Dominic Seldis is a British double bass soloist and principal double bass of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
Education
Seldis attended Chetham"s School of Music in Manchester, from 1979 to 1989. He was originally a violinist and changed to the double bass aged 14, and studied with Duncan McTier. In 1989, he attended the Royal Academy of Music in London studying the double bass with Robin McGee.
Career
In 1992 he moved to Salzburg to study with Klaus Stoll at the Mozarteum. As a soloist he has performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields, the Orchestra of Saint Johns Smith Square and the British Broadcasting Corporation National Orchestra of Wales and is an active chamber music player and performs many recitals with James Pearson. In 1998 he was appointed principal player of the British Broadcasting Corporation National Orchestra of Wales and in 2008 moved to Holland to become principal (1st solo) double bass of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam.
He is a professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and gives regular master classes throughout the world.
Membership
He is also a regular member of the John Wilson Orchestra.