ANDREW BERNARDI

Andrew Bernardi graduated from Leeds University before studying violin with Malcolm Layfield. Andrew has subsequently studied with John Ludlow, Hugh Bean and Francis Mason.

Andrew won the lebel postgraduate scholarship to study at Trinity College of Music where he led all the college orchestras. He entered the music profession where he has been in demand as an exceptionally versatile violinist.

He performs regularly with orchestras including Guildford Philharmonic, London Concert Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, as well as his own ensemble. Andrew has performed, recorded and broadcast sound tracks with artists as varied Nigel Kennedy, Natalie Cole and the late Lord Menuhin.

Andrew has developed one of finest and most communicative professional orchestras in the South East of England. Andrew's ensemble is a collection of UK's leading instrumentalists. It is innovative and popular. The group has played in venues including the Barbican Centre Glyndbourne and many stately homes across the UK. The players are of international standing and have communicated their enthusiasm for the highest standards of music making whist also raising over £100000 for charitable causes including Burrswood, NCH, Dan Pope Memorial Fund, Great Ormand Street Hospital.

Andrew believes passionately in the importance of working with young musicians and this interest has lead him to hold positions on the staff of Trinity College of Music. He regularly conducts a number of Youth Orchestras and is founder and Artistic Director of Shipley Festival.

Andrew plays on a Claude Pieret violin c.1700 and a fine bow by Voirin formerly owned by the late Lord Menuhin