User talk:Andrew Bernardi

Andrew Bernardi (April 22nd 1965 - ) violinist conductor entrepeneur and teacher is very active as a concert violinist in the UK and abroad. He studied violin with Malcolm Layfield, the late Hugh Bean CBE with additional help from Frances Mason and John Ludlow. He held a postgraduate scholarship at Trinity College of Music from where he has been in great demand as a violinist, conductor and educationlist. He plays for a number of Orchestras and has a long association with both Guildford Philharmonic and Raymond Gubbay Ltd and is regularly seen in TV and film, the Royal Albert Hall, Barbican and Birmingham's Symphony Hall together with church's and cathedrals across the UK. Alongside his work as conductor and violinist his Bernardi Music Group has become successful as a professional orchestra with a year round programme of international level concerts. Andrew Bernardi formed the Shipley Arts Festival within the Bernardi Music Group, and also the Festival's String Dance Academy from which many pupils have entered the music profession. Andrew Bernardi serves on the staff of Trinity Laban College of Music and Dance in Greenwich and is married to Lucy Bernardi with one son Joshua Bernardi.