"Chris is an award-winning violinist and conductor who has worked internationally with orchestras, chamber groups and renowned soloists and extensively as an accompanist and a répétiteur.
He completed Masters degrees at both the Royal Academy (including a DipRAM) and Bristol University in British Music and was awarded a Leverhulme studentship and then a Junior Fellowship at the Royal Academy.
He is currently Musical Director of the Orchestra of the City and as an accomplished Violinist has played with the European Youth Philharmonic Orchestra."