Ian King
Ian King is a tuba virtuoso who gave the first Australian performance of Vaughan Williams' Tuba Concerto in 1955 and the first tuba recital in Australia. His playing is prized for astonishing control, dexterity and musical sensitivity.
Known throughout Europe and Australia as one of the great tuba virtuosi, Ian King gave the first Australian performance of Vaughan Williams' Tuba Concerto in 1955. He has since given many other concerto performances in Australia, England and Europe, including concertos for bassoon and horn.
In 1958 he recorded a solo disc for an Australian recording company, and has made many subsequent appearances on radio and television, as well as in the concert hall, as soloist and in chamber music. Several contemporary works have been written for him, most notably Gordon Jacob's Suite for Tuba and Orchestra, and he currently teaches tuba at the Faculty of Music, The University of Melbourne.
Ian King is featured on the following titles
Golden Sounds
Ian King returns to the studio to enthral us once more with the golden sounds of his tuba, in arrangements of Falla, Corelli, Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy, Ravel, Gershwin and more.
Composer
Tuba Magnifique
Ian King, painter, scientist and tuba player extraordinaire, joins pianists Margaret Schofield and Dean Sky-Lucas for a wide-ranging recital that is truly très magnifique, spanning Spanish dances, Bach, Fauré and Kreisler.
Arranger
Tuba Recital
One of the world’s finest tuba players, and the first to give a tuba recital in Australia, Ian King presents a programme from Bach and Vivaldi through to Paul Hindemith’s remarkable Sonata for Tuba and Piano.