Stephen Clark - Flute
Biography
Stephen was born in Glasgow in 1983 and began playing the flute when he was 14 years old. Having initially studied with Sheena Gordon, he continued his studies with David Nicholson, Helen Brew and Janet Richardson at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama from where he graduated with Honours. Whilst still a student, Stephen was a major prize winner and in the same year won both 2nd prize in the Mozart Concerto Competition and first prize in the prestigious RSAMD Concerto Competition. Stephen completed his studies with Richard Davies and Michael Cox at the Royal Northern College of Music where he received an Entrance Scholarship. He has also been fortunate to receive tuition and guidance from many other distinguished musicians. These include Jacques Zoon, Peter Lloyd, Phillipa Davies, Lorna Mcghee, Emily Beynon, Paul Edmund-Davies, Matej Zupan, Richard Blake, Sebastian Bell, Moshe Epstein, Wissam Boustany and many others.
Having spent some time as an orchestral player, Stephen now concentrates on his work as a soloist. He has performed throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland, Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Croatia, Mexico, Chile, Egypt, Libya, Malta, Australia, South Africa, Indonesia, Brazil, Slovenia and the U.S.A. In August 2005, Stephen was also awarded the Musicians Benevolent Fund/Oxford Flute Bursary Award and from 2005 - 2006, he was a performing artist on Lord Yehudi Menuhin’s Live Music Now Scheme!
Stephen is also in great demand as a teacher, workshop and masterclass leader. Stephen has given regular classes both in the UK and abroad and often gives classes for the international organisation Flutewise. Recently, he has performed as solo flautist and led workshops for the world famous Glyndebourne Opera Company in their UK tour of Mozart's The Magic Flute. In 2005, Stephen was invited as Visiting Professor of flute at the International Summer Flute Academy of Kastella. His residency and performances there where documented by Croatian television. Stephen is greatly dedicated to the promotion of music to children and young people. This has led him to perform concerts and teach extensively for the Music For Youth Initiative of Scotland.
Stephen has recorded for Classic FM, Amadeus, Linn Records and for the Naxos label and broadcast live on Northern Ireland’s 7FM and BBC Radio 3. He is also the solo flautist featured in the Children’s Classic Concerts CD which was released in the UK in 2006.
Future recitals, concerto performances and masterclasses include appearances in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Croatia and more.
“As well as being a ravishing account of the score, this beautifully structured performance, which was as much concerned with clarity and delicacy as with fragrance, was one that gave the listener a great deal to think about - the dazzling and super-articulate performance by young Glaswegian flautist Stephen Clark of Jacques Ibert's Flute Concerto revealed the work as more substantial than hitherto appreciated.”
- Michael Tumelty
The Herald.
“If you are looking for a flute player with great expertise, enthusiasm, energy and who has excellent performance skills, look no further than Stephen Clark. A superb flute player and workshop leader, the audience adored him!”
- Flutewise magazine
"His performance was out of this world, leaving the audience astonished with what can only be described as perfection. Stephen is definately one to watch out for on the international flute circuit and his debut solo CD should be one to remember."
-Belfast Times
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