Richard Gratwick started playing the violin in 1992 at the age of seven, under the tuition of Martin Bainbridge, ex-leader of the London Festival Ballet Orchestra, with whom Richard studied for the next fifteen years. He passed ABRSM Grade 8 in 1997 and was admitted a Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music in 2001. In 2003 Richard went up to Magdalen College, Oxford, to read maths and philosophy. Magdalen awarded him the Domingos Vasconcellos award for instrumental performance, and he was made a Demy of the college for his final two years. While at Oxford, Richard led both Oxford University Philharmonia and Oxford University Orchestra, and gave performances of the Beethoven and Bruch concertos. He graduated in 2007 with a first class degree, and is now in his second year of a PhD in mathematics at the University of Warwick.
Richard currently takes violin lessons with Roger Coull, leader of the Coull Quartet, quartet-in-residence at Warwick.
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Richard Gratwick
Richard Gratwick started playing the violin in 1992 at the age of seven, under the tuition of Martin Bainbridge, ex-leader of the London Festival Ballet Orchestra, with whom Richard studied for the next fifteen years. He passed ABRSM Grade 8 in 1997 and was admitted a Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music in 2001. In 2003 Richard went up to Magdalen College, Oxford, to read maths and philosophy. Magdalen awarded him the Domingos Vasconcellos award for instrumental performance, and he was made a Demy of the college for his final two years. While at Oxford, Richard led both Oxford University Philharmonia and Oxford University Orchestra, and gave performances of the Beethoven and Bruch concertos. He graduated in 2007 with a first class degree, and is now in his second year of a PhD in mathematics at the University of Warwick.
Richard currently takes violin lessons with Roger Coull, leader of the Coull Quartet, quartet-in-residence at Warwick.