PRESS RELEASE FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE PRESS SECRETARY TO THE QUEEN
The Queen’s Medal for Music 2011
The Queen has approved the award of Her Majesty’s Medal for Music to oboist and conductor Nicholas Daniel. The prize, established in 2005, is awarded to an outstanding individual or group of musicians who have had a major influence on the musical life of the nation.
Mr Daniel will be presented with the award by The Queen at an audience later this year. An informal announcement will be made by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies on 29th January at a musical performance at King’s College Cambridge in which Mr. Daniel is taking part.
Nicholas Daniel is the seventh winner of the award and follows in the footsteps of well known recipients such as Bryn Terfel, Sir Colin Davis and Dame Emma Kirkby.
Nicholas Daniel says, “I feel deeply honoured and truly delighted to receive The Queen’s Medal for Music in this exciting year for Great Britain. As a performer my job is to serve the composers I perform as best I can, so to have my vocation acknowledged in this way is really wonderful. As a solo Oboist, chamber musician, conductor and teacher I have been extremely privileged to have worked, and to continue to work with so many great musicians.”
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies says, “I am delighted to announce Nicholas Daniel as the recipient of this year’s Award. I can’t think of a more deserving person given his reputation not only as one of our most highly regarded oboists but also a leading ambassador for the musical life of the nation. Many people know Nicholas as a passionate advocate of baroque and 19th century music but he has also proven a driving force behind new repertoire for his instrument. Long may he continue to spread his passion and knowledge for music throughout Great Britain and beyond.”
LEICESTER PRESS RELEASE
QUEEN’S MEDAL FOR MUSIC AWARDED TO LEICESTER INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL’S
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR NICHOLAS DANIEL, OBOIST & CONDUCTOR
It has been announced today by Buckingham Palace that the 2011 Queen’s Medal for Music is to be awarded to Leicester International Music Festival’s
Artistic Director, oboist and conductor Nicholas Daniel. The prize, established in 2005, is awarded to an outstanding individual or group of musicians who have had a major influence on the musical life of the nation.
Mr Daniel will be presented with the award by The Queen at an audience later this year. Nicholas Daniel is the seventh winner of the award and the previous recipients are: Sir Charles Mackerras, Bryn Terfel, Judith Weir, Kathryn Tickell, Sir Colin Davis, and Dame Emma Kirkby.
Nicholas Daniel says “I feel deeply honoured and truly delighted to receive The Queen’s Medal for Music in this exciting year for Great Britain: the year of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee and the 2012 Olympics. As a performer my job is to serve the composers I perform as best I can, so to have my vocation acknowledged in this way is really wonderful. As a solo oboist, chamber musician, conductor and teacher, I have been extremely privileged to have worked and to continue to work with so many great musicians, especially composers.” Mr Daniel, who celebrates his 50th birthday year this year, reinforces his commitment to “championing and securing the future of my rare and beautiful instrument with great new works written for it by the best composers, and by teaching some of the finest young oboists to ensure these new works and the instrument have a future".
Nicholas has been Artistic Director of Leicester International Music Festival since 2003, and the 2012 Festival includes another host of wonderful music and musicians. The theme will be ‘The Art of Music’, featuring seven composers Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Sven Ingo Koch, Michael Berkeley, Jonathan Harvey and David Matthews, and will feature performances by Nicholas Daniel himself. The full programme will be announced later in the year and please see www.musicfestival.co.uk for more details. Leicester International Festival runs from 13 - 16 September 2012 at New Walk Museum and Art Gallery.
Nicholas Daniel’s long and remarkable career began at the age of 18 when he won the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition (1980) and today, as well as being one of the UK’s most distinguished soloists and a successful conductor, he is an important ambassador for music and musicians in many different fields.
For additional press information please contact:
Jane Nicolson, jane@janenicolson.com 07887 500977
Nicholas Daniel media:
WEBSITE: www.nicholasdaniel.com
TWITTER: #ndanieloboe
FACEBOOK: Nicholas Daniel
YOUTUBE: nicholasdanieloboe
GENERAL PRESS RELEASE
NICHOLAS DANIEL, OBOIST & CONDUCTOR AWARDED THE QUEEN’S MEDAL FOR MUSIC
It has been announced today by Buckingham Palace that the 2011 Queen’s Medal for Music is to be awarded to oboist and conductor Nicholas Daniel. The prize, established in 2005, is awarded to an outstanding individual or group of musicians who have had a major influence on the musical life of the nation.
