Daniel Bates (MA CANTAB, FRSM, FTCL, ARAM, AGSMD) is principal oboe with the Irish Chamber Orchestra, the City of London Sinfonia and co-principal oboe of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Previously, he also held the principal oboe position with the Royal Northern Sinfonia at the Sage, Gateshead.
Full BiographyDaniel Bates (MA CANTAB, FRSM, FTCL, ARAM, AGSMD) is principal oboe with the Irish Chamber Orchestra, the City of London Sinfonia and co-principal oboe of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Previously, he also held the principal oboe position with the Royal Northern Sinfonia at the Sage, Gateshead. He has played guest principal for all the major UK orchestras as well as various international orchestras such as the National Orchestra of Colombia, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. As a session musician he has recorded for numerous pop acts and films, including the Harry Potter franchise and for Barbra Streisand, Mary J Blige, Rihanna and Stevie Wonder.
Born in London, Daniel attended the Purcell School of Music. He was subsequently offered scholarships to every music college in the country and chose to study at the Royal Academy of Music under Celia Nicklin and Dougie Boyd. This was followed by a music scholarship to study at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he read Music and the History of Art.
When he was eighteen years of age he became the youngest ever winner of the Royal Overseas League Competition. Daniel also won two other major international competitions; in Italy and Romania and an English Speaking Union scholarship, enabling him to study at the Banff Music Centre in Canada.
He has performed solo concertos with the London Symphony Orchestra, the City of London Sinfonia, the Irish Chamber Orchestra, the Brasov Filharmonica, the Turin Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Mozart Players and the English Chamber Orchestra. Solo recitals include venues such as the Wigmore Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Usher Hall and the Purcell Room. Internationally, he has given solo recitals in venues such as the Pushkin Museum in Moscow and at various European festivals partnered with musicians of international renown including Jörg Widmann, Elizabeth Leonskaya, Joan Rodgers and Anthony Marwood.
As an actor, having studied classical acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, his credits include the title role in The Picture of Dorian Gray (Vienna’s English Theatre), Fedotik in The Three Sisters (alongside Kristen Scott Thomas and Eric Sykes in the West End) and Adrian Green in Casualty (BBC TV).
Daniel is the founder and Artistic Director of FitzFest (www.fitzfest.co.uk), a community chamber music festival, based in Fitzrovia, central London.
He now lives in Washington DC and has a pomeranian dog called Fitz.
Really interesting experience taking the Rosenkavalier project to Shanghai. Despite some technical problems with the film we got through it and there were even some laughs from the audience!
The hall lent itself very well to the event. The Cadillac Shanghai Concert Hall wouldn’t have looked out of place in Vienna- all gilt and plaster.
It was my first time in Shanghai and it didn’t disappoint. I came home with a suitcase full of Christmas presents for the family and despite being there for only a short time I crammed in the main tourist sites.
Vivaldi Gloria with Ensemble Matheus
Irish Chamber Orchestra with Jörg Widmann and Elisabeth Leonskaja.
See www.irishchamberorchestra.com for more details.
A drinks reception with music and chat about the forthcoming festival of Fitzrovia “FitzFest”.
See www.fitzfest.co.uk for more details.
Daniel is the founder and Artistic Director of FitzFest, a community chamber music festival, based in Fitzrovia, central London.
