Michael Collins
Clarinettist & Conductor |
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| | | Biography | | | "Michael Collins plays (and conducts) with an irresistible exuberance that I’ve not heard equalled."
Gramophone Magazine, Dec 2012 | | | “...superb artistry... I started the clarinet when I was seven years old. As a leading conductor and exponent of the clarinet, Michael Collins is one of the most complete musicians of his generation.Early life Collins was born on 27 January in Isleworth, West London.Michael met his first clarinet in Primary school.As clarinettist Michael Collins takes over as Artistic Director in Residence of the London Mozart Players for the seasons, he talks about his.his range of colour is fabulous and his sense of line, both as soloist and conductor, ensures that [Stanford’s Clarinet Concerto] unfolds with a kind of effortless eloquence”
International Record Review, Nov 2012 | | | | Michael Collins' dazzling virtuosity and sensitive musicianship have earned him recognition as one of today’s most distinguished artists and a leading exponent of his instrument.
At 16 he won the woodwind prize in the first BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition, going on to make his US debut at New York’s Carnegie Hall at the age of 22. He has since performed as soloist with many of the world’s most significant orchestras and forme
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