Neyire Ashworth
After her studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, at the Rotterdam Conservatoire in The Netherlands and with David Weber in New York, Neyire was a BBC Young Musician prize-winner and won Countess of Munster, Ian Fleming, Martin Musical Trust and Craxton Awards.
Her London début was as part of the prestigious Park Lane Group’s series at the Purcell Room, South Bank. Neyire has appeared on BBC radio 3, Classic fM and at concert halls world-wide. Guest principal appearances with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra and Raymond Gubbay’s London Concert Orchestra, as well as touring with Academy of St Martin in the Fields have been highlights of her orchestral work to date. She was also principal clarinet with the Maracaibo Symphony Orchestra in Venezuela and frequently appeared as soloist. In October 2007 Neyire will give the London première of the concerto for clarinet, film, computers and percussion by the acclaimed film composer Brian Lock.
As chamber musician, Neyire was a founder member of the Britten-Pears Ensemble. They performed throughout Great Britain and in the USA, and recorded works by Jolivet and Frank Martin for ASV. The Ensemble performed at the Aldeburgh Festival, broadcast on BBC Radio 3, and appeared at the Wigmore Hall. With the clarinet quartet, No Strings Attached, she worked on various large-scale community projects, including several exciting initiatives at Wormwood Scrubs prison. Winners of the Royal Overseas League Chamber Music prize and prize winners in the Gaudeamus International Contemporary Music competition, they toured frequently and made several successful recordings. Her duo with Johan Eriksson A&E - clarinet and percussion has toured both North Yorkshire and North Sweden. A&E has commissioned several new works, and has a first recording in preparation.
Neyire’s passion for theatre has led her to work as composer, music director and actress for theatre companies including the Royal National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, A&BC Theatre Company, The Globe, Opera Circus, Bamboozle Theatre Company and Clod Ensemble. Recent appearances as actress/musician include “Tale That Wags the Dog” at the Theatre Royal Plymouth, Lyric Hammersmith London, Zeitgeist Festival, Los Angeles, USA, and ‘‘Little Red Riding Hood’’ by Georges Aperghis for the Almeida Opera Festival.
Neyire has had many new works written for her and is developing techniques and repertoire for a new instrumental theatre. Stenclmusic (music by Rachel Stott) is her first instrumental theatre piece; it won awards from both the European Association for Jewish Culture and the Jewish Music Institute London. Stenclmusic premiered in London to critical acclaim and will be showing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2007.
Neyire is currently professor of clarinet at the Junior Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London.
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