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Guy Johnston is a British cellist and conductor. He was born in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England, on 7 May 1981. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London and at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. He has performed with many of the world's leading orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He has also performed with the London Sinfonietta, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
Johnston has won numerous awards, including the Royal Philharmonic Society's Young Artist Award in 2002, the Royal Philharmonic Society's Instrumentalist of the Year Award in 2004, and the Royal Philharmonic Society's Instrumentalist of the Year Award in 2006. He was also awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society's Gold Medal in 2008.
Johnston is currently the artistic director of the London Sinfonietta, and he is also the principal conductor of the Royal Northern Sinfonia. He is married to the violinist, Jennifer Johnston, and they have two children.
Johnston is 39 years old. He stands at a height of 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m). His physical stats are not available.
Johnston is not known to be dating anyone at the moment. He is married to the violinist, Jennifer Johnston, and they have two children.
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In August 2016, Johnston performed the world premiere of Charlotte Bray's cello concerto Falling in the Fire at The Proms.
Johnston recorded the Duruflé Requiem with Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Mark Stone (baritone), Tristan Mitchard (organ), The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford, and David Crown (conductor), released on the Stone Records label in 2012.
Johnston released his debut recital disc Milo in May 2010 on the Orchid label with the pianist Kathryn Stott. The disc comprises British 20th-century music including the Cello Sonatas by Benjamin Britten and Frank Bridge and works "Sleep On" and "Milo" by Mark-Anthony Turnage. Turnage wrote the latter for the christening of his son, Milo. Johnston premiered the work at Milo's christening and is his godfather.
Johnston recorded David Matthews' Concerto in Azzurro with Rumon Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, released on the Chandos label in 2009. The recording was nominated for a Gramophone Award in the Contemporary Music category.
Johnston was awarded a Classical BRIT Award for Young British Classical Performer in 2001.
Johnston came to prominence after winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition in 2000, where he notably broke a string playing Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1. In the following year he made his concerto debut at The Proms performing Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto with Leonard Slatkin and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He was named "Young British Classical Performer" of the year at the 2002 Classic Brit Awards.
Johnston was born to a musical family. His parents David and Gill run Musicale, a music school and instrument retailer in Harpenden. He has two brothers, Magnus and Rupert, and they have a younger sister Brittany "Izzy". All three brothers were choristers at King's College Chapel, Cambridge and educated at its affiliated school. Magnus has enjoyed a successful career as a violinist and chamber musician and is married to Dutch violinist Marije Ploemacher. Izzy was a member of the electronic string quartet Escala and is married to McFly drummer Harry Judd. Rupert, who plays the French horn, sustained a serious brain injury in a car accident in 1997, as an eighteen-year-old student at Guildhall. As a result, Johnston, his siblings, and Judd have supported the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (The Disabilities Trust) through their charity work. Johnston married economic historian Ali Digby at her family home, Minterne House, Dorset, in May 2018.
At the age of eight, Johnston became a chorister at King's College, Cambridge and combined singing with the cello. He then attended Chetham's School of Music, Manchester from 1996 to 1999 and studied under acclaimed cellist Steven Doane before going to the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, United States.
Guy Johnston (born 1981) is a British cellist and the winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year award in 2000. He has subsequently enjoyed a successful international career as a soloist and chamber musician and currently serves as an Associate Professor of Cello at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester New York.
