The
Tenerife Film Orchestra offers to our clients the latest and modern
technology in recording systems, mixing and digital mastering, in accordance
with the standard formats of the industry. We have the most complete technical
infrastructure and, according to the type of formation to be recorded, we adapt
the recording equipment to best meet the requirements of the selected profile.
Our team includes a group of highly skilled and well known sound engineers with a very wide experience in orchestral recordings.
Michael Kirby is the Orchestra Manager of the Tenerife Film Orchestra and the composer Diego Navarro is the Artistic Director and Recording Producer.
We have a higth quality technical equipment (Millennia, Manley, etc.), Apogee converters A/D, hight quality microphones like, for example, Earthworks, Neumann, Schoepps, AKG, Genelec monitors, etc. During the recording process we work with hard disk drives and Digital edition in Pro Tools HD-3.
Below you will find the musical biographies of Diego Navarro & Michael Kirby:
D i e g o N a v a r r o - A r t i s t i c D i r e c t o r & R e c o r d i n g P r o d u c e r
Born
in Tenerife in 1972, Diego Navarro performs his first composition at the
age of 13 and at 21 he forms and conducts his own orchestra. After some self-taught
years in guitar and piano, he starts his official studies in Santa Cruz de
Tenerife´s Higher Conservatoire. After three years he begins his studies with David
Goldsmith and the Trinity College of London, obtaining the highest grades in
his piano exams.
In
1996, the Berklee College of Music (Boston) one of the most prestigious
contemporary music schools, grants him the “Outstanding Musicianship Award”
together with a scholarship given by the Composition Department.
In
December 2000 he passes the Advanced Certificate in Piano with the Associated
Board of the Royal Schools of Music. It is important to outline his self-taught
education in composition and orchestration.
Navarro,
musician
of great classical background and versatility, combines composition for both
concerts and chamber music with film scoring. He has a wide background in
audiovisual jobs such as television spots, short and documentary films. On June
24th 2000 Navarro performs his symphonic suite “La Tercera Cruzada”,
an ambitious and pioneering project and a tribute to adventure and epic films,
obtaining again astonishing reviews from musicologist.
His
job has been appraised and highly recommended by famous orchestra conductors
such as Peter Maag, Antoni Ros Marbá and prestigious musicians
like David Paul Martin, Ray Santisi, etc.
In
2002, Navarro composed, orchestrated and conducted the original
soundtrack of “Time Gate” (Puerta del Tiempo), a
cartoon film based on the drawings of Spain’s most respected and prestigious
illustrator: Antonio Mingote. Navarro has personally taken care of
the whole musical production making the most ambitious original soundtrack ever
recorded in Spain, with 120 musicians (orchestra and choir) and a crew of 10
different professionals between score editors, musical producers, sound
engineers and technicians (130 altogether).
This
work, edited by Filmscore, was a candidate for the 8th
edition of the Music Awards (SGAE - SPAIN)
in the category of “Best Film Score Album”, given by he Spanish
Music Academy.
In
March 2004 during the 6th
Film and Audiovisual Production Conference in the Canary Islands (Spain),
he is granted an award for the composition of “Time Gate” and as a
recognition of his career:
“...the
orchestral composition of Diego Navarro, with 130 professionals, is considered
to be
Navarro
has also been highly praised by specialised national and international press,
including a great number of web pages (as you will see in www.diegonavarro.com /
News) and, for example, the prestigious film music magazine, Film Score
Monthly (U.S.A) which gathers in all its 2003 issues a list of shortly
edited works. It is important to underline that Navarro is the only
Spanish author in all 2003 lists, where you find among others artists such as Williams,
Elfman, Zimmer or Silvestri. As you will see in his web page, Several music
critics have highlighted influences of Williams, Goldsmith and Morricone in
Navarro’s own personal style. Currently, Diego Navarro is one of the
most promising and outstanding figures in the film music field in Spain.
For more information: http://www.diegonavarro.com
M i c h a e l G. K i r b y - O r c h e s t r a M a n a g e r
Michael
Kirby was born in Hereford (England), in 1965.
He began his musical education at the age of eight, singing as a soloist in the
renowned Gloucester Cathedral Choir, with whom he made several recordings and
television broadcasts for the BBC and Eurovision. During this time he performed
with the choir and as a soloist in the “Three Choirs Festival” working with
orchestras and conductors of great prestige. On leaving the choir he received an
award for his exceptional qualities as a Chorister. He also commenced his
clarinet tuition at the age of eight.
At the age of thirteen he was admitted to the Chethams School of Music in
Manchester (England). This academy is dedicated exclusively to the education of
children with special musical talent. During his years there, Michael studied
with Graham Turner, who was Principal Bass Clarinet of the Hallé Orchestra.
He
moved to London where he continued his studies with Gordon Lewin, noted composer,
saxophonist and clarinettist, and with Jack Brymer OBE. During this time he was
Principal Clarinet in the Gloucestershire Youth Orchestra, the Cheltenham Young
Peoples Orchestra and the Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra. Also at this time he
began his career as a soloist with great success.
Michael continued his studies at the noted Guildhall School of Music and Drama
in London under the tutelage of Jack Brymer OBE. It was here that he received
classes from other teachers such as, Anthony Pay, Anton Weinberg, Andrew
Marriner, Colin Bradbury, Gervase de Peyer and Angela Malmesbury, among others.
As a member of all the orchestras of the Guildhall School he worked with
conductors such as Henze, Handley, Leaper, Lubbock, Ashkenazy etc.
As a member of the European Community Youth Orchestra, he twice toured the
continent visiting Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Austria and the
Czech Republic. He performed with conductors Claudio Abbado, James Judd, Elibhu
Inbal, Jesus Lopez Cobos and Lüz Köhler. Also at this time Michael was leader
of the London Wind Ensemble that worked extensively with the BBC and also
performed with the conductor Geoffrey Brand in London.
Michael has won many prestigious awards in England, Cheltenham Festival gold
medal, Lloyds Bank / Bromsgrove Young Musician´s Platform and was a finalist in
the London Symphony
Orchestra Shell Scholarship.
Since 1987, Michael has held the position of Principal Clarinet of the Tenerife
Symphony Orchestra and head of the clarinet department at the Conservatorio
Superior de Musica in Tenerife. During his time on the island, he has
participated in numerous chamber music concerts. He has been invited to perform
in the Casinos of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Puerto de la Cruz for their Chamber
Music week. The Tenerife Symphony Orchestra has invited Michael many times to
play as guest soloist during its regular season performing works by Neilsen,
Mozart, Copland, Finzi, Weber etc., with conductors Edmon Colomer and Matthias
Bammert, etc. As a member of the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, he has worked with
conductors such as Maurizio Barbacini, Gilbert Varga, Antoni Ros-Marba, Victor
Pablo Perez. Phillipe Entremont, John Lubbock, Tomas Vasary, Ronald Zollman,
Viktor Liberman, Krysztof Penderecki etc.
Michael is also a teacher in the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra Academy where he
prepares his students to become professionals and to work with the Tenerife
Symphony Orchestra.
During the month of August 2000, Michael was invited to play as soloist with the
Young Peoples Youth Chamber Orchestra in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and will be
returning on numerous occasions in the near future. Michael will be performing
many chamber music concerts during the official season of the Tenerife Symphony
Orchestra 2000/01 and around the Canary Islands.
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