During your time at the Academy, you will be supported by outstanding teachers who will challenge you to find your own voice.

Head of Strings

Graham Mitchell

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Head of Strings

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Serge Koussevitzky Professor of Double Bass

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Chairs of Chamber Music

Anthony Marwood MBE

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William Lawes Chair of Chamber Music

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Lawrence Power

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William Lawes Chair of Chamber Music

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Visiting Professors of Strings

Music

Lorenza Borrani

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Visiting Professor of Chamber Orchestras

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Lorenza Borrani smiles holding a a violin, standing in front of a tapestry

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider

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Viotti Visiting Professor of Music

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Violin

James Ehnes

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Visiting Professor of Violin

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Giovanni Guzzo

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Professor of Violin

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Chloë Hanslip

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Visiting Professor of Violin

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Daniel Hope

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Visiting Professor of Violin

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Tasmin Little CBE

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Visiting Professor of Violin

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Roman Simovic

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Visiting Professor of Violin

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Igor Yuzefovich

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Professor of Violin and Orchestral Studies

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Viola

Juan-Miguel Hernandez

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Visiting Professor of Viola

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Garth Knox

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Visiting Professor of Viola

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Hartmut Rohde

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Visiting Professor of Viola

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Su Zhen

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Visiting Professor of Viola

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Cello

Mario Brunello

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Visiting Professor of Cello

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Colin Carr

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Visiting Professor of Cello

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Steven Doane

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Visiting Professor of Cello

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Steven Isserlis CBE

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Marquis de Corberon Professor of Cello

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Li Jiwu

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Visiting Professor of Cello

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Guy Johnston

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Visiting Professor of Cello

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Sheku Kanneh-Mason MBE

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Menuhin Visiting Professor of Performance Mentoring

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Sung-Won Yang

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Visiting Professor of Cello

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Double Bass

Matthew McDonald

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Visiting Professor of Double Bass

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Božo Paradžik

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Visiting Professor of Double Bass

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Joel Quarrington

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Visiting Professor of Double Bass

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Professors of Strings

Violin

Remus Azoitei

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Professor of Violin

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Levon Chilingirian

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Professor of Violin and Chamber Musician in Residence

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Diana Cummings

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Professor of Violin

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Joshua Fisher

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Professor of Violin

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Michael Foyle

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Professor of Violin

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Rodney Friend MBE

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Professor of Violin

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Mayumi Fujikawa

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Professor of Violin

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Clio Gould

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Professor of Violin

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Philippe Honoré

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Professor of Violin

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Richard Ireland

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Professor of Violin

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So-Ock Kim

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Professor of Violin

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Hu Kun

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Professor of Violin

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Kun Hu Faces the Camera, Standing at the Side of a Piano

Sophie Langdon

Academic Studies

Lecturer

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Professor of Violin

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Jack Liebeck

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Émile Sauret Professor of Violin

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Nicholas Miller

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Professor of Violin

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Alex Redington

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Professor of Violin

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Alexander Sitkovetsky

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Professor of Violin

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Maureen Smith

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Professor of Violin

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Jonathan Stone

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Professor of Violin

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Nicole Wilson

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Professor of Violin

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Ying Xue

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Professor of Violin

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Viola

Hélène Clément

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Professor of Viola

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Yuko Inoue

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Professor of Viola

Junior Academy

Viola

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Garfield Jackson

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Professor of Viola

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Martin Outram

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Lionel Tertis Professor of Viola

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Ashan Pillai

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Professor of Viola

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Paul Silverthorne

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Professor of Viola

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James Sleigh

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Professor of Viola

Academic Studies

Head of Year

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Jon Thorne

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Professor of Viola

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Cello

Robert Cohen

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William Pleeth Professor of Cello

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Jo Cole

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Professor of Cello

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Lionel Handy

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Professor of Cello

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Benjamin Hughes

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Professor of Cello and Orchestral Studies

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Josephine Knight

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Alfredo Piatti Professor of Cello

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Mats Lidström

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Leo Stern Professor of Cello

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John Myerscough

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Professor of Cello

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Christoph Richter

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Professor of Cello

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Hannah Roberts

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Jacqueline Du Pré Professor of Cello

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Nadège Rochat

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Professor of Cello

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Felix Schmidt

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Professor of Cello

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David Smith

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Professor of Cello

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David Strange

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Professor Emeritus of Strings

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Double Bass

Tom Goodman

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Professor of Double Bass

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Graham Mitchell

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Head of Strings

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Serge Koussevitzky Professor of Double Bass

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Dominic Seldis

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Professor of Double Bass

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Chamber Musician in Residence

Levon Chilingirian

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Professor of Violin and Chamber Musician in Residence

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Teaching Quartet in Association

Doric String Quartet

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Teaching Quartet in Association

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Piano Accompaniment Support

Małgorzata Garstka

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Piano Accompanist

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Malgorzata Garstka sits at an open top grand piano, facing camera from over the strings