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Expert
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Tolga Kashif
Tolga Kashif studied composition and conducting at
the Royal College of Music. In 1989 he established The
Music Sculptors, one of the principal companies specialising
in sound-to-picture, enjoying great success with numerous
commissions from the BBC and major broadcasters. Notable
successes are the soundtrack for the award-winning animation
'First Snow of Winter', 'Where the Heart Is' and documentaries
such as 'QED' and the BBC's 'Gulf War'. 1997's 'Perfect
Day' single featured artists such as Elton John, David
Bowie, Bono, Lesley Garrett and Sir Andrew Davis, leading
to the receipt of many accolades and media awards.
In 2003 and 2004 Tolga Kashif directed the Northern Sinfonia
in UK tours with Lesley Garrett and gave the Turkish premiere
of The Queen Symphony at the International Izmir Festival.
He conducted the piece in Australia in two sold-out performances
at the Sydney Opera House with the Sydney Symphony, broadcast
on ABC Classic FM, and ABC TV also showed the world premiere
concert, which has been shown throughout Europe. The piece
has been performed regularly and in 2004 received US and
Dutch premieres. In 2004 he worked as Producer and Arranger
with Vanessa-Mae for Sony Classics and Maksim for EMI.
This year he tours as pianist/composer and arranger with
Lesley Garrett.
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Other
Judges
Ken
Burton
Eugene
Skeef
David
Lawrence
Tim
Sutton
Gillian
Dibden
Michael
Morwood
Susan Digby
Stuart Barr
Richard
Sisson
Tolga Kashif
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