The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a music and drama school located in the City of London, England. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jazz along with drama and production arts. The school has students from over seventy countries. It was ranked first in both the Guardian's 2022 League Table for Music and the Complete University Guide's 2023 Arts, Drama and Music league table. It is also ranked the fifth university in the world for performing arts in the 2024 QS World University Rankings.
Professor Yfrah Neaman, OBE FGSM, was a concert violinist and teacher.
Julia Fischer is a German classical violinist and pianist. She teaches at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts and performs up to 60 times per year.
Levon Chilingirian OBE is a UK-based violinist of Armenian origin. The founder of the Chilingirian Quartet, he is also a professor and Chamber Music Artist in Residence at the Royal Academy of Music and professor of Violin and Chamber Music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, both in London.
August Emil Daniel Ferdinand Wilhelmj was a German violinist and teacher.
Lisa Beznosiuk is an English flautist of Ukrainian and Irish descent, specializing in period performance of baroque and classical music on historical flutes.
Charles Draper was an English classical clarinettist, sometimes described as the "grandfather of English clarinettists". Born into a musical family, he studied at the Royal College of Music (RCM) in London under Henry Lazarus and Julian Egerton. He co-founded the New Symphony Orchestra in 1905, and had long associations with the orchestras of the Royal Philharmonic Society, and the Leeds and Three Choirs festivals.
Max Jaffa OBE was a British light orchestral violinist and bandleader. He is best remembered as the leader of the Palm Court Orchestra and trio, with Jack Byfield (piano) and Reginald Kilbey (cello), which broadcast on BBC Radio. His career lasted 70 years, before retiring in 1990.
Escala is an electronic string quartet from London, England who rose to fame when they performed on and reached the final of the second series of Britain's Got Talent on ITV1 in May 2008.
David Michael Lucian Measham was a British-Australian conductor and violinist.
Oleg/Oleh Krysa is an American violinist of Ukrainian Origin, Laureate of International Competitions, Honored Artist of Ukrainian SSR(1970), Laureate of Lenin Komsomol Prize(1970), Merited Artist of Ukraine.
Ian Cooper is an Australian violinist. He was commissioned to compose and perform the "Tin Symphony" for the opening ceremony of the Games of the XXVII Olympiad in Sydney. The event was televised worldwide with an estimated 2.85 billion viewers. He performs many musical styles including Classical, Gypsy, Jazz, Irish & Country music and has appeared with Tommy Emmanuel, James Morrison, Olivia Newton-John, Barry White, Simon Tedeschi, Deni Hines, and Silverchair.
James Andrew Olds is an Australian bass. He holds a Masters of Music in Performance from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, and currently performs with Opera Australia at the Sydney Opera House.
Paul Beard was an English violinist, known particularly as leader of Sir Thomas Beecham's original London Philharmonic Orchestra and Sir Adrian Boult's BBC Symphony Orchestra. He was also a teacher, holding posts at the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music.
Krzysztof Chorzelski is a classical violist, conductor, and teacher. As a violist he is active both as a soloist and as member of the Belcea Quartet.
Giovanni Guzzo is a Venezuelan violinist.
Gordon Back is a Welsh pianist, teacher and music administrator, best known for his association with the violinist Yehudi Menuhin and the Menuhin Competition, of which he has been Artistic Director since 2002.
Rinat Ibragimov was a virtuoso Russian-Tatar classical double bassist, best known as the principal bass of the London Symphony Orchestra and for his solo performances and recordings.
Micaela "Mica" Comberti was an English violinist. Her concert career lasted from 1977 until her death. Born to a German mother and an Italian father, she was taught at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, the Royal Academy of Music and the Mozarteum University Salzburg. Comberti was involved in early music and played for The English Concert, St. James' Baroque, Ex Cathedra and the Collegium Musicum 90. She also taught at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music. An award and position at the Royal Academy of Music are named after the violinist.
Bacem Anas Romdhani is a Tunisian-British award-winning concert violinist. He was the winner of the World Philharmonic Orchestra in Paris (2006), where he was scouted to represent Tunisia, Africa & the Arab World, 1st prize winner at the Vatelot-Rampal International violin competition in Paris (2007) and 3rd prize winner at the Vienna New Year’s Concert International music competition in Vienna (2021). He performs on the “Menuhin” 1998 violin made by Andreas Hellinge in Geneva, Switzerland made specially for Lord Yehudi Menuhin.
