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Albums by Paul Watkins
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ALBUMFinzi: Cello Concerto, Eclogue, etc.Sir Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Paul Watkins & Louis Lortie
ALBUMPaul & Huw Watkins Play American Works for Cello and PianoPaul Watkins & Huw Watkins
ALBUMBritish Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 4Paul Watkins & Huw Watkins
ALBUMWalton: Symphony No. 2, Cello Concerto & Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin BrittenEdward Gardner, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Paul Watkins
ALBUMBrahms: Cello Sonatas & Clarinet TrioMichael Collins, Paul Watkins & Ian Brown
ALBUMBritish Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 3Paul Watkins & Huw Watkins
ALBUMBowen: Cello Sonata - Bax: Cello Sonata - Ireland: Cello SonataPaul Watkins & Huw Watkins
ALBUMLutosławski: Mała Suita, Cello Concerto, Grave & Symphony No. 2Edward Gardner, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Paul Watkins
ALBUMPaul Watkins Plays British Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 1Paul Watkins & Huw Watkins
Artist Biography
Paul Watkins is a Welsh conductor and cellist. He studied cello with William Pleeth, Melissa Phelps, and Johannes Goritzki, and from 1990 to 1997 he was the principal cellist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. As a concerto soloist, Watkins has performed with Paavo Berglund, Leonard Slatkin, Sakari Oramo, Gianandrea Noseda, Mark Elder, Richard Hickox, Andris Nelsons, Andrew Davis, and Charles Mackerras. An enthusiastic chamber musician, Watkins was a member of the Nash Ensemble from 1997 to 2013, before joining the Emerson Quartet. He has also collaborated with Menahem Pressler, Jaime Laredo, Lars Vogt, Christian Tetzlaff, and Vadim Repin. Pursuing conducting, Watkins was the winner of the 2002 Leeds Conductors' Competition, and he gave his first public performance as a conductor with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 2006. He became the associate conductor of the English Chamber Orchestra in 2007, and in 2009 he was promoted to music director. He is also the principal guest conductor of the Ulster Orchestra. Watkins has recorded for Nimbus, EtCetera Records, NMC, and Chandos.
Hometown
Wales
Genre
Classical