| Prof. Frank Lloyd |
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Prof. Frank Lloyd
was born into a non-musical family in
Cornwall, UK. He took up the trombone in
his school brass band at the age of
thirteen. On leaving school at fifteen
he joined the Royal Marines Band Service
and subsequently changed to the French
horn. In 1975 he left the services to
embark on a course at the Royal Academy
of Music studying under Ifor James.
Within three months however, he was
offered the post of Principal Horn with
the Royal Scottish Orchestra. After four
and a half years in Scotland he returned
to London and took up a post with the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, remaining
with them for three years.
By this time his career was taking a
different direction as his demand as a
soloist and Chamber player increased.
Soon after leaving the RPO he joined the
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, and the
English Chamber Orchestra as Principal
Horn and the Nash Ensemble Chamber
Group. During this time he has performed
as soloist as far afield as Winnipeg and
Vancouver in Canada, Japan, Taiwan,
Australia and all parts of the USA. He
has been featured on several occasions
at the International Horn Workshops in
the USA, Japan and Europe. He tours
Europe extensively, giving master
classes, performing as a soloist, and as
a member of groups such as German Brass,
Ensemble Musica Villa.
As a teacher, Frank was for several
years’ professor of Horn at both the
Guildhall School of Music and Trinity
School of Music in London. In 1998 he
was appointed to the position of
Professor for Horn at the
Folkwang-Hochschule in Essen, Germany,
taking over from the previous professor,
the renowned Hermann Baumann on his
retirement.
Frank has several solo recordings on
disc, including Strauss 1st with the
Philharmonia Orchestra, Mozart’s Horn
Quintet with the Nash Ensemble, together
with other chamber works, and Britten’s
Serenade with the City of London
Sinfonia. He has recorded all of the
Mozart Horn Concerti with Richard Hickox
and the Northern Sinfonia Orchestra
available on the Chandos label. His
latest recording is another Britten
Serenade, with Philip Langridge and the
English Chamber Orchestra, recorded on
the Collins Classics label. A
much-acclaimed recital album, with Roger
Vignoles is on the Merlin label.
Frank has recently been awarded a
Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Music
(FRAM) in recognition of his
achievements in the music profession.
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