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String driven king: Florian Leonhard
Violin maker joins college
One of the world’s greatest living makers, restorers, authenticators and experts on fine violins has been appointed as the Royal College of Music’s official expert and luthier for stringed instruments. Florian Leonhard is the
founder of the leading dealership and restoration workshop, Florian Leonhard Fine Violins. Leonhard’s workshop will
look after the college’s collection of fine instruments with Mr Leonhard himself acting as the expert luthier. He said: “I’m excited to be
looking after the Royal College of Music’s collection and restoring its instruments to their former glory.”
Conservatoire appoints new vice-principal
Dr Shirley Thompson has been announced as the new vice- principal (music) at Birmingham City University’s Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Shirley Thompson has achieved
an international reputation as a musicologist, specialising in French Baroque music, particularly that of Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Dr Thompson joined Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in 2001 and was appointed to the role of director of postgraduate studies in 2009. She said: “I am absolutely
delighted to have been appointed to the role of vice-principal (music). I'm really excited about working in this new capacity in an institution I love, alongside such wonderful colleagues and students.” Since gaining her PhD from the University of Hull in 1998, Dr
‘I'm really excited about working in this new capacity in an institution I love, alongside such wonderful colleagues and students’
Thompson has edited a book on Charpentier and published many articles and reviews. She has also prepared numerous
editions of Charpentier’s music for such well-respected performers as Emma Kirkby, Ex Cathedra and the St James’ Baroque Players, including music for two BBC Proms. In 2004, Dr Thompson organised
a conference at the Conservatoire – ‘Charpentier and His World’ – to mark the tercentenary of the composer's death; an event which attracted scholars from all over the world. More recently she has been a member of the programme
committee for the 2011 and 2012 annual conferences of the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music, holding the position of chair in the latter instance. Professor Julian Lloyd Webber, principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, said: “Dr Thompson was the outstanding candidate in an extremely competitive field. “Shirley’s unique expertise will
prove vital to Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and I really look forward to working alongside her as we continue to expand our offering to students worldwide.”
More patrons’ news – pages 28-29
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