MUSIC PRODUCTION & CONSULTING

About

An award-winning Classical Producer and Editor, Simon Kiln worked for 25 years at the renowned Abbey Road Studios in London before establishing SimonKilnMusic Ltd in 2017.

Recent production credits include many DVD Productions for the Royal Opera House including La Traviata with Ermonela Jaho and Charles Castronovo, Andrea Chenier with Jonas Kaufmann, Eva Maria Westbroek, Antonio Pappano and The Flying Dutchman with Andris Nelsons and Bryn Terfel. Other highlights are CDs of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and series of Beethoven Sonatas with Violinist James Ehnes and an SACD in surround sound of Howells with the Choir of Kings College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, Britten Sinfonia and Guy Johnston - described as reference quality in the Gramophone magazine. His recording with James Ehnes of James Newton Howard’s Violin Concerto won a Grammy Award in 2019 and the CD of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations with Stephen Kovacevich continues to one of the preferred versions by critics.

He has also worked with Simon Rattle, Maxim Vengerov, Natalie Clein, Alison Balsom, Augustin Hadelich, Benjamin Grosvenor as well as singers Julia Kleiter, Nicky Spence, Allan Clayton, Angelika Kirchschlager, Susan Graham, Henk Neven, Christianne Stotijn, Elizabeth Watts and Alice Coote amongst many others.

He has made well over 400 recordings for Universal, Decca Classics, Warner Classics, EMI Classics, Virgin Classics, Hyperion Records, Sony Classical, Onyx Classics, Avie, Rubicon Classics and Opus Arte

Highlights during his years at Abbey Road include La Boheme (Pappano, Alagna) Tristan (Domingo, Stemme, Pappano), many recordings with the Choir of Kings College Cambridge, with whom he has helped to establish a thriving label. Special memories were recording and mixing New Year's celebrations in Vienna (1997) and Berlin (2007).

Simon has also worked on the music for many major film productions including Planet Earth and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Simon enjoys the dialogue with artists that working in production involves, as well as the technical aspect of the recording process. He believes that the equipment and microphones are really important in recording the detail for the perfect performance.

Live from the stage/my workspace

Live from the stage/my workspace

 
 

 

 

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