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Amy Dickson (born c. 1982) is a London-based, Australian classical saxophone player. Her 2013 album ''Dusk & Dawn'' achieved the #1 position in the UK classical charts.〔("Chart-topper Amy Dickson reclaims the joy of sax for classical fans", ''The Independent'', 6 May 2013 ). Accessed 9 December 2013〕 She also won ''Breakthrough Artist of the Year'' at the 2013 Classic Brit Awards.〔("Saxophone bursts into the Classic Brits with breakthrough win for Amy Dickson", ''The Independent'', 2 October 2013 ). Accessed 8 December 2013〕 ==Biography== London-based classical saxophonist Amy Dickson began lessons at the age of six and made her concerto debut ten years later. Dickson has performed throughout the world in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall and Sydney Opera House with orchestras including The Philharmonia, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra and Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Following her concerto debut aged 16 playing the ''Concerto pour Saxophone Alto'' by Pierre Max Dubois, with Henryk Pisarek and the Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra, Dickson became a recipient of the James Fairfax Australian Young Artist of the Year. Dickson moved to London where she took the Jane Melber Scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music with Kyle Horch and at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Arno Bornkamp. During this time she became the first saxophonist to win the Gold Medal at the Royal Overseas League Competition, the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards, and the Prince’s Prize. In 2005 and 2011 she performed for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings at the Teatru Manoel in Valletta, Malta, and the Perth Concert Hall, Australia. She has also performed at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, St James’ Palace in London and for former Australian Prime Minister John Howard at Parliament House, Canberra. Of her debut album for Sony Music, ''Smile'', ''Gramophone'' said: ''“She has an individual and unusual tone, luscious, silky-smooth, sultry and voluptuous by turns; her phrasing is beautifully finished, her control of dynamic infinitely subtle.”'' Dickson won the MasterCard Breakthrough Artist of the Year at the Classic Brit Awards and attained the coveted no. 1 position in the UK classical charts for her 2013 album ‘Dusk & Dawn’.〔(AMY DICKSON | Artist | Official Charts )〕 Amy Dickson regularly commissions new works, and makes arrangements of existing works from other instrumental repertoire. She has made a substantial contribution to the orchestral, chamber and solo repertoire. Composers who have written for her include Ross Edwards (composer), Peter Sculthorpe, Graham Fitkin, Steve Martland and Huw Watkins. Amy Dickson is an ambassador of the Australian Children’s Music Foundation,〔(Acmf Patron And Ambassadors )〕 the Prince’s Trust, and is a Selmer Paris Performing Artist. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amy Dickson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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