Guy Johnston

Education

Eastman School of Music.

Career

He has subsequently enjoyed a successful international career as a soloist and chamber musician and currently serves as a Professor of Cello at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Johnston came to prominence after winning the British Broadcasting Corporation Young Musician of the Year competition in 2000, where he notably broke a string playing Shostakovich"s Cello Concerto Number. 1. In the following year he made his concerto debut at The British Broadcasting Corporation Proms performing the Elgar Cello concerto with Leonard Slatkin and the British Broadcasting Corporation Symphony Orchestra.

He was named "Young British Classical Performer" of the year at the 2002 Classic Brit Awards.

Johnston has since performed concertos with leading British orchestras including the London Philharmonic, British Broadcasting Corporation Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, the Philharmonia, English Chamber Orchestra, British Broadcasting Corporation Scottish Symphony, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, British Broadcasting Corporation Orchestra of Wales and the Northern Sinfonia, and in Europe, the Middle and Far East with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, Street St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchester der Hessischer Rundfunk and Musikkollegium Winterthur. Johnston"s performances and recordings are regularly broadcast on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 3 and Classic FM. His instrument is a 1714 David Tecchler cello.

Recording work

Johnston recorded David Matthews" Concerto in Azzurro with Rumon Gamba and the British Broadcasting Corporation Philharmonic Orchestra, released on the Chandos label in 2009. The recording was nominated for a Gramophone Award in the Contemporary Music category.

Johnston released his debut recital disc Milo in May 2010 on the Orchid label with the pianist Kathryn Stott.

The disc comprises British 20th-century music including the Cello Sonatas by Benjamin Britten and Frank Bridge and works "Sleep On" and "Milo" by Mark-Anthony Turnage. Johnston premiered the work at Milo"s christening and is his godfather. Johnston recorded the Duruflé Requiem with Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Mark Stone (baritone), Tristan Mitchard (organ), The Choir of Somerville College Oxford, and David Crown (conductor), released on the Stone Records label in 2012.

Achievements

• Johnston was awarded a Classical BRIT Award for Young British Classical Performer in 2001.

Membership

He is a founding member of the Aronowitz Ensemble, which has recently been invited into the British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme, guaranteeing regular feature presentations on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 3 and other media over a two-year period.