Richard Watkins has become one of the most sought-after horn players of his generation and is well known as a concerto soloist and chamber music player. He was Principal Horn of the Philharmonia Orchestra from 1985 until 1996, and is currently a member of the Nash Ensemble and a founder member of London Winds and the Transatlantic Horn Quartet.

 

He has appeared at many of the world's most prestigious venues in the UK, Europe and the USA, and has worked with conductors such as Giulini, Sawallisch, Salonen, Slatkin, Sinopoli, Rozhdestvensky, Andrew Davis and Mark Elder.

 

Jack Glatzer, violin, regularly makes concert tours around the world. He has played on every continent and in over fifty countries and has performed in some of the world's most prestigious venues such as the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, the Sydney Opera House, the Hong Kong Arts Centre, the Centre Colon in Madrid, the Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon and the South Bank, London. He has appeared in many music festivals, including Prades, Menton, Stresa, Estoril and Edinburgh.  

 

"Jack Glatzer is a world-class violinist with such a wealth of instrumental beauty at his disposal that one would be tempted to dwell upon his playing exclusively were it not for the fact that his musicianship is of the kind that directs the attention to the music itself." Oxford Mail  

 

They are joined by the renowned Australian pianist Piers Lane:  

 

"No praise could be high enough for Piers Lane whose playing throughout is of a superb musical intelligence, sensitivity, and scintillating brilliance" Gramophone