User:Stephen N Bingham

Steve Bingham (full name Stephen Nicholas Bingham) is a British professional violinist and conductor most known for his work with the Bingham String Quartet and for his solo recitals using live-looping technology.

Steve was born in 1963 and studied violin with Emmanuel Hurwitz, Sidney Griller and the Amadeus Quartet at the Royal Academy of Music, where he also worked closely with conducting professor Colin Metters. In 1985 he formed the Bingham String Quartet, an ensemble which has recorded numerous CDs and worked with distinguished musicians such as Jack Brymer, Raphael Wallfisch and Michael Collins.

Steve began conducting in the 1990s, and has directed performances of works by a wide variety of composers, including all the Beethoven Symphonies, a large number of other standard classical and romantic works, and more unusual repertoire of the like of Messiaen’s massive Turangalila, and Rautavaarra’s Cantus Arcticus for orchestra and pre-recorded birdsong!

Steve is currently principal conductor of Ely Sinfonia, Ad Hoc Sinfonia, City of Peterborough Symphony Orchestra and Norfolk Symphony Orchestra, with guest appearances with several other ensembles. He has worked with many top international soloists including Raphael Wallfisch, Craig Ogden and Martin Roscoe.

As a professional violinist Steve has appeared as guest leader with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and English National Ballet. He has also toured his renowned one-man recitals - mixing violin, electric violin and live-looping - over three continents, and has released four solo CDs; “Duplicity”, “Ascension”, “Third”, and “The Persistence Of Vision”, which features the Bach D minor Partita, and works by Michael Nyman.

Steve is Editor for the European String Teachers Association (UK), and Joint CEO of PartPlay, an online music service for chamber musicians.

Steve’s interests include ornithology and photography.