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John Sampson was born on 18 April, 1955 in Dunfermline, United Kingdom, is an A scottish male actor. Discover John Sampson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?
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John Sampson Net Worth
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John Sampson (born 18 April 1955, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland) is a Scottish multi-instrumental musician, actor and entertainer.
Sampson played at the 70th Birthday of Seamus Heaney at the Pavilion theatre in Dun Laoghaire and the tribute night at the Royal Festival Hall London.
He was short listed for the Critic's Award for Theatre in Scotland in the Best Music and Sound category for his work on A Taste of Honey, Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, Edinburgh.
John was a member of folk band Fourth Estaite from 1975 to 1980 with Robin Harper and Rab Handliegh.
Sampson was brought up in the Salvation Army and attended Wick High School, Peterhead Academy and Boroughmuir Secondary School in Edinburgh before studying music at Edinburgh's Napier University, graduating in 1978.
Sampson was based in Hamburg, Germany from 1985, where he performed with pianist Patrick O`Connell in the duo Pat & John.
Sampson also regularly plays trumpet with reggae band Makossa, and occasionally plays trumpet with the rhythm and blues band, Dr Hip and the Blues Operation.
Radio work includes composing the music for the five part series "The Bride of Lammermoor" by Walter Scott (BBC Radio 4) and "The Hireling" by Patrick Malahide (BBC Scotland).He was Recorder Tutor at the Scottish Conservatoire of Music in the 1990s.
He performed at the Edinburgh Festival in Good directed by Michael Boyd and won the Herald's best Musical performance at the Edinburgh Festival 1992.
Sampson worked again with the BBC for six series of the popular sitcom Rab C. Nesbitt.
and The Baldy Man (Carlton TV).
== He worked with John McGrath on TV and theatre productions Border Warfare (Channel 4) John Brown's Body (Channel 4) and A Satire of the Four Estates (Edinburgh Festival 1997).
He worked at the Young Vic, London, in Peribanez with Rufus Norris.
He also worked with John Bett on the Jolly Beggars and Para Handy both with Wildcat Stage Productions.
From 2001 to 2021 he composed the music for Theatre Alba`s Children`s Theatre shows written by Clunie Mackenzie for the Edinburgh Fringe.
Sampson has collaborated with Britain's poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy in live performances since 2003.
With Carol Ann Duffy he has performed at The Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room,Royal Festival Hall,Queens Hall, Hong Kong Festival, Auckland Festival NZ, Emirates Festival Dubai, Edinburgh Festivals, Buckingham Palace for the Queen, Prince Philip & Princess Anne and literary festivals around the UK for over 18 years.
His solo live act involves playing recorders, trumpets, crumhorn, gemshorn, cornettino, halusi and other instruments, and his theatre work includes 30 years with the Natural Theatre Company of Bath including Scarlatti's Birthday Party, and Scarlatti`s Revenge touring Germany also Bill Brydon's The Big Picnic, Glasgow (BBC TV).
In 2010, he formed A Fyne Pear with Pete Baynes, Stewart Hanratty and Wendy Weatherby and continues to perform for the charity Music in Hospitals & Care.
Sampson performed with Anne Lorne Gillies on the albums Song of the Gaels and Milestones, along with TV and radio broadcasts on the BBC.He has played on three albums with Andy Chung.
He was also vice-chair of the Scottish committee of the British actors’ union, Equity.
His 2011 album, Cullen Skink, was launched at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
In 2013, with the trumpeter Finlay Hetherington he formed the brass quintet, Brass Tracks.
In June 2016, he became a member of the Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain.
In 2017, he formed the Bruntsfield Baroque Trio, with Frances Rive and Vickie Hobson.
Winner of The Primary Times award for Best Children`s show Edinburgh Fringe 2018.