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Bowers Program Artist

Will Duerden

Bass
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Double bassist Will Duerden rose to prominence after reaching the strings category final of the 2018 BBC Young Musician of the Year competition. A winner at the 2023 Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) International Auditions, he was subsequently nominated as a Classic FM Rising Star in 2024 and announced as a Borletti-Buitoni Fellowship artist. Performance highlights this season include his debut at St. George’s Bristol and performances at the North Norfolk Music and Buxton International Festivals, as well as at Wigmore Hall, Neuland Kammermusikfestival, and Barber Institute of Fine Arts in Birmingham. He has also regularly performed as Principal Bass with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Aurora Orchestra, John Wilson’s Sinfonia of London, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, and the Royal Northern Sinfonia, which he joined as Principal Bass during the 2025–26 season. Other appearances include the Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, and Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.

He will join CMS’s Bowers Program in fall 2027.