JEREMY POLMEAR & DIANA AMBACHE

Jeremy Polmear and Diana Ambache formed their duo in 1977 for a British Council tour of India and Nepal. They have since

performed in Europe, Africa, and China, and have toured South East Asia five times. British appearances include regular recitals at the Wigmore Hall and the Purcell Room. Their 1984 recording Morceaux de Salon has recently been reissued by Meridian (Cassette no. KE 77072).

Jeremy Polmear has specialised in virtuoso oboe music of the 19th century. As an orchestral player, recent appearances have included work with the London Mozart Players, the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra, the English Baroque orchestra, the Ambache Chamber Orchestra, and the Philomusica of London. A graduate of Cambridge University, his musical influences include the National Youth Orchestra, Janet Craxton and Maurice Bourgue.

Diana Ambache is a Mozart specialist, and has to dates performed 15 of the Mozart concerto cycle. In 1984 she formed the Ambache Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble, bringing together some of London's finest chamber music players (three of their Mozart recordings are currently available on Meridian). She studied on scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music and subsequently with Jeremy Siepmann.