Simon Standage

Simon Standage is well known as a specialist in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century music. He was a founder member of The English Concert, with which he played for many years as soloist and leader and made many solo recordings – of which Vivaldi’s „Four Seasons“ was nominated for a Grammy Award.

He has also made solo recordings with the Academy of Ancient Music, including Vivaldi’s La cetra concertos and all the violin concertos of Mozart. In 1981 he formed the Salomon String Quartet, which specializes in historical performances of the classical repertoire and has made numerous recordings.

He is Professor of Baroque Violin at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and at the Dresdner Akademie für Alte Musik. In 2010 Simon Standage received the Georg Philipp Telemann Award for his work in performance and teaching.

Recordings with Le Chardon

2007 – CD with arias by J. S. Bach and G. F. Handel for countertenor and orchestra, together with rediscovered concertos and double concertos for flute, oboe and violin by Quantz, Fasch and Telemann. Soloists: Maarten Engeltjes (countertenor), Hajo Wienroth (traverso), Mark Baigent (oboe) and Simon Standage (violin). During this production, the NDR made a live recording of a concert at the International Musikfest in Seelze, broadcast on 6 July 2007.

2008 – CD with quartets by J. B. Viotti: Hajo Wienroth (keyed flute), Simon Standage (violin), Huw Daniel (viola) and Poppy Walshaw (cello).

April 2009 – CD with Haydn trios and divertimenti: Hajo Wienroth (orig. keyed flute, c. 1810), Simon Standage (violin), Poppy Walshaw (cello).