Sarah Burnett - Bassoon

 

 

 

 

Sarah is an active freelance orchestral
player working with a wide variety of
orchestras nationwide. She is currently
Principal Bassoon of Glyndebourne Touring
Opera, the Britten Sinfonia and the Haffner
Wind Ensemble, joining the latter two in
2002. Among others, Sarah has played as
guest principal for the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Mozart Players, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. She also holds the position as professor of bassoon at the Royal College of Music.

Sarah read Music at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, then studied at the Royal Academy of Music. In 1993, she gained a scholarship to study with Klaus Thunemann at the Hochschule fuer Musik und Theater in Hanover, Germany.  In her formative years, she was Principal Bassoon of both the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and the European Union Youth Orchestra.

As both a soloist and chamber musician, Sarah has given recitals at the Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, Fairfield Halls, the Bridgewater Hall and at the Pump Room in Cheltenham.  She also appears regularly in broadcasts for BBC Radio 3.

 

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