Orchestral bookings (since March 2007) ORCHESTRAS Amadeus Orchestra Arion Orchestra Chameleon Arts Orchestra Kingston University Orchestra Watford Philharmonic SESSIONS Face Music   The recital button is inactive   The Repertoire button is inactive.   The Review button is inactive.   The discography button is inactive.   The Outreach button is inactive. papafilippou_o_6741_1.jpgpapafilippou_o_6741_2.jpg           Teaching experience Orpheus is the Violin teacher at Gumley House Convent School & Brentside Arts High School where he is also the chamber music & string ensemble coach.

Solo Violin, Orpheus Papafilippou, Brunelleschi Ensemble

Biography

Orpheus is a versatile and experienced musician performing as an orchestral, chamber and solo violinist. Orpheus is the leader of the Brunelleschi String Quartet and Ensemble with whom he has performed in the Royal Festival Hall. His solo and chamber performances include St Martin in the Fields, St John's Smith Square and London's South Bank Centre.

As a Concerto Soloist he has performed Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Bach Double Violin Concerto and the Solo's from Brandenburg Concertos 1, 2, 4 & 5, Mozart Sinfonia Concertante and Violin Concerto No 5 in A Major. He regularly gives solo recitals with pianists including concerts for Music in Hospitals.

Orpheus performed as onstage solo tango violinist for the Balletboyz Greatest Hits Queen Elizabeth Hall performances in November 2008.

Contemporary work includes recording Ezio Bosso’s Ballet Score as part of Buxus Consort at Abbey Road, the World Premier of Facing the Carnyx by Steven Montague at the National Portrait Gallery and the UK premier of Rawsthorne’s Kubla Khan in the Bridgewater Hall.

World Premieres of solo & chamber pieces written for Orpheus and the Brunelleschi String Quartet and Ensemble by Aziza Sadikova, Denise Mangiardi, William Attwood, Theothoros Harithis and Simon Spear.

Orchestral Work
Orchestras: Amadeus Orchestra, Arion Orchestra, Chameleon Arts Orchestra, Kingston University Orchestra, Watford Philharmonic. Sessions: Face Music.

Orpheus's orchestral work also includes the Amadeus Orchestra (inc leader & principal 2nd), Arion Orchestra (principal 2nd), Camerata of London, Chameleon Arts Orchestra (inc leader & principal 2nd), London Breakbeat Orchesrta, London European Orchestra (leader), London Ripieno Orchestra (leader), London Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Stanley Hall Opera.

Shows The Sound of Music, South Pacific, Calamity Jane, West Side Story (leader).

Training London Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Wren Ensemble TCM (leader), Contemporary Music Group TCM (leader), Studio Opera Queensland (leader).

Sessions Face Music: Westlife, II Divo, Paul Potts, Susan Boyle, Wayne Gidden's Debut Album, BBC Radio 1, Short Film/Animation and Theatre sound tracks. Orpheus's television performances include Alan Titchmarsh, Paul O'Grady show and X Factor on the BBC, ITV and Channel 4.

Education
Orpheus's graduate studies took place at the Royal Academy of Music, BMus Hons, LRAM Diploma, the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and Postgraduate Advanced Diploma at Trinity College of Music.

Prizes and Awards

• Royal Academy of Music Full Scholarship for study at the Queensland Conservatorium Australia
• Winner Concerto Competition performing the Sibelius Violin Concerto, Richmond Music Festival
• Silver Medal at Marlow Music Festival

Teachers: Michael Bochmann, Diana Cummings, Nicholas Miller and Carmel Kaine.

Chamber Music Coaching David Kenedy, Amadeus, Alberni, Maggini and Bochmann Quartets

Orpheus's web links
www.myspace.com/delplata
www.orpheusviolinist.com

Orpheus joined Morgensterns in January 2007

Orpheus's web profile was last updated 13th Mar 2010