Saxophonist Robert Burton was a national finalist in Rotary Young Musician of the Year 2016. Two years later Robert won the Woodwind Category Final of BBC Young Musician 2018 at the age of eighteen. He went on to secure a place in the Grand Final at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall, where he performed with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mark Wigglesworth, broadcast live on BBC 4 and BBC Radio 3. A winner of other competitions as well, Rob is in high demand around the UK, including playing at the Cheltenham Festival, Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace.
He has even been as far as Caracas in Venezuela where he took part in the European Soloists Festival. At Swindon’s Arts Centre, accompanied by Swindon Recital Series Founder and pianist Paul Turner, he will present a virtuoso performance demonstrating the huge variety in the saxophone repertoire, ranging from Baroque (Marcello) to Tango (Piazzolla) with compositions by Decruck, Demersseman, Milhaud, Grovlez and Itturalde for good measure. Rob can be found on Youtube playing Itturalde’s Pequeňa Czarda.
Rob and Paul will appear at the Arts Centre, Swindon, on Sunday October 20that 3pm. Tickets £15, seniors £12.50, students £2.50, accompanied children (14 and under) free.
Hailing from a farming family in Cambridgeshire, saxophonist Rob Burton won the Woodwind Category Final of BBC Young Musician 2018 at the age of eighteen. He went on to secure a place in the Grand Final at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall, where he performed with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mark Wigglesworth, broadcast live on BBC 4 and BBC Radio 3.
Recent highlights include performing the Glazunov Saxophone Concerto after winning the Silk Street Sinfonia Young Artists Concerto Competition, and recitals at the Cheltenham Festival and the Charles Wood Festival in Armagh.
Rob studies Classical Saxophone at the Royal Academy of Music with Simon Haram and Huw Wiggin. He was a pupil at Hinchingbrooke School in Huntingdon alongside studies with Paul Stevens (saxophone) and Derek Hannigan (clarinet) at Junior Guildhall, where he was a Sax.co.uk Scholarship holder. Rob has also achieved Grade 8 Distinction in Saxophone, Clarinet, Piano and Recorder.
