Paul Silverthorne
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1951}}
|birth_place = Cheshire, England
|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
|occupation = Soloist, professor
|genre = Classical, contemporary
|instrument = Viola
|current_member_of = London Symphony Orchestra
}}
Paul Silverthorne (born 1951 in Cheshire, England) is an English viola soloist and was principal violist of the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Sinfonietta.{{cite web | author= | title=Paul Silverthorne, about| url=http://www.paulsilverthorne.com/about.html| website=paulsilverthorne.com | date= | accessdate=11 August 2009}}
Biography
Silverthorne studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Clarence Myerscough, Max Gilbert and Sidney Griller. In 1988, Silverthorne was made principal of the specialist contemporary music ensemble London Sinfonietta. In 1990, he started playing with the London Symphony Orchestra{{cite web | author= | title=Paul Silverthorne Profile | url=http://www.moderecords.com/profiles/paulsilverthorne.html| website=moderecords.com | date= | accessdate=11 August 2009}} and appointed principal viola of the Orchestra the following year. In addition to his orchestral work, Paul Silverthorne is an active viola soloist and has performed with major English, American and European orchestras with conductors such as André Previn, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and Kent Nagano.{{cite web| title=Paul Silverthorne, Principal Player| url=http://www.londonsinfonietta.org.uk/artist/paul-silverthorne| website=London Sinfonietta| accessdate=11 August 2009| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104001458/http://www.londonsinfonietta.org.uk/artist/paul-silverthorne| archivedate=4 November 2010}}
Silverthorne is a specialist in contemporary music and has given many first performances both with the London Sinfonietta and in recitals. He has recorded for EMI, ASV, Chandos, Albany and Naxos.{{cite web | author= | title=LSO Player Profile | url=http://lso.co.uk/paulsilverthorne|website=London Symphony Orchestra | date= | accessdate=11 August 2009}}
Silverthorne is a professor of viola at the Royal Academy of Music (London), and plays a 17.7-inch (44.95 cm) 1620 Amati viola{{cite web | title=Antonio & Girolamo Amati, Cremona, c. 1620, Viola: 43027 | url=https://tarisio.com/cozio-archive/property/?ID=43027 | website=Tariso | accessdate=12 Sep 2022}}
loaned from the Royal Academy of Music. Since 2015, Silverthorne has taught at the newly founded school of music in Soochow University, in Suzhou, China.{{cite web | author= | title=Paul Silverthorne leaves London Symphony principal viola post for China appointment | url=http://www.thestrad.com/paul-silverthorne-leaves-london-symphony-principal-viola-post-china-appointment/| website=The Strad | date= | accessdate=20 December 2016}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.paulsilverthorne.com/|Paul Silverthorne official website}}
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Category:Academics of the Royal Academy of Music
Category:English classical violists