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It is an honour to have this wonderful new string quintet - written for me and my ensemble www.imusicanti - by the composer Ivor Hodgson.
The string quintet with double bass is one of our core instrumentations and we look forward to recording it on the SOMM Recordings label later this month.
The string quintet with double bass is one of our core instrumentations and we look forward to recording it on the SOMM Recordings label later this month.
November 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It is an honour to have this wonderful new string quintet - written for me and my ensemble www.imusicanti - by the composer Ivor Hodgson.
The string quintet with double bass is one of our core instrumentations and we look forward to recording it on the SOMM Recordings label later this month.
The string quintet with double bass is one of our core instrumentations and we look forward to recording it on the SOMM Recordings label later this month.
It was an honour to perform alongside my friends and colleagues of the World Orchestra for Peace in the UNESCO Concert for Peace 2025.
I was one of 28 artists from 23 countries, and represented the country of my birth, South Africa, and my adopted homeland, the UK.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnMW...
I was one of 28 artists from 23 countries, and represented the country of my birth, South Africa, and my adopted homeland, the UK.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnMW...
The UNESCO Concert for Peace 2025
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October 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It was an honour to perform alongside my friends and colleagues of the World Orchestra for Peace in the UNESCO Concert for Peace 2025.
I was one of 28 artists from 23 countries, and represented the country of my birth, South Africa, and my adopted homeland, the UK.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnMW...
I was one of 28 artists from 23 countries, and represented the country of my birth, South Africa, and my adopted homeland, the UK.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnMW...
Nearly 50 years after I first performed Schubert's 'Trout' Quintet, it is gratifying finally to have recorded it with my own ensemble, www.imusicanti.co.uk on the SOMM Recordings label.
And pairing it with a world premiere recording of Hummel's Piano Quintet Op.114a was an added bonus.
And pairing it with a world premiere recording of Hummel's Piano Quintet Op.114a was an added bonus.
October 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Nearly 50 years after I first performed Schubert's 'Trout' Quintet, it is gratifying finally to have recorded it with my own ensemble, www.imusicanti.co.uk on the SOMM Recordings label.
And pairing it with a world premiere recording of Hummel's Piano Quintet Op.114a was an added bonus.
And pairing it with a world premiere recording of Hummel's Piano Quintet Op.114a was an added bonus.
From the Strad magazine:
"Pianist Peter Donohoe and the string foursome of I Musicanti, directed by Leon Bosch, have done some serious public service in resurrecting these little-known but thoroughly distinctive British piano quintets from the early 20th century."
"Pianist Peter Donohoe and the string foursome of I Musicanti, directed by Leon Bosch, have done some serious public service in resurrecting these little-known but thoroughly distinctive British piano quintets from the early 20th century."
September 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
From the Strad magazine:
"Pianist Peter Donohoe and the string foursome of I Musicanti, directed by Leon Bosch, have done some serious public service in resurrecting these little-known but thoroughly distinctive British piano quintets from the early 20th century."
"Pianist Peter Donohoe and the string foursome of I Musicanti, directed by Leon Bosch, have done some serious public service in resurrecting these little-known but thoroughly distinctive British piano quintets from the early 20th century."
It's time to change the laws around streaming services so that musicians get their fair share! Join me in signing to Musicians' Union petition to fix streaming! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ch...
Change the law to fix music streaming
It's time to change the laws around streaming services so that musicians get their fair share! Join me in signing to Musicians' Union petition to fix streaming!
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September 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It's time to change the laws around streaming services so that musicians get their fair share! Join me in signing to Musicians' Union petition to fix streaming! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ch...
"...The performances are so fluent and exactly judged that you’d think these musicians had been playing these works all their lives.....a quite splendid disc, and I would love to hear more of the same...."
www.britishmusicsociety.co.uk/2025/08/pian...
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PIANO QUINTETS: Godfrey, Hodgson, Walthew, McCabe - British Music Society
Percy Godfrey? No, me neither; but this 1900 Piano Quintet is quite the find. The first movement surges with full-bodied invention...
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August 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"...The performances are so fluent and exactly judged that you’d think these musicians had been playing these works all their lives.....a quite splendid disc, and I would love to hear more of the same...."
www.britishmusicsociety.co.uk/2025/08/pian...
www.britishmusicsociety.co.uk/2025/08/pian...
