Stephen Bryant

私のウェブサイトへの歓迎! 私は私のブログを読むことを楽しむことを望む!

As leader of the BBC Symphony Orchestra I am aware that some concert goers, music students and enthusiastic listeners of Radio 3 may know my name and vaguely recognise my face. I’ve always been quite a private person, unused to sharing information and talking about my day to day work - also, being a musician I spend much of my time practising in ‘voluntary’ solitary confinement and don‘t get out much! Over the last couple of years I’ve had a number of enquiries asking if I have a website - so, with some trepidation that this may be a slightly egotistical enterprise and with thanks to Internet Dreams Ltd for their expertise and patience, and to Ian Bond for some great photos, here it is! Hopefully this is a website not only for classical musicians but also a fun way to share information and give you a little insight into my life.

If you’ve enjoyed looking at the site or if you have an enquiry about my leading, solo or teaching work please feel free to contact me via the contact page - I look forward to hearing from you!

This concert was held at St Edward the Confessor Church, Golders Green and was an opportunity for me to play with friends from the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Liz Burley, piano, Frances Dewar, violin, Mary Whittle, viola and Mark Sheridan, ‘cello made up our quintet and the programme was a nice one, I think - with Schubert’s Adagio and Rondo for piano quartet, Mendelssohn’s piano trio in D minor, and Dvorak’s piano quintet in A major. There was a big and appreciative audience there and a decent sum was raised for OCD Action and the Alzheimer’s Society. OCD Action is the largest OCD charity in the UK and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a subject close to my heart as I was diagnosed with severe OCD in 2006 having lived with it for as long as I can remember. Like a lot of mental illness, OCD seems to either be misunderstood or stigmatised but it is in the World Health Organisation’s list of the ten most debilitating illnesses and many people that suffer from it are struggling to cope.

I’m hoping to do more concerts in the future and raise more money for OCD Action. If you would like to look at OCD Action’s website click on this link www.ocdaction.org.uk/