Thomas Trotter (musician)

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Thomas Trotter (born April 4, 1957 ) is a British concert organist . He has succeeded Sir George Thalben-Ball as organist at the Townhall of the City of Birmingham since 1983.

biography

Trotter studied at the Royal College of Music , King's College (Cambridge) and with Marie-Claire Alain in Paris. In 1979 he received first prize at the St Albans International Organ Festival . In 1980 he made his concert debut at the Royal Festival Hall in London. In 1983 he was appointed organist of the Townhall of Birmingham, making him the 4th holder of this post in 125 years. In addition to St. Margaret's Church in London , he is organist at Westminster Abbey .

Trotter has given concerts in Europe and the United States regularly since the 1980s. I.a. He has played the organs in the Berlin Philharmonic , in the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, the hall of the Musikverein and in the Konzerthaus in Vienna, in the London Royal Festival Hall, the Severance Hall in Cleveland, Ohio, in the Princeton University Chapel in New Jersey, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, St. David's Hall in Cardiff, the Royal Albert Hall in London, the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie , in St-Ouen in Rouen, St. Bavo in Haarlem (Netherlands), Weingarten Abbey , the concert hall of the Mariinski Theater in Moscow and Yale University's Woolsey Hall .

Honors

  • 2001: Awarded best instrumentalist by the Royal Philharmonic Society . Trotter was the first organist to win this award.
  • 2003: Honorary Doctorate from the University of Central England, Birmingham.
  • 2006: Honorary Doctorate from the University of Birmingham
  • 2012: Performer of the Year Award from the New York City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists .
  • 2016: Medal from the Royal College of Organists

Movies

  • Thomas Trotter. The Town Hall tradition. Virtuoso Organ Showpieces. Directed by Gary Cole. DVD, Regent Records, 2012.
  • Thomas Trotter. A Shropshire idyll. The Organ of St Laurence's Church, Ludlow. DVD, Regent Records, 2014.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Trotter, organist In: Musical World, accessed on 20 April 2018th
  2. ^ Thomas Trotter International Performer of the Year 2012 NYC American Guild of Ornganists, accessed April 20, 2018.
  3. ^ Cheltenham College , accessed April 20, 2018.
  4. ↑ Thomas Trotter: Virtuoso Organ Showpieces , accessed on April 20, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Trotter, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British concert organist
DATE OF BIRTH April 4th 1957