Chris Evans

Chris Evans (trumpet)

Having recently graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Chris holds an esteemed reputation as a very fine orchestral and solo trumpet player. He has worked with many orchestras in and around London including the Philharmonia, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Bath Philharmonia under the direction of conductors such as Sir Colin Davis, Marin Alsop and Yan Pascal Tortelier.

Chris has won various competitions for his performances as a soloist including First Prize in the Guildhall’s prestigious Armourers and Brasiers Brass Prize and also the opportunity to perform in the Concordia Foundation recital series. In 2009 Chris won awards from the Musicians Benevolent Fund, Craxton Memorial Trust and the Philharmonia’s Martyn Musical Scholarship Fund; the latter allowing Chris the chance to perform a solo recital in the Royal Festival Hall in February 2010.

Throughout his musical education Chris has been actively involved with the Surrey County Youth Orchestra. He has been a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and one of the youngest participants to win a place on the LSO St. Lukes Brass Academy in 2004.

With a passion for solo work and chamber music, Chris has recently performed a series of world premiere solo works in the BBC Proms Plus by the French composer Louis Andriessen.