Andrew Taylor

Andrew Taylor was born in Durham in 1974 and began 'cello aged eight, with Kitty Peacock, subsequently studying at St. Mary's Music School in Edinburgh with Ruth Beauchamp. At school he participated in master-classes with Steven Isserlis and made his concerto debut aged sixteen with Saint-Saëns' Concerto in A minor. In 1995 he graduated with first-class honours in music from Lancaster University and was awarded a British Academy studentship to complete a study on contemporary 'cello-playing and teaching. During the 1990s Andrew studied with David Fletcher and performed concertos by Brahms Elgar, Haydn, Lalo and Schumann, chamber music as part of the Serafin Quartet, appearing in Europe and the USA. In 2000 he completed his postgraduate diploma at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Leonard Stehn, also appearing in the 2000 BBC Proms. Andrew has performed with the Christ Church Festival Orchestra since 1999 and in June 2001 appeared as soloist in the Brahms Double Concerto with violinist Daniel Bhattacharya in Oxford at the Sheldonian Theatre; he plays on a 'cello made in 1999 by Italian maker Fabrizio Portanti.

Andrew Taylor can be contacted at andrewtaylor15@hotmail.com