| Christopher Murray studied
at Chetham's School of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music
as well as participating in master classes with eminent musicians such
as Alexander Baillie, Benjamin Zander, Ralph Kirshbaum, Karine Georgian
and the great Russian maestro, Dmitri Yablonski. In 2003 he won the
RNCM top cello award, the Barbirolli Prize, and he has also received
awards from The Musician's Benevolent Fund, The Martin Trust and The
Countess of Munster Trust. He regularly gives recitals across North
of England in a duo with his father, David, and he is also the cellist
of the Heath String Quartet. In 2005 this group won the prestigious
Philharmonia Orchestra/Martin Musical Scholarship Fund Ensemble Award
(the award including a Purcell Room debut recital) as well as reaching
the finals of the Royal Overseas-League Competition.In August 2005 Christopher
made a live broadcast on BBC Radio 3 from the Royal Albert Hall of solo
cello music by the Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen as part of the BBC
Proms Composer Portrait Series. |
Christopher Murray