Graham Ashton

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Graham Ashton was born in London and trained at the Royal Academy of Music and is currently Professor of Trumpet, and Chair of Brass at Purchase College, State University of New York. As a soloist, he has appeared with orchestras around the world including the BBC Symphony with Sir Andrew Davies and London Philharmonic with Sir George Solti, aswell as English Chamber Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, National Symphony in Johannesburg, New York Virtuosi and Orchestra of Our Time. During the past twenty-five years, Mr. Ashton has also given over 200 masterclasses and recitals in 21 countries. He has made eight acclaimed solo recordings for Virgin Classics, Nimbus, IMP Classics, Koch and Claves with the English Chamber, English Symphony and Irish Chamber Orchestras, and recorded Bach’s 2nd Brandenburg Concerto twice for EMI with London Chamber Orchestra and Scottish Ensemble. Of his BBC award-winning cd ‘The Contemporary Trumpet’ (Virgin Classics), The Gramophone wrote: "Graham Ashton shows himself to be an acutely thoughtful musician: virtuosity is never regarded as an end in itself, the sound never brazen and he conveys an unswerving clarity of vision which should be admired beyond the confines of the brass world". As an orchestral trumpeter, Mr. Ashton started his career in 1978 as co-principal trumpet with the Bournemouth Symphony in UK. In 1981, he was invited to tour Japan and China as co-principal trumpet with the BBC Symphony under Giannadi Rodjestvensky, and

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