Owen Murray ACCORDIONIST
 
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Genesins Academy
December 2010
Owen just got back from the Moscow Accordion Festival where he was awarded the coveted Silver Disc at the closing ceremony at the Gnesins Russian Academy of Music. It was a lovely moment for him, he informs us. They have promised to send a photo which we shall publish once received.
   
 
Sounds New Festival website
21 May 2011
Sounds New Contemporary Music Festival in Canterbury
on Saturday 21 May 2011
- ACCORDION DAY
Owen will run a workshop for composers on how to write for accordion in the morning, his students will give a lunch time concert, there will be an afternoon session, a workshop for accordionists and teachers, and an evening concert where he will play with his ensemble Waves. It will be their debut concert. The programme will include works by Gubaidulina, Nunn, and Ruders 'Serenade on the Shores of the Cosmic Ocean'. It's a super programme.
   
   
Dutch Treat - November 17th - Information from the RLPO website
Nov 17th 2010

Ensemble 10/10

Dutch Treat
Wednesday 17 November 2010 7:30 pm
The Cornerstone, Liverpool Hope University Creative Campus

Owen will be performing in 'White Eagle' by Martijn Padding.

The concert will be repeated in the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival,
21 November 2010, Venue: St Paul's Hall, University of Huddersfield, Time 17:00.


June 17th 2010
 
   
 
Owen's student Amadej Herzog wins RAM Club Prize - 16th June 2010.

Read More here
 
March 2010
BBC Radio 3 Schedule
Friday,
19th March
15:25



We mentioned that Owen recorded  ’Fairy-Tales’ by Vaclav Trojan with the BBC Concert Orchestra. It was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Friday, March 19th.
A CD will at some point be available from the BBC Concert Orchestra site.

Listen Again link is no longer availab;e.

Owen Murray, accordion
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth, conducting

 
January 2010
 
Owen Murray: Accordion Guru... Read/print the PDF... read the PDF (4.5 MB) - (click thumbnail)
7 pages - 4.5MB (please wait while it's loading) .......................recently published, English and Italian.
in the Italian Magazine: 'Strumenti & Musica' (September No.8 and December No.9) 2009 editions.
 
December 2009
Owen has recorded  ’Fairy-Tales’ by Vaclav Trojan with the BBC Concert Orchestra. It will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and a CD will be available from the BBC Concert Orchestra site soon. When details of the broadcast are available, we'll link.
 
 
December 2009
Owen has just formed an ensemble called ’Waves’. The Ensemble consists of accordion, strings, guitar woodwind, voice and percussion. This will be able to embrace all chamber works written for accordion and an interesting repertoire of transcriptions. The first project will be to record Poul Ruders ’Serenade on the Shores of the Cosmic Ocean2005 Review "The Independent" (end paragraph) and Patrick Nunn ’Escape-Velocity’. Both works dedicated to Owen Murray.
 
 
December 2009

Owen has formed a Duo with Royal Academy of Music professor of Viola, Jim Sleigh.