Dominic Seldis
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ARAM Dip RAM ( hons ) LRAM BIOGRAPHY Dominic Seldis Born in June 1971 in Bury St.Edmunds Suffolk, England, started playing the Violin at the age of 6. At the age of 8 entered the prestigious Chetham's School of Music in Manchester, England. Started aged 14 to play the Double Bass. Studied under Ian Coburn and Duncan McTier whilst at School. 1989 entered the Royal Academy of Music on a top scholarship to study under Professor Robin McGee 1992 Invited to Study at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria under Professor Klaus Stoll ( Principal Double Bass - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ) RECITALS Dominic has performed in many countries including Britain, Europe, USA and South America as a Double Bass soloist including recitals at the Wigmore Hall, South Bank Centre, Barbican Hall, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam and many more. Dominic and his long term musical partner James Pearson have been pleasing audiences for 10 years with their highly entertaining style and superb musicianship. The show includes lots of 'chat' and hilarious anecdotes all sewn together with wonderful music played on the Double Bass. Amazing technical wizardry as well as beautiful melodic playing, a little serious modern classical music and a touch of light jazz makes for a lovely evening of musical entertainment. CONCERTOS London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra of St.John's Smith Square, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and more... ORCHESTRAS Dominic is the Principal Double Bass of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, but is also very busy being guest principal with many other European Orchestras as well as playing the music for many films, TV programmes, adverts and pop music. He also performs regularly with the wonderful 'Marianne Olyver and her Orchestra'. http://www.olyver.com CHAMBER MUSIC Dominic regularly plays chamber music all over the world with Tasmin Little, Isabelle Van Keulen, Philip Dukes, Raphael Wallfisch, Michael Collins, Martin Roscoe to name but a few. PRIZES Dominic has won many prizes but most notably was a finalist in the Shell LSO competion, a prize winner at the Royal Over Seas League and was also taken on by the highly prestigious Young Concert Artists Trust What the papers say ……… THE STRAD “To entice an audience out of doors a concert needs to be an event. What’s more, it needs to be fun. Dominic Seldis - A young Double Bassist, has exactly the right sort of convivial personality to create this musical entertainment.” “Spectacular feats of dexterity co-existed with moments that were more speculative.” MUSICAL OPINION “The recital at the Wigmore Hall was given by young Double Bass player Dominic Seldis. Seldis is clearly an artist of talent, drawing remarkably beautiful tone from an instrument too little regarded by most audiences.” “There is no doubt that Seldis is a player to watch.” THE INVERNESS COURIER “dressed in satin shirt and leather trousers, Seldis cut a swashbuckling figure and produced playing to match on the breathtaking Czardas by Monti” “Uproarious fun and sheer musicianship from this hugely entertaining dynamic duo.” YORKSHIRE POST “Mr. Seldis’ lyrical playing of Rachmaninov’s Vocalise could easily have been mistaken for a Cello…..Delightful.” CROYDON ADVERTISER “Relaxed, versatile, humorous and good entertainment value.” THE CUMBERLAND NEWS “Dominic Seldis and James Pearson treated the audience to an evening of rich music and entertainment.” “Here are two very fine performers and musical communicators.” EAST LOTHIAN COURIER “They promised to entertain and entertain they did!” “Warming the audience with their infectious sense of fun ” What the people say ……… JANE DAVIES - GENERAL MANAGER - BUXTON FESTIVAL “ Dominic’s technical and musical ability in the Classical and Jazz repertoire has impressed audiences at two recent Buxton Festivals. But what audiences really enjoy is his talent for performing, for drawing in his audience and for communicating his own enthusiasm for the music he is playing.” STEWART COLLINS - ARTISTIC DIRECTOR - HENLEY FESTIVAL “ What Classical music needs these days is musicians who can not only do the business on stage, but who can also communicate in an unfussy, uncomplicated way. In my experience there aren’t many better than Dominic on either score.” RICK JONES - MUSIC CRITIC - LONDON EVENING STANDARD “ You are a very talented Double Bass player and a fine musician……..You played Rachmaninov’s Vocalise and Schubert’s Arpegione Sonata with an agility and lyricism unexpected in a Bass player.” ALOHA FROM LYDNEY This compact disc is a snapshot of Dominic's musical life. It is a varied programme showing off Dominic's diverse musical styles and superb technical capabilities. Aloha from Lydney has him performing with some of his musical friends such as Edward Hession ( track 1 ) Britain's finest accordian player. Josephine Knight ( track 5 ) - together Dominic and Josephine perform Rossini's wonderful Bass and 'Cello duet Duetto. Marianne Olyver and her Orchestra ( tracks 3 &7 ) accompany Dominic with style and understanding in Bottesini's gorgeous Elegy and Paganini's flashy Moses Variations. For those of you who are wondering about the title of this cd. Dominic is a closet Elvis fan and he lives in a town called Lydney. Put Elvis' album 'Aloha from Hawaii' together with Lydney and - Hey Presto! Track 1 - Monti Czardas featuring- Edward Hession - Accordian James Pearson - Piano Track 2 Kodaly Epigrams James Pearson - Piano Track 3 Bottesini Elegy featuring - Marianne Olyver and her Orchestra Track 4 Henze Serenade Solo Double Bass Track5 Rossini Duetto featuring - Josephine Knight - 'Cello Track 6 Rachmaninov Vocalise James Pearson - Piano Track 7 Paganini Moses Variations featuring - Marianne Olyver and her Orchestra Track 8 Koussevitsky Valse Miniature James Pearson - Piano ( recorded in one take!!! )
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Dominic Seldis dominic@seldis.co.uk
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