Colin Currie
Final Adjudicator
Percussionist Colin Currie is a solo and chamber artist at the peak of his powers, acclaimed for his virtuosity and musical integrity. Championing new music at the highest level, Currie is soloist with many of the world's leading orchestras, including the Philharmonia, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Philadelphia, Cleveland and London Philharmonic orchestras.
Currie has forged a pioneering path in creating new music for percussion, premiering works by composers such as Carter, Rautavaara, Higdon, Aho, Schwertsik, Holt, Goehr, Maric, Wolfe and Muhly. Upcoming commissions include new works by Reich, MacMillan, Andriessen and Clyne.
In April 2014 Currie launches an adventurous new solo recital at the Wigmore Hall including the premiere of a new work by Rolf Wallin, co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall, Bergen Festival and Sound Aberdeen.
Currie also performs widely with his critically acclaimed Colin Currie Group, specialising in the music of Steve Reich. He is Artist in Residence at London's Southbank Centre, where he will be the focus of a major percussion festival, 'Metal, Wood, Skin', in autumn 2014.
Currie has recorded many concerto, recital and chamber works; his recording of Rautavaara's Incantations with the Helsinki Philharmonic/Storgards (Ondine) won a 2012 Gramophone Award.
