Christopher Orton

Christopher Orton is widely recognised as one of the most exciting recorder players of the new generation. He graduated from Birmingham Conservatoire with the highest recital marks in 2004, and has since been awarded numerous prizes, scholarships and awards, including the first ever John Hosier Trust Scholarship for postgraduate study, a silver medal from the Worshipful Company of Musicians, and a Prix De Jury and Prize for Best Performance of a Dutch work at the 9^th International Contemporary Music Competition, Poland, 2005. His teachers included Ross Winters, Annabel Knight, Dan Laurin, Anneke Boeke and Pamela Thorby. He gave the first ever solo recorder recital in Symphony Hall, Birmingham, and was interviewed and performed live on BBC Radio 3 In Tune programme, and presented the recorder on BBC 1 Blue Peter. Christopher works particularly in the field of contemporary music, and commissions works from young up and coming composers from around the world.. Most recently, Christopher took 2^nd prize with his duo partner Magdalena Nasidlak (piano, Poland) in the 10^th International Contemporary Music Competition in Krakow, September 2006.