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Sarah Burnett
Principal Bassoon
Sarah is an active freelance
orchestral player working with a wide variety of orchestras nationwide.
She is currently Principal Bassoon of Glyndebourne Touring Opera and Britten
Sinfonia, having joined the latter in 2002. Amongst others, she has played
as guest principal for the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra
of Wales, the London Mozart Players, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
As a student, she was Principal Bassoon of both the National Youth Orchestra
of Great Britain and the European Union Youth Orchestra.
Sarah read Music at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and studied at
the Royal Academy of Music. In 1993, she gained a scholarship to study
at the Hochschule for Music and Theater in Hanover with Klaus Thunemann.
She is a Professor at the Royal College of Music and also teaches bassoon
at the Purcell School.
As both a soloist and chamber musician, Sarah has given recitals at the
Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, Fairfield Halls, the Bridgewater Hall and
at the Pump Room in Cheltenham. She also appears regularly in broadcasts
for BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM.
To read an interview with Sarah
click here
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