ArtistInfo

Martin Winter

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Musician of Classical

Trumpeter. Graduate of the Royal Northen College of Music in Manchester, where he studied trumpet with Howard Snell and John Dickinson. He has been a freelance trumpeter with most of the major British orchestras, and was associate Principal Trumpet of the BBC Philharmonic from 1992 to 2000. From the 2000/2001 season, he has been Co-Principal Trumpet with Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester. (Source: 2003) Winter started playing cornet at 5 years old. After winning many Slow Melody and Air Varie competitions, he auditioned for The Desford Colliery Band, and became their Principal Cornetist 3 years later. Since then, he has played Principal Cornet with other brass bands, notably The Britannia Building Society Band, The Williams Fairey Brass Band, Yorkshire Building Society Band and the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain. In 1988, he entered the Royal Northern College of Music, and after graduating he became a Junior Fellow in teaching, and commenced playing with BBC Philharmonic, and started teaching at the RNCM. After joining Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester, he has also played lead trumpet with Bergen Big Band, started teaching at the Grieg Academy in Bergen, and has become a member of Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag.

Instruments

• Trumpet
• Flugelhorn
• Cornet

Genres

• Classical
• Brass
• Jazz

Plays With