Full Biography
David Miller is a long established soloist and well known as an accompanist and continuo player on lute, theorbo and early guitars, flourishing in the various realms of the early music world, as well as making his mark in the mainstream musical scene. He performs and records with all the principal English period instrument orchestras and with many of the finest ensembles, performing at numerous prestigious European music festivals.
David's musical focus is as a soloist and accompanist. He maintains a busy recital schedule, enjoying creative collaborations with other solo artists, including singers Paul Agnew, James Bowman, Michael Chance, Charles Daniels, Grace Davidson, Emma Kirkby, Elin Manahan Thomas and Stephen Varcoe, harpist Frances Kelly, violinist Elizabeth Wallfisch and Arab singer/oud player Abdul Salam Kheir.
As a much sought after continuo player, David has worked extensively with English National Opera, Royal Opera, Glyndebourne, New York City Opera and English Touring Opera. Whilst working at Bordeaux Opera in 2010 he gave a recital of English and French music with Paul Agnew, to a most appreciative full house in the Grand Theatre.
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Among numerous recordings are several CDs of English songs and lute music, including John Dowland discs with both James Bowman and Charles Daniels, as well as the complete works of John Danyel with Nigel Short. He has recorded a CD of consort music by Dowland with Concordia and the King’s Singers, and lute works by Francesco da Milano on Concordia's Titian disc. As a member of I Fagiolini he included solo lute works by Holborne and Byrd on their acclaimed Triumphs of Orianna disc, as well as Pacoloni trios and other plucked consort music on Carnevale Veneziano. His 2009 Wigmore Hall recital with Iestyn Davies was released in 2010 in the Wigmore Hall Live CD series, and his latest release (August 2010) is a disc with soprano Elin Manahan Thomas entitled Ravish'd with Sacred Extasies - devotional songs by Dowland, Campian, Humfrey and Purcell, as well as rarely heard lute and theorbo music by John Lawrence & John Wilson. The recording has been highly acclaimed and, within weeks of its release, received the coveted Supersonic Award by Pizzicato Magazine in Luxembourg. In addition, David has over 150 recordings as an accompanist and continuo player, and he can be heard on the soundtracks of Francesco da Mosto’s Venice, The Canterbury Tales, Bob the Builder, the recent Samuel Pepys diaries serialised on Woman's Hour, and - much to the delight of his teenage children - Dr Who and Harry Potter!
David is professor of lute at the Guildhall School and Trinity Laban, and tutor for the European Union Baroque Orchestra and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. For the past 15 years he has performed at Dartington International Summer School, where his highly regarded lute masterclass continues to inspire the newer generation of young lutenists.
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