Andrew Skidmore
Professor of Cello, Elective Supervision (Historical Performance)
Andrew enjoys a varied career performing on both period and modern instruments.
He has been cellist of the Salomon String Quartet since 2010, before which he spent three years as cellist of the Fitzwilliam String Quartet.
Andrew’s interest in historical performance spans from the 17th to 20th centuries. He is a member and regular guest principal of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, principal with Collegium Musicum 90 and Ex Cathedra and plays regularly as a guest principal, continuo cellist and in chamber music with groups including the Dunedin Consort, Arcangelo, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Early Opera Company, The Academy of Ancient Music, Music for Awhile, Jupiter Ensemble, Irish Baroque Orchestra, The Sixteen, Ensemble Marsyas, Taverner Consort and Players and Classical Opera Company.
On the modern cello he has performed with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Cappella Andrea Barca and has been invited as a guest principal with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia and Haydn Philharmonie, Eisenstadt.
Andrew studied at the Academy, as well as New College, Oxford. He has taught and given classes at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford.