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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
Head of Strings, Serge Koussevitzky Professor of Double Bass
Chairs of Chamber Music
Anthony Marwood MBE
William Lawes Chair of Chamber Music
Lawrence Power
William Lawes Chair of Chamber Music
Visiting Professors of Music
Lorenza Borrani
Visiting Professor of Chamber Orchestras (Strings)
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
Viotti Visiting Professor of Music
Visiting Professors of Violin
James Ehnes
Visiting Professor of Violin
Hilary Hahn
Visiting Professor of Violin
Daniel Hope
Visiting Professor of Violin (Strings)
Tasmin Little CBE
Visiting Professor of Violin (Strings)
Igor Yuzefovich
Visiting Professor of Violin and Orchestral Studies
Professors of Violin
Remus Azoiței
Professor of Violin (Strings)
Levon Chilingirian
Professor of Violin and Chamber Musician in Residence
Joshua Fisher
Professor of Violin
Rodney Friend MBE
Professor of Violin (Strings)
Clio Gould
Professor of Violin (Strings)
Philippe Honoré
Professor of Violin (Strings)
So-Ock Kim
Professor of Violin (Strings)
Hu Kun
Professor of Violin
Jack Liebeck
Émile Sauret Professor of Violin
Nicholas Miller
Professor of Violin
Alex Redington
Professor of Violin (Strings)
Sini Simonen
Professor of Violin (Strings), Chamber Musician in Residence (Ensemble Piano)
Roman Simovic
Professor of Violin (Strings)
Jonathan Stone
Professor of Violin
Dr Robin Wilson
Professor of Violin (Strings)
Ying Xue
Professor of Violin (Strings)
Visiting Professors of Viola
Juan-Miguel Hernandez
Visiting Professor of Viola
Garth Knox
Visiting Professor of Viola (Strings)
Timothy Ridout
Visiting Professor of Viola (Strings)
Hartmut Rohde
Visiting Professor of Viola (Strings)
Su Zhen
Visiting Professor of Viola (Strings)
Professors of Viola
Hélène Clément
Professor of Viola
Professor Yuko Inoue
Professor of Viola and Viola Teacher (Junior Academy)
Professor Martin Outram
Lionel Tertis Professor of Viola
Ashan Pillai
Professor of Viola (Strings)
Paul Silverthorne
Professor of Viola
James Sleigh
Professor of Viola
Jon Thorne
Professor of Viola
Visiting Professors of Cello
Steven Isserlis CBE
Marquis de Corberon Professor of Cello (Strings)
Sheku Kanneh-Mason MBE
Menuhin Visiting Professor of Performance Mentoring (Strings)
Sung-Won Yang
Visiting Professor of Cello (Strings)
Professors of Cello
Robert Cohen
William Pleeth Professor of Cello
Professor Jo Cole
Professor of Cello
Benjamin Hughes
Professor of Cello and Orchestral Studies (Strings)
Guy Johnston
Professor of Cello
Josephine Knight
Alfredo Piatti Chair in Cello
Mats Lidström
Leo Stern Professor of Cello
John Myerscough
Professor of Cello
Christoph Richter
Professor of Cello (Strings)
Hannah Roberts
Jacqueline Du Pré Professor of Cello
Felix Schmidt
Professor of Cello (Strings)
Professor Emeritus David Strange MBE
Professor Emeritus of Strings
Visiting Professors of Double Bass
Matthew McDonald
Visiting Professor of Double Bass
Joel Quarrington
Visiting Professor of Double Bass
Professors of Double Bass
Tom Goodman
Professor of Double Bass
Graham Mitchell
Head of Strings, Serge Koussevitzky Professor of Double Bass
Dominic Seldis
Professor of Double Bass
Chamber Musicians in Residence
Levon Chilingirian
Professor of Violin and Chamber Musician in Residence
Sini Simonen
Professor of Violin (Strings), Chamber Musician in Residence (Ensemble Piano)
Professors of Chamber Music
Marije Johnston
Undergraduate Professor of Chamber Music (Strings)
Teaching Quartet in Residence
Doric String Quartet
Teaching Quartet in Association
