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Nathaniel Boyd ('cello) was born in 1983 and started studying the cello at the age of four at the Preparatory Department of the Guildhall. At the age of nine he joined the Junior Guildhall School of Music where he studied with Selma Gokcen. He also studied regularly with William Pleeth. On finishing school, Nathaniel underwent undergraduate studies in the class of Hannah Roberts at the Royal Northern College of Music. He graduated in June 2005 with First Class Honours, a PPRNCM (Distinction) and the Leonard Rose Prize. He has participated in masterclasses with Mstislav Rostropovich, Bernard Greenhouse, Thomas Demenga, Karine Georgian, Steven Doane, Colin Carr and Alexander Rudin. In a solo capacity Nathaniel appears regularly with orchestra, most recently performing Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto and Brahms' "Double" Concerto (with violinist Marije Ploemacher) with the RNCM Symphony Orchestra. He is currently a postgraduate student at the RNCM studying with Ralph Kirshbaum. Nathaniel plays a Grancino cello of 1695. |
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