Jamie Walton

Jamie Walton studied at Wells Cathedral School and the RNCM with Margaret Moncrieff before taking private tuition with William Pleeth who wrote of Jamie: "He is a cellist of outstanding performance ability. Combining warmth of tone with a technical command that reaches dazzling proportions, he leaves little doubt as the success that lies ahead of him - he is a musician of great integrity whose performance gives great pleasure.”

As a rising international soloist Jamie has given concerts throughout much of Europe, the USA and UK in some of the world’s most prestigious concert halls and festivals. These include radio broadcasts and appearances at the Montpellier, Regensburg, Ansbach, Schwabach, Schloss- Elmau, Lucerne, Cheltenham, Three Choirs, Brighton, Harrogate and Chichester festivals where he performed the Dvorák concerto with the Philharmonia.

He appears regularly at Wigmore Hall and Symphony Hall, Birmingham where on his debut he performed a recital of Chopin for the Chopin festival, sharing the evening with Krystian Zimerman. This acclaimed performance led to concertos there with the English Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera.

His debut with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra was hailed by the press and subsequent radio broadcasts and recitals followed. In 2005 Jamie and his pianist Daniel Grimwood were personally invited by Maestro Lorin Maazel to perform for his prestigious Chateauville Foundation in Virginia, USA. On his return, he joined the Wihan Quartet for their 20th Anniversary concert at the Rudolfinum in Prague, now available on DVD.

Jamie’s debut commercial CD of the Chopin and Rachmaninov sonatas (SOMM Recordings) was selected into the Telegraph Top 10 CDs of the year in 2002 and since then his recordings have accumulated unanimous praise, most notably his recent CD of the Saint-Saëns cello concertos (Quartz Music) with the Philharmonia, which was named as one of the Daily Telegraph’s Top CDs of 2006 and Classic FM Magazine Orchestral CD of the month.

Jamie plays on a 1712 Guarneri cello.

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Future plans include her US debut as Zerlina Don Giovanni for the Seattle Opera, Marzelline Fidelio for the Royal Opera, Sophie Der Rosenkavalier for the Stockholm Opera and Héro Béatrice et Bénédict for Houston Grand Opera.