Leon Bosch

Leon Bosch
Born (1961-07-07) 7 July 1961
Cape Town, South Africa
Instruments double bass
Labels Meridian Records
Website www.leonbosch.co.uk/
Notable instruments
Gagliano (1750), Landolfi (1750)

Leon Bosch is a double bassist known for his expressive bel canto style.[1][2] Whilst currently holding the post of principal double bass of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields,[3] he is also known as a chamber musician, recitalist, concerto soloist, teacher, and program consultant.[3]

Career

Born in Cape Town, though now a British citizen, Bosch graduated from the University of Cape Town before continuing his studies at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.[3] Since his 1984 London solo debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Bosch has appeared as a concerto soloist with many distinguished musicians, including Pinchas Zukerman, Sir Charles Groves and Nicholas Kraemer.[2]

Highlights of his chamber music partnerships have included engagements with the Lindsay, Belcea and Brodsky String Quartets, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble, I Musicanti, and the Moscow Virtuosi. He has worked with such pianists as Maria João Pires, Mikhail Rudy, Vladimir Ovchinikov, Peter Donohoe, Martin Roscoe and, most recently on CD,[4] the Vienna-based Korean pianist Sung-Suk Kang.[5][6]

Bosch has played a significant part in, and received acclaim for, the exploration of challenging and little-known music for double bass both in live performance and on disc.[7][8] He has been responsible for a number of important first performances including "Pueblo", a commission from John McCabe, several works by Allan Stephenson[7]>, and music by the South African composers Hendrik Hofmeyr and Paul Hanmer.[3]

Bosch's experiences under South Africa's apartheid[3] regime have ensured he has a keen interest in social and political issues; he holds a masters degree in Intelligence and International Relations from the University of Salford.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.contrabass.co.uk/virtuoso_double_bass_cd.htm
  2. 1 2 http://www.nac-cna.ca/en/news/viewnews.cfm?ID=749&cat=catNACO.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 http://www.leonbosch.co.uk/article02.pdf, Double Bassist Magazine #25 Summer 2003 published by Orpheus Publications Newsquest Specialist Media
  4. ↑ http://www.leonbosch.co.uk/music3.php
  5. ↑ http://www.sungsuk-kang.com/english/bio_frame.html
  6. ↑ http://www.meridian-records.co.uk/artist_of_month_leon_bosch.htm
  7. 1 2 http://www.leonbosch.co.uk/article03.pdf Double Bassist magazine #29 Summer 2004 published by Orpheus Publications Newsquest Specialist Media
  8. ↑ http://www.leonbosch.co.uk/music3.php
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