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Leon Bosch
Leon Bosch is a double bassist known for his expressive bel canto style.[1][2] He was principal double bass of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields,[3] from 1995 until 2014[4] but is also known as a chamber musician, recitalist, concerto soloist, teacher, conductor and program consultant.[3] He is artistic director of the chamber music ensembles I Musicanti and the Ubuntu Ensemble.[5] CareerBorn in Cape Town, though now a British citizen, Bosch graduated from the University of Cape Town before continuing his studies at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.[3] Since his 1984 London solo debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Bosch has appeared as a concerto soloist with many distinguished musicians, including Pinchas Zukerman, Sir Charles Groves and Nicholas Kraemer.[2] Highlights of his chamber music partnerships have included engagements with the Lindsay, Belcea and Brodsky String Quartets, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble, I Musicanti, and the Moscow Virtuosi. He has worked with such pianists as Maria João Pires, Mikhail Rudy, Vladimir Ovchinikov, Peter Donohoe, Martin Roscoe and, most recently on CD,[6] the Vienna-based Korean pianist Sung-Suk Kang.[7][8] Bosch has played a significant part in, and received acclaim for, the exploration of challenging and little-known music for double bass both in live performance and on disc.[9][10] He has been responsible for a number of important first performances including "Pueblo", a commission from John McCabe, several works by Allan Stephenson,[9] and music by the South African composers Hendrik Hofmeyr and Paul Hanmer.[3] As a teacher, Leon Bosch holds a professorship at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London [11] and is on the teaching staff at The Purcell School for young musicians [12] In 2024, he received the Walter Willson Cobbett medal, awarded by the Worshipful Company of Musicians for services to chamber music[13] Bosch's experiences under South Africa's apartheid[3] regime have ensured he has a keen interest in social and political issues; he holds a master's degree in Intelligence and International Relations from the University of Salford.[3] DiscographySource:[14] With Sung-Suk Kang (piano) The Music of Rankl, Sprongl and Hindemith Josep Cervera-Bret: The Catalan Virtuoso Pedro Valls: Music for Double Bass and Piano The Hungarian Double Bass Bottesini: Virtuoso Double Bass, vols 1 & 2 The Russian Double Bass The British Double Bass
The South African Double Bass 18 Negro Spirituals Bottesini: Virtuoso Double Bass vol 3
With I Musicanti Giovanni Bottesini: Gran Quintetto in C minor
With the Academy of St Martin in the Fields Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Complete Works for Solo Double Bass
With the Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine Thomas de Hartmann: Fantaisie-Concerto op 65 References
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