WREXHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Nathaniel Boyd – Cello
Nathaniel Boyd 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, Patrick 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 with the RNCM Symphony Orchestra.
He
is a member of the Navarra String Quartet, which, in 2005 was the
winner of the Florence International Chamber Music Competition. In
February 2006, The Navarra Quartet began a residency
at the
He
is currently a postgraduate student at the RNCM studying with Ralph Kirshbaum.
March 2006