IBLA Winner Jill Kemp, recorder, United Kingdom
... the types of performers that make the Ibla Grand Prize unique. Jill Kemp is a recorder virtuoso from the U.K.
She is a natural talent of striking technical ability who navigated a torturous set of variations by one E. Krahmer with ease, agility and great musicality.
This was an excellent choice to showcase her considerable gifts. She was accompanied by the always wonderful Ms. Rutkowska Schock on piano...
IBLA TIMES
Jeffrey James
Editor, International Composer
.. Jill Kemp is a virtuoso of extraordinary 'cantabile' talent. Ms. Kemp takes the audience on a magic operatic journey, so much so that
one forgets listening to an instrument, the recorder, and finds himself in front of an amazing 'bel canto' singing, fully supported by the orchestral
magistry of pianist Anna Rutkowska Schock.
IBLA TIMES
Dr. Salvatore Moltisanti
President
IBLA Foundation
“A highly accomplished recorder virtuoso” The Guardian
“The magic flute of Jill Kemp... A pipe for the third millennium, musically magical and enchanting.” La Sicilia
“A musician of depth” The Recorder Magazine
IBLA Grand Prize ‘Pablo de Sarasate Award’ recipient, .Jill Kemp is firmly establishing herself as one of the finest wind players of her generation. As an IBLA Foundation Winner, in 2009 she performed her Carnegie Hall debut receiving critical acclaim. In 2007 she won the Royal Over-Seas League Wind and Brass Competition, the first recorder player to do so in its 57 year history.
Jill has broadcast on Classic FM, the BBC and American and Italian television. She has given well over a hundred recitals throughout Europe and the USA, at venues including the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London’s Southbank Centre, Auckland Castle, Harrogate International Festival and the Latour de France International Festival. She was recently hailed in the press as “one of the top recorder players in the world” following her performance of four concerti with Red Priest, standing in for Piers Adams at 12 hours notice.
Jill regularly performs commissions and world premieres and is passionate about raising the recorder’s profile and proving it to be an exciting and versatile solo instrument. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and at Goldsmiths College, graduating with first class honours and the ‘Outstanding Student Award’ in 2001. Her inspirational work has led to Masterclasses at Dartington International Summer School and online for Canadian company MyMasterclass.com. In 2004 she launched ‘Recorder Revolution’®, an interactive concert experience which has already involved over 3000 young people. For more information, please visit www.jillkemp.com.
Lestari Scholtes, Elin Kolev, Julija Bal, Gwylim Janssens, Terry Eder, George King, Jill Kemp, Adalberto Riva