TOBY WHITECELLO

Born in 1993 in Ripon, North Yorkshire, Toby completed his master’s degree with distinction from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2017 in the class of Louise Hopkins where he continues to study on the artist diploma course.

In October 2017 Toby was appointed the cellist of the Jubilee String Quartet, performing regularly around the UK and Europe. In March 2019 the quartet will release their debut album with Rubicon Classics.

In July 2016 Toby made his radio 3 debut performing Anthony Payne’s ‘Out of the depths comes song’ live as part of the pre-concert proms. Since then, other notable highlights include performances of Schumann piano trio no.1 and Elgar piano quintet with Donald and Vivian Weilerstein, a performance of Bach ‘the musical offering’ with Levon Chilingirian and the Chilingirian quartet at King’s Place, performing as part of a workshop playing Mendelssohn octet with Janine Jansen, a performance of Shostakovich Cello concerto no.1 with the St Cecelia orchestra and most recently performing works by Harrison Birtwistle and Thomas Ades as part of the ‘This is Rattle’ concert series.

Toby has been a grateful recipient of many awards including the Help Musicians UK Fleming Award and grants from the Pierre Fournier and Leverhulme Trusts. This year Toby is the holder of the Karl Motesiczky Scholarship and is a current Worshipful Company of Musicians award holder. Toby’s studies are generously supported by the Goldsmith’s company. In January 2019 he was chosen for the Tillett Trust’s Young Artists Platform as part of which he will make his Wigmore Hall solo debut in October this year.

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