David le Page
Violinist David Le Page is an adventurous musician who has pursued cross-genre projects in addition to traditional repertory. He is the artistic director and leader of the Orchestra of the Swan.
Le Page was born on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel in 1971. He took up the violin at age seven, and when he was 12, he was admitted to the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin School in Stratford-upon-Avon. He won major prizes, including the BBC Young Musician of the Year and Yehudi Menuhin competitions, and went on for further studies in Bern, Switzerland, with Igor Ozim and in London with Sidney Griller. Since then, he has formed or participated in musical ensembles in various genres, including Baroque music, folk, jazz, experimental contemporary classical, rock, pop, and electronica. Groups he created include the Le Page Ensemble, The Harborough Collective, Subway Piranhas, and Mysterious Barricades (the last of these was named after a piece by François Couperin). He also joined the ten-piece group Propellor, which featured members of several folk bands, in creating a sonic landscape installation at the Snape Maltings Open Space.
In 2013, Le Page created his own label, Harmony & Imagination Recordings, and began to release albums of his own compositions (The Reinvention of Harmony and Imagination, As the Crow Flies, Midwinter, The Book of Ebenezer, and Glimpses of the Seagull) as well as solo violin music (Between Heaven and Earth and Metamorphosis), and various collaborations, including one with composer/bandoneón player Eduardo García. The label also released an album of Chopin's music by pianist Viv McLean, with whom Le Page has often appeared in violin-and-piano duo concerts.
Le Page has been notable for collaborations with top composers on world premiere performances. These have included John Woolrich, Thomas Adès, Huw Watkins, and Errollyn Wallen. In 2017, he and cellist Clare O'Connell created The Diving Bell, an experimental concert series mounted in small venues around Britain. The project brings together music from various genres, and concerts include three contrasting sets, the last one being a collaboration between all the performers. He reworked and performed The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album to mark its 50th anniversary. Le Page is the artistic director of the Stratford-on-Avon-based Orchestra of the Swan, with which he also performs on violin. With that group, he has released several albums, including Echoes (2023) and Earthcycle (2024), as well as Entranced, a compilation of the group's earlier mixtapes.
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Discography
14 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Entranced
Orchestra of the Swan, David le Page
Classical - Released by Signum Records on Oct 20, 2023
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Comptine d’un autre été, l'après-Midi (Arr. for Violin, Harp & Orchestra by David Le Page)
Orchestra of the Swan, David le Page, Eleanor Turner
Classical - Released by Signum Records on Oct 14, 2021
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An Ending (Ascent) (Arr. for Violin, Harp & Orchestra by David Le Page)
Orchestra of the Swan, David le Page, Eleanor Turner
Classical - Released by Signum Records on Sep 2, 2021
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The Yellow Cake Review: I. Farewell to Stromness (Arr. for Violin & Orchestra by Rosemary Furniss)
Orchestra of the Swan, David le Page, Daniele Rosina
Classical - Released by Signum Records on Sep 21, 2023
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The Reinvention of Harmony and Imagination
Classical - Released by Harmony and Imagination Recordings on Mar 24, 2013
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Glimpses of the Seagull
Classical - Released by Harmony and Imagination Recordings on Sep 2, 2016
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Pyramid Song (Arr. David le Page)
Orchestra of the Swan, David le Page
Classical - Released by Signum Records on Jan 6, 2021
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New Dawn Fades (Arr. for Violin & Orchestra by David Le Page)
Orchestra of the Swan, David le Page
Classical - Released by Signum Records on Nov 4, 2021
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Sleep Walk
Orchestra of the Swan, Bruce O'Neil, David le Page
Classical - Released by Signum Records on Feb 11, 2021
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Thea Musgrave: Chamber Music for Clarinet, Vol. 1 – Pierrot Dreaming
Victoria Soames Samek, Gabrielle Byam-Grounds, Matthew Sharp, David le Page, Mark Troop
Chamber Music - Released by Clarinet and Saxophone Classics on Jan 1, 2002
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Between Heaven and Earth
Classical - Released by Harmony and Imagination Recordings on Aug 17, 2016
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As the Crow Flies
Classical - Released by Harmony and Imagination Recordings on Mar 19, 2015
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Classics
English Mozart Ensemble, Morgan Crowley, David le Page
Pop - Released by Con Brio on Apr 12, 2017
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Metamorphosis
Classical - Released by Harmony and Imagination Recordings on Nov 24, 2016
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