Patrick Savage
violinist
Patrick was a student of Donald Scotts in Melbourne at the Victorian College of the Arts and then Dr Felix Andrievsky at the Royal College of Music in London. As a chamber player he was also a Leverhulme Fellow at the Royal Academy of Music and a Junior Fellow at the Royal College.
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In his years as first violinist in the Tippett Quartet, he performed critically acclaimed Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room recitals and championed British contemporary composers
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In Britain, he has featured as soloist with multiple orchestras including the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and the Young Musicians’ Symphony Orchestra
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Patrick's April 2024 recital album release, in partnership with pianist, Martin Cousin, The Golden Age of Hollywood: Concert works for Violin and Piano, featured concert works by icons of American film, including world premiere recordings of works by Bernard Herrmann, Jerome Meross and Heinz Roemheld and was greeted with universal critical acclaim. His May 2024 Australian recital tour, featuring music from the album and the premiere of his own violin and piano arrangement of Saint-Saëns' 1908 film score, L'ASSASSINAT DU DUC DE GUISE, was received with exceptional warmth and enthusiasm by audiences, and included the world premiere performance of Pastoral (Twilight), by Herrmann.
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As guest concertmaster, he has toured and recorded with major orchestras including the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Liverpool Philharmonic, the Australian World Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Opera Australia Orchestra.
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As a studio musician, Patrick has recorded for film scores with combined box office takings of over thirteen billion US dollars, including many of the biggest blockbusters of recent decades, including THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, the live-action remake of Disney’s, THE LITTLE MERMAID, GODZILLA VS KONG and WONDER WOMAN 1984 as well as television series such as CALL THE MIDWIFE and DOWTON ABBEY. He has also contributed as a musician to albums by legendary recording artists including Paul McCartney, Radiohead, Frank Ocean and Sting.
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Patrick Savage social network links on LinkTree​
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BBC Music Magazine reviews The Golden Age of Hollywood, their chamber music choice of the month
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Gramophone reviews The Golden Age of Hollywood
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FilmInk reviews The Golden Age of Hollywood
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MusicWeb International reviews The Golden Age of Hollywood
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Patrick Savage writes in The Strad magazine about recording the album, The Golden Age of Hollywood: Concert Works for Violin and Piano
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Photo by Benjamin Ealovega
Available now on all streaming platforms and on CD:
THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD
Concert Works for Violin and Piano
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Patrick Savage - violin
Martin Cousin - piano
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Includes three premiere recordings
Featuring the concert music of Erich Korngold, Franz Waxman, Robert Russell Bennett, Bernard Herrmann, Heinz Roemheld, Jerome Moross and Miklos Rozsa
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BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE: Playing Recording
GRAMOPHONE: "...serious virtuosity...", "...plenty to treasure here..."
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MUSIC WEB: "I wouldn’t be surprised if after enjoying it readers reprised it immediately – as I did"
Available now on all streaming platforms:
PASSACAGLIA - HANDEL/HALVORSEN
for violin and cello
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Patrick Savage - violin
Rachael Lander - cello
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