Biography

Robert Turrell has spent the past 30 years teaching at the Royal Academy of Music & Trinity College of Music, London. Robert recently moved to Bath having spent the past 4 years living in Tuscany, Italy where he set up the "International Centre for Chamber Music Excellence". Whilst living in Italy, Robert continued to travel back to London each week to teach and give masterclasses. Robert is a very enthusiastic, dedicated and supportive teacher who has given masterclasses all over the world. He currently has space for talented violin & viola pupils from age 7 at home in The Circus, Bath.







Robert's career has taken him to most European countries, the USA, China, Cyprus and Australia. Also an orchestral conductor, Robert is the musical director of The Philomusica of London, one of the longest established chamber orchestras in the world, and guest conductor of many other orchestras.







Since early success as a student, winning all his music college competitions for string and chamber music playing, he remains a dedicated musician having worked with more than 30 symphony and chamber orchestras performing all over the world.







PRESS.....



"a blend of passion and precision put the players and the audience on a high….unusually powerful expressive charge… the ensemble was close, the combination of tone colour and phrase shapes gave the playing a character of its own.” The Independent (London)







“…Turrell himself brings enormous enthusiasm to the evening …. commitment to high standards has ensured a string of glowing plaudits” The Strad (International String Journal







“Under the baton of conductor Robert Turrell, the orchestra was faultless in its renditions of familiar and well loved pieces…Turrell wove his special magic for the second superb performance”