Royal Academy of Music announces Guy Johnston as Professor of Cello

Guy has performed with many leading international orchestras including the London Philharmonic, NHK Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo and St Petersburg Symphony. Furthermore, Guy is a passionate advocate for chamber music; he performs regularly at prestigious venues and festivals across Europe, collaborating with instrumentalists such as Anthony Marwood, Brett Dean, Huw Watkins, Janine Jansen, Kathy Stott, Lawrence Power, Melvyn Tan, Mishka Rushdie Momen, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Tom Poster. He is also a member of the Bechstein Trio alongside Priya Mitchell and Emmanuel Despax, as well as founding Artistic Director of the Hatfield House Music Festival

A prolific recording artist often championing contemporary British composers, Guy’s recent releases include Dobrinka Tabakova’s Cello Concerto with The Hallé and Rebecca Dale’s Night Seasons with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Dedicated to fostering the next generation of artists, he is President of the European Strings Teaching Association and an Ambassador of Future Talent.

Guy’s appointment follows several new appointments of leading artists and pedagogues for the Strings Department, including violinists Hilary Hahn as visiting professor and Sini Simonen, who joined the Academy this term as professor of violin.