Clark Rundell

With a repertoire spanning centuries, continents and styles, Clark Rundell has established himself as a champion of music ranging from the 18th century to the current day, from jazz to kora and from tango to European modernism.

Recent and forthcoming debuts include concerts with the Brussels, Royal Liège and Tokyo Philharmonic orchestras, Belgian National Orchestra, Barcelona, Boston and Oregon Symphony orchestras, Klangforum Wien, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Lisbon, SWR-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden and NDR Orchestra Hannover. He works regularly with all of the BBC orchestras, Britten Sinfonia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Ensemble 10/10 and Asko | Schönberg.

Opera world premieres have included Sir James MacMillan’s Clemency at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orlando Gough’s Voices & Votes at the Bergen Festival, Oscar Bettison’s The Light of Lesser Days in the Netherlands and Iphigenia by Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding in Boston and at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.

Additionally, in the concert hall he has given world premieres of works by composers such as Louis Andriessen, Steve Reich, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Django Bates, Richard Rodney Bennett, Gary Carpenter, Trish Clowes, Tansy Davies, Tim Garland, Adam Gorb, David Horne, Julian Joseph, Steve Mackey, Steve Martland, Grace Evangeline Mason, Brad Mehldau, Martijn Padding, Gwilym Simcock, Joey Roukens and Julia Wolfe.

As an arranger, he collaborated with Andriessen on a suite from his opera Rosa, entitled Rosa’s Horses, which was premiered at the Royal Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. The pair also collaborated on Vermeer Pictures, a suite from Andriessen’s opera Writing to Vermeer. Clark Rundell is currently working on further suites of Andriessen’s more recent operas.

He has conducted extensive orchestral projects with artists such as Elvis Costello, the Wayne Shorter Quartet, Esperanza Spalding, Toumani Diabate, Brad Mehldau, Tim Garland, Trish Clowes, Julian Joseph, Abel Selaocoe, Gwilym Simcock and Pablo Ziegler. A highly versatile musician, he has also performed with artists such as John Dankworth, Bob Brookmeyer, Victor Mendoza, Guy Barker, Julian Argüelles, Ed Thigpen, Cleo Laine, Andy Sheppard, Lew Tabakin and Michael Gibbs.

He is passionate about working with young people and is Professor of Conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, as well as having a close relationship with the Netherlands Orchestral Academy.

Arweinydd

Gyda’i repertoire sy’n croesi’r canrifoedd, cyfandiroedd ac arddulliau, mae Clark Rundell wedi’i sefydlu ei hun yn hyrwyddwr cerddoriaeth o’r 18fed ganrif hyd heddiw, o jazz i kora ac o’r tango i foderniaeth Ewropeaidd.

Mae wedi perfformio’n ddiweddar neu bydd yn perfformio cyn bo hir am y tro cyntaf gyda cherddorfeydd Ffilharmonig Brwsel, Royal Liège a Tokyo, Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Gwlad Belg, Cerddorfeydd symffoni Barcelona, Boston ac Oregon, Klangforum Wien, Cerddorfa Gulbenkian, Lisbon, SWR-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden a Cherddorfa NDR Hannover. Mae’n gweithio’n rheolaidd gyda holl gerddorfeydd y BBC, Britten Sinfonia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Ensemble 10/10 ac Asko | Schönberg.

Ymhlith ei premieres opera, mae Clemency gan Sir James MacMillan yn y Tŷ Opera Brenhinol, Covent Garden, Voices & Votes Orlando Gough yng Ngŵyl Bergen, The Light of Lesser Days Oscar Bettison yn yr Iseldiroedd ac Iphigenia gan Wayne Shorter ac Esperanza Spalding yn Boston ac yn y Kennedy Centre, Washington, D.C.

Yn y neuadd gyngerdd hefyd mae wedi cyflwyno premieres byd o ddarnau gan gyfansoddwyr fel Louis Andriessen, Steve Reich, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Django Bates, Richard Rodney Bennett, Gary Carpenter, Trish Clowes, Tansy Davies, Tim Garland, Adam Gorb, David Horne, Julian Joseph, Steve Mackey, Steve Martland, Grace Evangeline Mason, Brad Mehldau, Martijn Padding, Gwilym Simcock, Joey Roukens a Julia Wolfe.

Fel trefnydd, cydweithiodd ag Andriessen ar gyfres o’i opera Rosa, dan y teitl Rosa’s Horses, gyda’r premiere yn y Royal Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. Cydweithiodd y ddau hefyd ar Vermeer Pictures, cyfres o’r opera Writing to Vermeer gan Andriessen. Ar hyn o bryd mae Clark Rundell yn gweithio ar gyfresi eraill o operâu mwy diweddar Andriessen.

Mae wedi arwain prosiectau cerddorfaol uchel eu bri gydag artistiaid fel Elvis Costello, the Wayne Shorter Quartet, Esperanza Spalding, Toumani Diabate, Brad Mehldau, Tim Garland, Trish Clowes, Julian Joseph, Abel Selaocoe, Gwilym Simcock a Pablo Ziegler. Ac yntau’n gerddor amryddawn, mae hefyd wedi perfformio gydag artistiaid fel John Dankworth, Bob Brookmeyer, Victor Mendoza, Guy Barker, Julian Argüelles, Ed Thigpen, Cleo Laine, Andy Sheppard, Lew Tabakin a Michael Gibbs.

Mae’n frwd dros weithio gyda phobl ifanc ac mae’n Athro ar Arwain yn y Royal Northern College of Music ym Manceinion ac mae ganddo berthynas agos iawn ag Academi Gerddorfaol yr Iseldiroedd.