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Martin Owen

Martin Owen (born 22 September 1973) is a British classical horn player. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music. He was principal horn of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) 1998 - 2008. In 2008, he was appointed principal horn of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

He often plays guest principal horn with the major London orchestras, and others including the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. He also has a varied solo career outside the orchestra and appears as soloist and chamber musician in some of the leading music festivals around the world. He is a regular performer at the Wigmore Hall; he made his debut there in 1997 in Benjamin Britten's ''Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings'' with Philip Langridge and Guildhall Strings. He has since performed the same work there with Toby Spence and the Scottish Ensemble. That collaboration led to a recording for Linn Records, of which Paul Driver said in the Sunday Times, "Owen's playing is a luxury for the ear". Other recordings include Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4 with the RPO (RPO Classics label), Schubert's Octet with among others Michael Collins (Wigmore Hall Live label), Roderick Elms' ''Four Seasonal Nocturnes'' with the RPO (Dutton Records), and Franz Danzi's ''Symphonie Concertante'' with the Cadaqués Orchestra.

In October 2006, Owen gave the world premiere of Malcolm Arnold's ''Burlesque'' for horn and orchestra, with the RPO. The work, a recently recovered fragment, is thought to be part of an uncompleted horn concerto.

Recent performances include Schumann's ''Konzertstück'' for Four Horns and Orchestra with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra at the 2007 BBC Proms, Britten's ''Serenade'' at the 2008 Bad Kissingen festival with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and the London premiere of Elliott Carter's Horn Concerto at the Barbican Centre with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Oliver Knussen, for the composer's 100th birthday.

In 2009, he performed Knussen's Horn Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms live on BBC Four TV and on BBC Radio 3.

In 2006, he was awarded a Fellowship by the Royal Academy of Music. He has been professor of horn there since 2008.

Martin Owen is represented by Worldwide Artists Management. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Environmental Challenges Making a Difference in the Classroom / by Griffiths, David

    Published 1997
    Other Authors: “…Owen, Martin…”
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    Symphony no. 4 Konzertstück for four horns / by Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856

    Published 2009
    Other Authors: “…Owen, Martin…”
    Conference Proceeding CD Audio
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    Octet Shepherd on the rock / by Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828

    Published 2007
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    The Mozart wind collection by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791

    Published 2005
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    16 compositions, 2002-2009 by Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012

    Published 2010
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    British Horn Society Festival 2007

    Published 2007
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