Gilad Atzmon

Born in Israel, Gilad Atzmon has recorded and performed with such as Ian Dury, Robbie Williams, Sinead O'Connor and Paul McCartney. As a bandleader and reed player he has been amazing his listeners with his powerful personal style that combines great bebop artistry and Middle-Eastern roots in a sophisticated, sometimes ironical manner. Influenced by Cannonball Adderley's powerful approach on the sax, Gilad's live performances are simply breathtaking and overwhelming.

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Arno Bornkamp

Arno Bornkamp is the prototype of the modern virtuoso, feeling equally at home in the traditional as well as in contemporary repertoire. Since his solo debut in 1982 in Rome, Bornkamp has received many invitations as soloist in compositions by Alexander Glazunow, Darius Milhaud, Frank Martin, Heitor Villa-Lobos and Claude Debussy. Bornkamp’s activities have brought him all around Europe, as well as to the USA, Japan and other far eastern countries. Bornkamp also gives many recitals with pianist Ivo Janssen and is a member of the Aurelia Saxophone Quartet.

Sarah Field

Sarah Field studied trumpet and saxophone at the Royal Northern College of Music and Royal Academy of Music, London. She graduated with professional performance diplomas in both woodwind and brass, the only musician ever to do so. In the year 2000, Sarah won both the Royal Overseas League Competition Main Solo Award for Woodwind and Brass and the Making Music Award for Young Concert Artists. These accolades brought Sarah into the limelight, leading to broadcasts on BBC Radio 2, Classic FM and BBC Radio 3's "In Tune" which she now broadcasts regularly on.

Performing regularly on a wide range of instruments Sarah has appeared as concerto soloist with the BBC Concert Orchestra with Christopher Warren-Green, RTE National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Kwa Zulu Natal Philharmonic with Eno Shao and has performed dual concerto performances (sax and trumpet) with the Royal College of Music String Band.

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Kevin Ling

Graduated at the Trinity College of Music, Hong Kong saxophonist Kevin Ling studied saxophone and clarinet with Gerard McChrystal, Melanie Henry and Richard Addison. He is one of the founders of the Hong Kong Saxophone Quartet, the first professional saxophone quartet ever in Hong Kong. Kevin is one of the Assistant Music Officers at the Hong Kong Music Office, where he works as a performer, a teacher and a conductor.

Gerard McChrystal

International recording artist and soloist Gerard McChrystal is Professor of Saxophone at Trinity College of Music, London and tutor at The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff. He is constantly in demand as a soloist with some of the world's leading orchestras, and was the first person from UK/Ireland to be invited to give a concerto performance at the 2003 World Saxophone Congress.

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Sue McKenzie

A graduate of the Royal College of Music, Sue is a past winner of the British Clarinet and Saxophone Society Young Performers' Competition and has studied with Kyle Horch, Richard Ingham and Eugene Rousseau. Sue has regularly been an invited solo recitalist at the British Saxophone Congress and has performed on Yehudi Menuhin’s “Live Music Now!” scheme. She has given UK premiers of many new works and has performed in Japan, USA, Denmark and at the World Saxophone Congress in Minneapolis (2003).

As well as being the leader of the Scottish Saxophone Ensemble, Sue performs with her own band "mckenzie medboe", with Rumba Caliente, Salsa Celtica and has a saxophone/piano duo with Ingrid Sawers. As one of Scotland’s leading contemporary saxophonists she is also in demand as an educationalist. Sue teaches saxophone at St Mary’s Music School, St. Andrews University and Napier University.

Simon Stewart

Simon studied saxophone and clarinet at the Royal College of Music where he formed Saxploitation, now the acclaimed Paragon Saxophone Quartet. As their soprano player, he has performed throughout the UK and Europe and is heavily involved in their educational work, as well as pursuing a career as freelance performer, session musician and teacher.

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Andy Tweed

Composer, performer and teacher Andy Tweed has worked with the RSC and many major symphony orchestras and repertory companies. Well known as a member of Saxtet, he also teaches at Birmingham Conservatoire and Guildhall Junior School.

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Lord Professor Robert Winston

Lord Professor Robert Winston is a renowned human fertility expert, life-peer and broadcaster. He is well-known for presenting many BBC television series, including Superhuman, The Secret Life of Twins, Child of Our Time, Human Instinct, Walking with Cavemen and the BAFTA award-winning The Human Body.

Robert featured in the hit BBC series Play it Again in which celebrities learnt a musical instrument. He decided to learn the saxophone, and as part of his training, he was filmed rehearsing and performing with the NSC. The programme was broadcast in April 2007. See a clip from Play it Again with the NSC.

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