It's time to change the laws around streaming services so that musicians get their fair share! Join me in signing to Musicians' Union petition to fix streaming! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ch...
Change the law to fix music streaming
It's time to change the laws around streaming services so that musicians get their fair share! Join me in signing to Musicians' Union petition to fix streaming!
www.megaphone.org.uk
July 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It's time to change the laws around streaming services so that musicians get their fair share! Join me in signing to Musicians' Union petition to fix streaming! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ch...
Congratulations on your appointment as Assistant Principal Double Bass of the @liverpoolphil.bsky.social Nathan Knight.
You were one of my very best students at Trinity Laban, with world class potential.
I wish you an enjoyable and accelerated journey fulfilling your musical and human potential.
You were one of my very best students at Trinity Laban, with world class potential.
I wish you an enjoyable and accelerated journey fulfilling your musical and human potential.
July 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Congratulations on your appointment as Assistant Principal Double Bass of the @liverpoolphil.bsky.social Nathan Knight.
You were one of my very best students at Trinity Laban, with world class potential.
I wish you an enjoyable and accelerated journey fulfilling your musical and human potential.
You were one of my very best students at Trinity Laban, with world class potential.
I wish you an enjoyable and accelerated journey fulfilling your musical and human potential.
Another wonderful concert at Wigmore Hall this time with the Ubuntu Ensemble in the The African Concert Series
And for those of you who think that my baton has supplanted my double bass, think again. Gagliano and I still relish the thrill of creating sound with my bow.
And for those of you who think that my baton has supplanted my double bass, think again. Gagliano and I still relish the thrill of creating sound with my bow.
July 21, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Another wonderful concert at Wigmore Hall this time with the Ubuntu Ensemble in the The African Concert Series
And for those of you who think that my baton has supplanted my double bass, think again. Gagliano and I still relish the thrill of creating sound with my bow.
And for those of you who think that my baton has supplanted my double bass, think again. Gagliano and I still relish the thrill of creating sound with my bow.
I Musicanti will be guests of Howdenshire Music on Saturday 12th July, in a programme of Dvorak and Beethoven.
Carl Hinde's arrangement of Beethoven's violin concerto for chamber forces is exquisite, and we look forward to Cristian de Sa's performance.
Carl Hinde's arrangement of Beethoven's violin concerto for chamber forces is exquisite, and we look forward to Cristian de Sa's performance.
July 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I Musicanti will be guests of Howdenshire Music on Saturday 12th July, in a programme of Dvorak and Beethoven.
Carl Hinde's arrangement of Beethoven's violin concerto for chamber forces is exquisite, and we look forward to Cristian de Sa's performance.
Carl Hinde's arrangement of Beethoven's violin concerto for chamber forces is exquisite, and we look forward to Cristian de Sa's performance.
At Maida Vale Studios to hear the BBC Symphony Orchestra this afternoon, conducted by Jonathon Heyward.
The concert began with some twaddle by the composer Jost, but that was mercifully followed by Mieczysław Weinberg's Symphony No.3. What a revelation to hear this symphony for the very first time!
The concert began with some twaddle by the composer Jost, but that was mercifully followed by Mieczysław Weinberg's Symphony No.3. What a revelation to hear this symphony for the very first time!
July 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
At Maida Vale Studios to hear the BBC Symphony Orchestra this afternoon, conducted by Jonathon Heyward.
The concert began with some twaddle by the composer Jost, but that was mercifully followed by Mieczysław Weinberg's Symphony No.3. What a revelation to hear this symphony for the very first time!
The concert began with some twaddle by the composer Jost, but that was mercifully followed by Mieczysław Weinberg's Symphony No.3. What a revelation to hear this symphony for the very first time!
Ever imagined that it could be possible to perform Bruch's enduringly popular first violin concerto with the accompaniment of a string quintet?
Well here it is, in an exquisite arrangement by Carl Hinde.
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Well here it is, in an exquisite arrangement by Carl Hinde.
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Max Bruch-Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.26 – Full Score
Max Bruch-Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.26 - Full Score
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June 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Ever imagined that it could be possible to perform Bruch's enduringly popular first violin concerto with the accompaniment of a string quintet?
