Our players and instruments
Meet the players of our Orchestra, and our Principal Artists.
All our players are experts in their field, who have spent years learning to get the best out of the historic instruments that they play.
Take a look at each player's profile for biographical information, stories and video introductions to period instrument and techniques.
Player profiles
Daniel Bates
Principal Oboe See more
Rachel Beckett
Principal Recorder See more
Adrian Bending
Principal Timpani See more
Lisa Beznosiuk
Principal Flute See more
Jonathan Manson
Principal Cello See more
David Blackadder
Principal Trumpet See more
Margaret Faultless
Leader, Violin See more
Steven Devine
Principal Keyboard See more
Kati Debretzeni
Leader, Violin See more
Max Mandel
Principal Viola See more
Simone Jandl
Principal Viola See more
Luise Buchberger
Principal Cello See more
Roger Montgomery
Principal Horn and Vice-Chairman See more
Katharina Spreckelsen
Principal Oboe See more
Antony Pay
Principal Clarinet See more
Christine Sticher
Principal Double Bass See more
Matthew Truscott
Leader, Violin See more
Cecelia Bruggemeyer
Double Bass See more
Huw Daniel
Violin See more
Annette Isserlis
Viola See more
Julia Kuhn
Violin See more
Martin Lawrence
Horn See more
Katherine Spencer
Clarinet See more
Henry Tong
Violin See morePrincipal Artists
Sir Mark Elder
Principal Artist See more
John Butt
Principal Artist See more
Iván Fischer
Principal Artist See more
Vladimir Jurowski
Principal Artist See more
Sir Simon Rattle
Principal Artist See more
Sir András Schiff
Principal Artist See more
William Christie
Emeritus Conductor See more
Sir Roger Norrington
Emeritus Conductor See moreOrchestra
- Leaders
- Margaret Faultless
- Kati Debretzeni
- Matthew Truscott
- Violin
- Iona Davies
- Deborah Diamond
- Dan Edgar
- Alice Evans
- Claire Holden
- Rodolfo Richter
- Andrew Roberts
- Kinga Ujszaszi
- Huw Daniel
- Julia Kuhn
- Henry Tong
- Principal Viola
- Max Mandel
- Simone Jandl
- Viola
- Marina Ascherson
- Kathryn Heller
- Martin Kelly
- Nicholas Logie
- Annette Isserlis
- Principal Cello
- Jonathan Manson
- Luise Buchberger
- Cello
- Catherine Rimer
- Ruth Alford
- Andrew Skidmore
- Helen Verney
- Double Bass
- Christine Sticher
- Cecelia Bruggemeyer
- Principal Recorder
- Rachel Beckett
- Principal Flute
- Lisa Beznosiuk
- Flute
- Neil McLaren
- Principal Oboe
- Daniel Bates
- Katharina Spreckelsen
- Oboe
- Alexandra Bellamy
- Leo Duarte
- Principal Clarinet
- Antony Pay
- Clarinet
- Katherine Spencer
- Principal Bassoon
- Jane Gower
- Györgyi Farkas
- Associate Principal Bassoon
- Andrew Watts
- Bassoon
- Sally Jackson
- Principal Horn
- Roger Montgomery
- Horn
- Martin Lawrence
- Principal Trumpet
- David Blackadder
- Trumpet
- Phillip Bainbridge
- Principal Timpani
- Adrian Bending
- Principal Percussion
- Nicholas Ormrod
- Principal Keyboard
- Steven Devine
- Rob Howarth
- Principal Lute
- David Miller