Kris Garfitt
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Nationality United Kingdom
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Kris Garfitt is a Courtois Performing Artist, Solo Trombonist of the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Gold Medal winner of the 2019 Royal Overseas League Music Competition in London and first prize winner of the 2019 Jeju International Music Competition, 2018 International Tenor and Bass Trombone Competition in Budapest, the 2018 International Juozas Pakalnis Competition of Wind and Percussion Instruments in Vilnius and the 2019 International IPV Trombone Competition in Germany. Kris is also second prizewinner of the Competition Concorso Internazionale “Città di Porcia” and the International Trombone Competition of Alsace.
He graduated in 2015 from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, with a First Class Honours Degree. During his time at Guildhall he undertook regular lessons with Eric Crees, Christopher Houlding and Peter Gane and later with Fabrice Millischer in Freiburg Musikhochschule. Kris is now receiving regular instruction from Guilhem Kusnierek of Saarbrücken Musikhochschule. From 2016 until 2020 Kris was working as a member of the German Radio Philharmonic, and from 2021 is the solo trombonist with the WDR Symphony Orchestra.
Prizes won OBSOLETE – WILL BE DESTROYED
Member competition (linked): First Prize percussions 2016
Member competition (linked): First Prize percussions 2016
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