Chosen by the Evening Standard as a rising star of 2008, Thomas Gould enjoys a busy and varied career as soloist, recitalist and orchestral leader. Highlights from his list of engagements this year include recitals in the Wigmore Hall and Holywell Music Room, concerto performances with Orchestra da Camera, London Contemporary Orchestra, Bath Philharmonia, Birmingham Philharmonic and Manchester Concert Orchestra, and appearances in the Devizes, Tresanton and Hampstead & Highgate Festivals. Thomas also maintains a strong profile in London’s orchestral life as leader of Aurora Orchestra and Manning Camerata, and co-leader of Britten Sinfonia.

Born in London in 1983, Thomas Gould began violin lessons at the age of three with Sheila Nelson. At eighteen Thomas entered the Royal Academy of Music on a scholarship where his principal teacher was György Pauk. During this time he was a member of the Artea String Quartet and also founded a duo with the pianist John Reid. Thomas and John continue to perform regularly together in recitals across the UK at venues including the Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Bridgewater Hall, St. George's Bristol and the Wigmore Hall.

Thomas is in equal demand as concerto soloist, having a broad repertoire that spans from Bach to Thomas Ades. Notable collaborations include the Gävle Symfoniorkester and Robin Ticciati, Kammerphilharmonie Graz and Achim Holub, Orchestra of the Swan and David Curtis, Orchestra da Camera and Franz Anton Krager, and the London Soloists Chamber Orchestra. In January 2008 Thomas premiered ‘Seeing Is Believing’, a Concerto for Electric Violin by Nico Muhly, with Aurora Orchestra and Nicholas Collon.

Thomas can be heard on recordings for the Hyperion and Meridian labels, and his recording of Bach's A Minor Concerto with the Senesino Players is due to be released in 2008. Thomas is represented by Young Concert Artists Trust (YCAT) and plays a violin made by Gennaro Gagliano in 1754.

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