He is a violinist who has worked with several orchestras and ensembles during his career to date.
He has performed violin with the London Symphony Orchestra since the turn of the new millennium and aside from making countless concert appearances with them he has appeared on several of their recordings.
These recordings include Gustav Holst: The Planets, Classikhan by Chaka Khan and Fresh Aire 8 by Mannheim Steamroller.
Richard is also a first violinist with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and performed with them in a series of concerts in Germany in July 2011 when they were joined by Fazil Say on piano. He performed in the Mostly Mozart Festival with them in 2008.
He has also been first violin with is the London Mozart Players and performs with them on Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Symphonies.
Another recording he performs on is Mozart: Missa Solemnis with the St. Paul’s Mozart Orchestra and the St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir.
In May 2011 he performed with the Silk Street Quartet at the Chichester Festivities.
He performs here…
Sources:
- http://lso.co.uk/page/3128/Players
- http://www.discogs.com/artist/Richard+Blayden
- http://www.asmf.org/about-us/academy-people/
- http://www.asmf.org/whats-on/the-academy-with-fazil-say/
- http://www.barbican.org.uk/media/events/7331mm3forweb.pdf
- http://www.lmp.org/about_us/orchestra/lmp_players
- http://www.chandos.net/pdf/CHAN%2010351.pdf
- http://www.abeillemusique.com/documents/livrets/67921-B.pdf
- http://www.chifest.org.uk/pdf/2011-Brochure.pdf