|
Nicholas and Sien (pronounced ‘CN’) Vallis-Davies have been happily married for over 20 years, their partnership being professional as well as personal.
Their musical life together encompassed mind broadening travel and concert-giving all over the globe, sharing wonderful music with audiences from Paris to Tokyo.
In their 20s they were frequent soloists with the London Symphony and London Philharmonic Orchestras, recorded CDs of all kinds for Deutsche Grammophon, BMG etc, and performed concertos, recitals and chamber music in many beautiful, historic venues, working with Solti, Vasary, Ashkenazy and many other distinguished and inspiring colleagues.
They were invited to give masterclasses and lectures at many universities and music academies throughout the UK and Europe.In their thirties, theyformed a company, Formedia, co-wrote and produced Academy books and CDs for their publisher Music Sales in the USA, and moved into media work for a time, presenting their own series for Channel 4TV and providing innovative music programmes for network BBC Radio and TV and Classic FM. They researched performance techniques to doctorate level and during this time they also enjoyed helping clients in their London practice. Later they moved their base to rural Somerset and took pleasure writing and recording evocative music for EMI (prominently featuring flute and oboe), which has accompanied films and productions throughout Europe and the Far East.
|
