Simon Browne MA, Mus.B(Hons), GRNCM, Artist Diploma (RCM).

 

Simon Browne is an Assistant Professor in Music at The Academy for the Performing Arts. Together with the faculty and invited local and international guest artists, he performs regular chamber music recitals - on both viola and violin. He was a principal violinist with Royal Northern Sinfonia, and has worked with the finest orchestras, conductors and soloists in the United Kingdom (UK) and abroad. In 2012, he was invited as guest assistant concertmaster of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, leading the orchestra in concert and recordings. He has also co-led the BBC Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, and City of Birmingham Symphony orchestras, and worked with the Berlin Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and the Hallé Orchestra.

 

Simon has been invited to numerous festivals in Europe, Canada, Japan and Mexico. He is an artist-in-residence at the North York Moors Chamber Music Festival, which was nominated for a Royal Philharmonic Society Award in 2011. Most recently, he was a guest violist in the Villiers Quartet during their residency at Oxford University. Outside of the classical tradition, Simon has also performed amongst others, with Pet Shop Boys, Nitin Sawney, Etienne Charles, and Ibrahim Ferrer & the Buena Vista Social Club. He also transcribes, arranges and performs old-time Trinidad string band and calypso music.