Guy Johnston was born on 1981 and is a British cellist and the winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year award in 2000.
14 Facts About Guy Johnston
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Guy Johnston 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.
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At the age of eight, Johnston became a chorister at King's College, Cambridge and combined singing with the cello.
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Guy Johnston 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.
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Guy 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.
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Guy Johnston was named "Young British Classical Performer" of the year at the 2002 Classic Brit Awards.
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Guy Johnston is a founding member of the Aronowitz Ensemble, which has recently been invited into the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme, guaranteeing regular feature presentations on BBC Radio 3 and other media over a two-year period.
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Guy Johnston recorded David Matthews' Concerto in Azzurro with Rumon Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, released on the Chandos label in 2009.
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Guy Johnston released his debut recital disc Milo in May 2010 on the Orchid label with the pianist Kathryn Stott.
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Guy Johnston premiered the work at Milo's christening and is his godfather.
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Guy Johnston recorded the Durufle Requiem with Christine Rice, Mark Stone, Tristan Mitchard, The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford, and David Crown, released on the Stone Records label in 2012.
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Guy Johnston was awarded a Classical BRIT Award for Young British Classical Performer in 2001.
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Guy Johnston has two brothers, Magnus and Rupert, and they have a younger sister Brittany "Izzy".
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Guy Johnston married economic historian Ali Digby at her family home, Minterne House, Dorset, in May 2018.