Meyrick Alexander

Meyrick Alexander (born 18 May 1952) is an English bassoonist. He is one of the UK's best known bassoonists and bassoon teachers.

As a performer, Alexander was Principal Bassoon of the Philharmonia Orchestra for 30 years, and currently plays principal with the London Chamber Orchestra.[1]

Alexander is Professor of Bassoon at the Royal Academy of Music[1] and has also taught at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama,[2] where he was Head of Woodwind and remains a tutor,[1] the Royal Northern College of Music,[1] Royal Birmingham Conservatoire,[1] and, for most of his career, at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[3][1]

Alexander has appeared as a soloist on numerous occasions including performances of the Mozart Bassoon Concerto under Vladimir Ashkenazy; he has made two solo recordings with the London Chamber Orchestra. Alexander is a specialist on the baroque bassoon which he plays in John Eliot Gardiner's Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and the English Baroque Soloists.[4]