid, founder of Celtic football club, and fellow Scottish composers Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Sally Beamish. Maxwell Davies turns the tables with a brand new work in tribute to James MacMillan, co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall.