Well here it is, in an exquisite arrangement by Carl Hinde.
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Well here it is, in an exquisite arrangement by Carl Hinde.
www.imusicantipublishing.com/product/max-...
Listening to the first edit of I Musicanti's recording on the SOMM Recordings label of TWO Op.114 piano quintets: Hummel and Schubert. Such joyful music!
The Hummel is just out of this world, and has never been recorded.
Congratulations and thanks to my colleagues for their exquisite musicianship.
The Hummel is just out of this world, and has never been recorded.
Congratulations and thanks to my colleagues for their exquisite musicianship.
June 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Listening to the first edit of I Musicanti's recording on the SOMM Recordings label of TWO Op.114 piano quintets: Hummel and Schubert. Such joyful music!
The Hummel is just out of this world, and has never been recorded.
Congratulations and thanks to my colleagues for their exquisite musicianship.
The Hummel is just out of this world, and has never been recorded.
Congratulations and thanks to my colleagues for their exquisite musicianship.
"Path To The Podium", charting my journey from the bowels of the orchestra to the podium, appears in the current edition of BBC Music Magazine.
I won't be hanging up my bow quite yet, but will increasingly have my back to the audience from now onwards.
I won't be hanging up my bow quite yet, but will increasingly have my back to the audience from now onwards.
June 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"Path To The Podium", charting my journey from the bowels of the orchestra to the podium, appears in the current edition of BBC Music Magazine.
I won't be hanging up my bow quite yet, but will increasingly have my back to the audience from now onwards.
I won't be hanging up my bow quite yet, but will increasingly have my back to the audience from now onwards.
And if you happen to be in Norfolk on Saturday 14th June, Rebeca Omordia and I will perform a recital of music by Beethoven, Philip Herbert, Ivor Hodgson and my transcriptions of 18 Negro Spirituals for double bass and piano.
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Leon Bosch & Rebeca Omordia - Music in the Burnhams
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June 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
And if you happen to be in Norfolk on Saturday 14th June, Rebeca Omordia and I will perform a recital of music by Beethoven, Philip Herbert, Ivor Hodgson and my transcriptions of 18 Negro Spirituals for double bass and piano.
musicintheburnhams.com/whats-coming...
musicintheburnhams.com/whats-coming...
Preparing for a concerto performance, recital, or audition?
Come and join me at the Music Summer School and Festival for a week devoted to your musical needs.
www.mssf.org.uk/events-cours...
Come and join me at the Music Summer School and Festival for a week devoted to your musical needs.
www.mssf.org.uk/events-cours...
Double Bass - Leon Bosch, Week 2 - The Music Summer School and Festival
Double Bass course Directed by Leon Bosch The double bass will focus on improving your technique, refining your performance skills and discovering new repertoire. You will receive personalised feedbac...
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June 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Preparing for a concerto performance, recital, or audition?
Come and join me at the Music Summer School and Festival for a week devoted to your musical needs.
www.mssf.org.uk/events-cours...
Come and join me at the Music Summer School and Festival for a week devoted to your musical needs.
www.mssf.org.uk/events-cours...
Another memorable episode in I Musicanti's musical journey, recording Brazilian piano quintets for the 'Trout' instrumentation with the pianist Clélia Iruzun.
May 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Another memorable episode in I Musicanti's musical journey, recording Brazilian piano quintets for the 'Trout' instrumentation with the pianist Clélia Iruzun.
World premiere performances of classical era compositions are rare nowadays.
I had the privilege of conducting the 21st Century premiere of the harp concerto by Franz Joseph Keyper (1756-1815) with soloist Marina Solomon at the convention of the South African Strings Foundation in Bloemfontein.
I had the privilege of conducting the 21st Century premiere of the harp concerto by Franz Joseph Keyper (1756-1815) with soloist Marina Solomon at the convention of the South African Strings Foundation in Bloemfontein.
May 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
World premiere performances of classical era compositions are rare nowadays.
I had the privilege of conducting the 21st Century premiere of the harp concerto by Franz Joseph Keyper (1756-1815) with soloist Marina Solomon at the convention of the South African Strings Foundation in Bloemfontein.
