Ian Mitchell

Ian Mitchell performs worldwide as a soloist and chamber musician. He has recorded with ensembles as diverse as The Monteverdi Orchestra, the improvising group AMM, The Michael Nyman Band, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gemini, and Liria - an Albanian folk band. His CD of solo bass clarinet works (the first by a British artist) received the top accolade from BBC Music Magazine, and CDs of music by John White and Philip Grange have been chosen as CDs of the Year by BBC Music Magazine and Gramophone respectively. He directs the chamber ensemble Gemini, renowned for both concert and education work; was a lecturer at Exeter University, and is now Head of the Wind, Brass & Percussion Faculty at Trinity College of Music, London. Ian recently compiled Spectrum for Clarinet for the Associated Board, published in October 2006