Nathaniel Boyd

Nathaniel Boyd (cello) is a passionate and dedicated musician who combines a busy chamber music career with frequent solo engagements. He studied at the Junior Guildhall and the Royal Northern College of Music with Hannah Roberts and Ralph Kirshbaum, graduating in June 2005 with First Class Honours, a PPRNCM (Distinction) and the Leonard Rose Prize. He went on to postgraduate study at the RNCM and recently graduated with a starred first in performance.
Nathaniel has participated in masterclasses with Mstislav Rostropovich and Bernard Greenhouse amongst others. He appears regularly as both a recitalist and with orchestra, most recently performing Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto and Brahms’ “Double” Concerto with violinist Marije Ploemacher and the Royal Northern College of Music Symphony Orchestra. 
In October 2009, as winner of the Tillett Trust Young Artists’ Platform, Nathaniel made his Wigmore Hall recital debut with his duo partner, Simon Lane and in November, Nathaniel toured Australia under the auspices of Musica Viva performing with the pianist Alexander Boyd.  
Nathaniel plays a Grancino cello of 1695