Mr Daniel will be presented with the award by The Queen at an audience later this year. A presentation will be made by The Queen’s Master of Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies on Sunday 29 January at a concert featuring Nicholas Daniel at 8.00pm at King’s College Cambridge.
Nicholas Daniel is the seventh winner of the award and the previous recipients are: Sir Charles Mackerras, Bryn Terfel, Judith Weir, Kathryn Tickell, Sir Colin Davis, and Dame Emma Kirkby.
Nicholas Daniel says “I feel deeply honoured and truly delighted to receive The Queen’s Medal for Music in this exciting year for Great Britain: the year of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee and the 2012 Olympics. As a performer my job is to serve the composers I perform as best I can, so to have my vocation acknowledged in this way is really wonderful. As a solo oboist, chamber musician, conductor and teacher, I have been extremely privileged to have worked and to continue to work with so many great musicians, especially composers.” Mr Daniel, who celebrates his 50th birthday year this year, reinforces his commitment to “championing and securing the future of my rare and beautiful instrument with great new works written for it by the best composers, and by teaching some of the finest young oboists to ensure these new works and the instrument have a future".
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies says, “I am delighted to announce Nicholas Daniel as the recipient of this year’s Award. I can’t think of a more deserving person given his reputation not only as one of our most highly regarded oboists but also a leading ambassador for the musical life of the nation. Many people know Nicholas as a passionate advocate of baroque and 19th century music but he has also proven a driving force behind new repertoire for his instrument. Long may he continue to spread his passion and knowledge for music throughout Great Britain and beyond.”
Nicholas Daniel’s long and remarkable career began at the age of 18 when he won the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition (1980) and today, as well as being one of the UK’s most distinguished soloists and a successful conductor, he is an important ambassador for music and musicians in many different fields.
In addition to his extensive experience in baroque and 19th century music, he is an important force in the creation and performance of new repertoire for oboe, and has premiered works by many significan composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Nicholas is Associate Artistic Director of Britten Sinfonia, with whom he made his conducting debut at The Proms in 2004, and conducts and directs this award-winning orchestra regularly. He is a founder member of the Haffner Wind Ensemble and the Britten Oboe Quartet, is Artistic Director of the Leicester International Festival, and is oboist to the California-based chamber ensemble Camerata Pacifica.
Nicholas works extensively with young people, including teaching in the UK and Germany where he is Professor of Oboe at the Musikhochschule, Trossingen. He has recently been appointed as Artistic Director of the new, international youth orchestra ‘Triorca’ (www.triorca.eu), comprising young musicians from England, Germany and Serbia. They will perform later this year in Novi Sad, Serbia and in 2013 in Norwich and at Snape Maltings.
Nicholas Daniel is also the Patron of ‘Sound and Fair’ who campaign for a sustainable trade in African blackwood - the wood that is used to make oboes and other woodwind instruments . African blackwood was once common throughout East Africa and is now commercially extinct in many areas. Sound and Fair’s work has created Africa’s first sustainable harvested African blackwood, and thanks to this, local communities have received a boost in income, which is used to develop education, health care and local business.
TICKETS: Sunday 29 January
8.30pm, King’s College Cambridge
Britten: Metamorphoses after Ovid
Mozart’s Serenade No. 10 for Winds
Nicholas Daniel, oboe; Simon Goldhill, reader; and the Haffner Wind Ensemble.
£16 (restricted view £10, students under 25 free, on the door only)
Tel: 01223 769 340
email: shop@kings.cam.ac.uk
in person: from the Shop at King’s, King's Parade, Cambridge
NIcholas Daniel media:
TWITTER: #ndanieloboe
FACEBOOK: Nicholas Daniel
YOUTUBE: nicholasdanieloboe
For additional press information please contact:
Jane Nicolson, jane@janenicolson.com 07887 500977