Julie Price

Julie Price is an accomplished orchestral musician, chamber musician, soloist, and educator. She has held prominent positions as Principal Bassoonist with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and BBC Symphony Orchestra. Since 1994, she has been Principal Bassoonist of the English Chamber Orchestra and has served as Principal Bassoonist with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. She taught bassoon at the Royal College of Music in London from 1998 until 2020.

Her musical collaborations include performances with conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy and Edward Gardner, as well as chamber ensembles like the Nash and Lindsay quartets. She has recorded notable works, including Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto and Strauss’s Duett-Concertino with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Education: Studied bassoon under Sonja Smith, Edward Warren, William Waterhouse (Manchester), and later Roger Birnstingl (Geneva).

Despite her extensive career, no formal scientific awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.