Paul Plunkett

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Paul Plunkett is a virtuoso trumpet player and one of the leading musicians of his kind in the world. He has been a soloist with Australian Symphony Orchestras and performed with the Australian Chamber Orchestra^[1].

Born in Drouin, rural Victoria, Paul became a Lecturer at Canberra Institute of the Arts and at the Victoria College of the Arts in Melbourne. He travelled to Europe (Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland) and was Guest Principal Trumpet with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. More recently he has become Professor of Trumpet and Head of Brass at the Hochschule für Musik Köln in Aachen, Germany and lectures at Switzerland's Musikhochschule Winterthur in Zurich. He has released several CDs and published his own trumpet method in a book called "Beyond Brass Basics, a guide to common sense brass playing" (Spaeth/Schmid Verlag). He performs concerts and recitals and records in countries around the world including Europe, USA, New Zealand, Japan and Australia^[2].

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“Bach’s “Mass in B minor” ... the instrumental hero of the evening was the principal trumpeter Paul Plunkett, a brilliant performance in unusually testing music.” (The Sydney Morning Herald)^[2]

“... Paul Plunkett embellished the second “Brandenburg” with astonishing agility on the valveless trumpet.” (The Dominion, New Zealand)^[2]

“This concerto (Torelli) ... on the natural trumpet was a brilliantly accomplished performance which justified Plunkett’s reputation as the finest baroque trumpeter in this country.” (The Canberra Times)^[2]

“Paul Plunkett once again proved his stature as a performer ... quite untroubled by the trumpets high register ... He has the enviable gift of negotiating high trills and passage work without creating discomfort for the listener.” (The Age, Melbourne)^[2]

“Plunkett plays beautifully with sensitivity to the style.” (Historic Brass Society Newsletter)^[2]

“The very best recording available of the natural trumpet.” (Summit Records, USA)^[2]