Career
Born in Liverpool, Carr is a professor of the cello, currently at the Royal Academy of Music. Carr taught at the New England Conservatory in Boston for sixteen years before taking up his current job at the Royal Academy of Music. In addition, he is also affiliated with the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Carr began playing at the age of five, and studied with Maurice Gendron.
He also attended the Yehudi Menuhin School. He now plays on the "Marquis de Corberon" Stradivari cello, formerly played by Zara Nelsova, and owned by the Royal Academy of Music.