Julian Lloyd Webber Cello

Widely regarded as one of the most creative musicians of his generation and now leading England’s In Harmony project, Julian Lloyd Webber won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music when he was sixteen and completed his studies in Geneva with the renowned French cellist, Pierre Fournier. Since then he has collaborated with an extraordinary array of musicians from Yehudi Menuhin, Lorin Maazel, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Georg Solti to Elton John and Stephane Grappelli.

Julian has premiered more than fifty new works for cello and has inspired new compositions from composers as diverse as Malcolm Arnold and Joaquin Rodrigo to James MacMillan and Philip Glass. Recent concert performances have included three further works composed for Julian - Michael Nyman’s Double Concerto for Cello and Saxophone on BBC Television, Gavin Bryars’ Concerto in Suntory Hall, Tokyo and Philip Glass’s Concerto at the Beijing International Festival. His recording of the Glass concerto was released on the Orange Mountain label in September 2004. Recent recordings – both for EMI Classics - include Unexpected Songs and Phantasia, the double concerto based on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera and featuring violinist Sarah Chang.

In 2009 – in recognition of his lifelong devotion to Elgar’s music – Julian was elected President of the Elgar Society. Julian is also a passionate supporter of Leyton Orient football club and was London Underground’s first official busker.

Julian Lloyd Webber plays the ‘Barjansky’ Stradivarius cello of c.1690.

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