Julian Lloyd Webber, Esq, FRCM

Career: musician; UK debut Queen Elizabeth Hall London 1972, US debut Lincoln Centre NY 1980, debut with Berlin Philharmonic Orch 1984; has performed with orchestras worldwide and toured the USA, Canada, Germany, Holland, Africa, Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia, S America, Spain, Belgium, France, Scandinavia, Switzerland, Portugal, Australia, NZ, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Taiwan; first recordings of works by: Malcolm Arnold, Benjamin Britten, Frank Bridge, Gavin Bryars, Frederick Delius, Philip Glass, Gustav Holst, Michael Nyman, Joaquin Rodrigo, Dimitri Shostakovich, Eric Whitacre, Ralph Vaughan Williams; artistic dir Cellothon '88 South Bank Centre London; chair In Harmony 2008, chm Govt's In Harmony project 2009, pres Elgar Soc 2009; govr South Bank Centre 2009; Best British Classical Recording (for Elgar Cello Concerto) 1987, Crystal Award World Economic Forum 1998, Red Award Classic FM 2005; Hon Dr: Univ of Hull 2003, Thames Valley Univ 2004; FRCM 1994

Books and Publications: incl: The Classical Cello (1980), The Romantic Cello (1981), The French Cello (1981), 6 pieces by Frank Bridge (1982), The Young Cellist's Repertoire Books 1, 2 & 3 (1984), Holst Invocation (1984), Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Sussex Folk Tunes (1984), Travels with My Cello (1984), Song of the Birds (1985), Recital Repertoire for Cellists (1986), Short Sharp Shocks (ed, 1990), The Great Cello Solos (1991), Cello Song (1993), The Essential Cello (1997), Cello Moods (1999), Married to Music (biography, 2001), Made In England (2003), Unexpected Songs (2007)