I had the privilege of conducting the 21st Century premiere of the harp concerto by Franz Joseph Keyper (1756-1815) with soloist Marina Solomon at the convention of the South African Strings Foundation in Bloemfontein.
A big thank you to composer and conductor Adrian Davis for the gift of this book.
I have always known about its existence, but never got round to buying a copy.
Does anyone have any favourite/recommended chapters?
I have always known about its existence, but never got round to buying a copy.
Does anyone have any favourite/recommended chapters?
May 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
A big thank you to composer and conductor Adrian Davis for the gift of this book.
I have always known about its existence, but never got round to buying a copy.
Does anyone have any favourite/recommended chapters?
I have always known about its existence, but never got round to buying a copy.
Does anyone have any favourite/recommended chapters?
My latest CD release 'The British Double Bass Sonatina' is available now!
Seven wonderful Sonatinas for Double Bass and Piano by British composers.
It is a privilege to have such exquisite music written for me by composers who are also lifelong friends.
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Seven wonderful Sonatinas for Double Bass and Piano by British composers.
It is a privilege to have such exquisite music written for me by composers who are also lifelong friends.
www.imusicantipublishing.com/product/leon...
LEON BOSCH “The British Double Bass Sonatina”
Released on 1st May 2025. Available to pre order now (orders will be despatched on 1st May) Order before 15th May 2025 with a 10% discount. LISTEN TO A PREVIEW: 02 I J Hodgson, The Robin – a Sonatin...
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May 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
My latest CD release 'The British Double Bass Sonatina' is available now!
Seven wonderful Sonatinas for Double Bass and Piano by British composers.
It is a privilege to have such exquisite music written for me by composers who are also lifelong friends.
www.imusicantipublishing.com/product/leon...
Seven wonderful Sonatinas for Double Bass and Piano by British composers.
It is a privilege to have such exquisite music written for me by composers who are also lifelong friends.
www.imusicantipublishing.com/product/leon...
My latest CD 'The British Double Bass Sonatina' is now available on I Musicanti Publishing.
10% off until 15th May so get your order in quick!
www.imusicantipublishing.com/product/leon...
10% off until 15th May so get your order in quick!
www.imusicantipublishing.com/product/leon...
LEON BOSCH “The British Double Bass Sonatina”
Released on 1st May 2025. Available to pre order now (orders will be despatched on 1st May) Order before 15th May 2025 with a 10% discount. LISTEN TO A PREVIEW: 02 I J Hodgson, The Robin – a Sonatin...
www.imusicantipublishing.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
My latest CD 'The British Double Bass Sonatina' is now available on I Musicanti Publishing.
10% off until 15th May so get your order in quick!
www.imusicantipublishing.com/product/leon...
10% off until 15th May so get your order in quick!
www.imusicantipublishing.com/product/leon...
"....he proves a natural, assimilating something of the style and eloquence of Sir Neville Marriner, but establishing very much his own buoyancy and grace, knowing when to let a lyrical line speak for itself and when to move along at a faster pace..."
April 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"....he proves a natural, assimilating something of the style and eloquence of Sir Neville Marriner, but establishing very much his own buoyancy and grace, knowing when to let a lyrical line speak for itself and when to move along at a faster pace..."
Amen!
April 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Amen!
"....and employs more than 650 people....."
How many arts bureaucrats does it take to change a lightbulb?
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How many arts bureaucrats does it take to change a lightbulb?
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Arts Council England a victim of ‘London-centric’ media coverage, CEO says
Darren Henley says regional arts leaders do not have same newspaper coverage as those in the capital
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April 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"....and employs more than 650 people....."
How many arts bureaucrats does it take to change a lightbulb?
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
How many arts bureaucrats does it take to change a lightbulb?
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
A sneak peak of our forthcoming CD release.
World premiere recordings of FOUR piano quintets for the 'Trout' instrumentation by British composers.
World premiere recordings of FOUR piano quintets for the 'Trout' instrumentation by British composers.
April 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A sneak peak of our forthcoming CD release.
World premiere recordings of FOUR piano quintets for the 'Trout' instrumentation by British composers.
World premiere recordings of FOUR piano quintets for the 'Trout' instrumentation by British composers.