January 2022.
Where are you from?
Glasgow.
Where did you study?
I studied at the RSAMD in Glasgow, the Hochschule fĂŒr KĂŒnste Bremen, and the Menuhin Academy in Switzerland.
What do you enjoy most about being in the RSNO?
Playing music for a living.
Tell us your favourite RSNO story/memory so far.Â
The tour this year that included Vienna and Ljubljana, and playing GötterdÀmmerung at the Edinburgh Festival in 2019.
What do you enjoy doing when youâre not playing with the Orchestra?Â
Getting away to a remote spot in our converted Transit campervan, with my other half Helena and our two kids. Also, messing around on my guitar.
Do you have any hidden talents?Â
Yes.
If you could have dinner with anyone (alive or dead) who would it be, and why?Â
The Buddha, for some tips, and John Lambie, arguably Scotlandâs greatest ever sporting mind.
Youâre stranded on a desert island. Youâre allowed 3 CDs and 1 book. What would they be, and why?
Itâs impossible to choose but on this occasion: Quatuor MosaĂŻquesâ recording of the late Beethoven Quartets, because itâs infinitely fascinating music and I especially love this Quartetâs interpretations on gut strings; âKid Aâ by Radiohead because it was a favourite record growing up; and âBrilliant Cornersâ by Thelonius Monk because of his piano playing and songs. As for a book, I would genuinely choose â100 Years of Solitudeâ by Marquez, as I donât think Iâve enjoyed any book more, despite being aware that it leaves me open to Dad joke accusations.
