Richard Harwood

The story behind the sound

Since his concerto debut at the age of ten, the English 'cellist Richard Harwood has performed in major venues throughout the world including the Royal Albert, Wigmore, and Carnegie Halls Musikverein, Concertgebouw and Alte Oper. As concerto soloist, Richard has worked with conductors such as Mark Wigglesworth, Case Scaglione, Stanislav Kochanovsky, Okko Kamu, and Yehudi Menuhin, and with numerous orchestras including The Philharmonia, RTÉ NSO, Auckland Philharmonia and Ural Philharmonic. Richard's discography includes a debut disc (EMI Classics) with pianist Christoph Berner, “Composing Without The Picture” (Resonus); a solo album of concert works written by film composers, Christopher Gunning's Cello Concerto and Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, both with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He is regularly featured as a soloist on movie soundtracks, including Patrick Doyle’s score to Kenneth Branagh’s Murder On The Orient Express. Richard was appointed principal cellist of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 2018. He has also been guest principal at the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, as well as the Royal Opera House, London Symphony, London Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, BBC NOW and RTÉ Concert orchestras.