Adrian Bradbury, cello and Andrew West, piano

Adrian Bradbury

Adrian Bradbury was principal cello in the National Youth Orchestra before winning scholarships to Churchill College, Cambridge (where he read Veterinary Science and Music) and then to the Royal Academy of Music. After further study in Berlin he developed an international career in chamber music as the cellist in Composers Ensemble, Jane’s Minstrels, Trio Gemelli, Touchwood Piano Quartet and Chamber Domaine, winning a Royal Philharmonic Society Chamber Award and giving countless world premieres of solos and chamber works by composers including Thomas Adès, Guy Barker, Judith Bingham, Tansy Davies, Dai Fujikura, Naresh Sohal, James MacMillan, Hugh Wood and John Woolrich.

Andrew West

Andrew West’s eclectic career has ranged from solo tours of the United States and South Africa to worldwide appearances as song accompanist and chamber musician. He has appeared with Adrian Bradbury in both duo recitals and as members of the acclaimed piano quartet Touchwood.

For 12 years Andrew was an Artistic Director of the Nuremberg International Chamber Music Festival, which promoted a wide range of British music alongside the core Classical and Romantic repertoire. He works extensively with Emily Beynon, principal flute of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. They will shortly finish recording a 5-CD series of repertoire from the 1930s and 1940s called Project Paloma.

Andrew West plays for many of today’s leading singers and has established longstanding partnerships with Mark Padmore and Roderick Williams. His concerts with Mark Padmore have included staged performances of Schubert’s Winterreise at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Lincoln Center, New York and the world premiere of Harrison Birtwistle’s song cycle Songs from the Same Earth.