Harry Broom

Name:	Harry Broom
Location:	Birmingham United Kingdom B17
Contact:	mob: 07469483793 email: harrybroomcello@gmail.com website: harrybroom.co.uk Feel free to contact about any enquiries you may have! Send Harry Broom a message

Additional Info:

Harry was born in Birmingham, and started playing the cello at the age of 7 and learnt with Emma Capp and Mark Broadhead before receiving a scholarship to study his Bachelors at RBC. Harry recently completed his masters degree at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag/Royal Conservatoire of The Hague achieving the highest mark. He studied with Larissa Groeneveld and Roger Regter. Previously, he studied at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire with Ulrich Heinen and Miguel Fernandes.

In 2022/2023, Harry is a member of the Halle/RNCM advanced orchestral string programme based in Manchester. He will be playing regularly with the Halle whilst also being associated with the Royal Northern College of Music.

One of Harry’s main passions is orchestral playing and is involved with numerous Orchestras. Orchestras include the Residentie Orkest Den Haag, Welsh National Opera, Ex Cathedra and the Ripieno Players. Furthermore, Harry was also a member of CBSO Orchestral Training Scheme for 2018/2019.

More recently Harry has played in Festival Dag in de Branding based in Den Haag, where he performed Meric Artaç’s newest opera ‘The Arrival of Mr.Z’. Premiered in the Nieuwe Kerk, it was also performed at November Music Den Bosch and Muizekgebouw Amsterdam.

He has played in masterclasses with cellists such as Jian Wang, Harro Ruijsenaars, Hannah Roberts, Ursula Smith, Felix Schmidt, and Eduardo Vassallo to name a few. Harry has also received orchestral training from Karen Stephenson and Helen Edgar.

Harry has always had a passion for chamber music and was part of the Pelargos Quartet between 2019-2022, he has previously received lessons from Robin Ireland, Nicholas Daniel, Louise Lansdown and various members of the Kuss Quartet, Heath Quartet, Castalian Quartet and Gildas Quartet.

Harry also has a passion for teaching and really enjoys teaching pupils privately. He has also delivered workshops on the cello to primary, secondary and special school children.

Harry is also the Festival founder and music director of the British Music Festival Holland.

Alongside his classical experience, Harry has also recorded with numerous Jazz artists like Aidan Pope, Lewis Sallows and Stanley Newman. Notably, Harry was the cellist of Ulex, which is a band that plays newly composed Jazz works.

Harry plays on a cello by Irmela Schlingensiepen, Amsterdam made in 1990.

Additional Specialisms:

Orchestral Playing, Session Work, Solo Performance, Contemporary Music