John Wilbraham 约翰·威尔布拉罕

John Wilbraham was born in Bournemouth on 15 April 1944. From 1962 to 1965 he studied at the Royal Academy of Music, where he was awarded the Silver Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians. Subsequently, he also studied with the legendary French player Maurice Andre. His career began in 1966, with the New Philharmonia Orchestra. He made his first solo recording the following year. Thereafter, he was Principal Trumpet of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and in the late 1980s, Co-Principal of the Philharmonia. As performer and recording artist, John was particularly associated with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and with the English Chamber Orchestra. He also played for Karl Richter’s Munich Bach Orchestra, and for five year was a member of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. A brilliant player of baroque music on the piccolo trumpet, he was no less accomplished in the twentieth-century repertoire. His playing inspired a number of contemporary composers to write for him. Wilbraham was both a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music and Professor or Trumpet. He also taught at the Birmingham School of Music, the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, the National Youth Orchestra and Wells Cathedral School. He was a member of the board of examiners of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, and the Paris Conservatoire. When John died in April 1998 obituaries appeared in The Telegraph and Guardian Newspapers. <a href="<a href=" http:="" johnwilbraham.co.uk="" '="">http://johnwilbraham.co.uk/'>http://johnwilbraham.co.uk/