Harry Kerr
Harry Kerr is a professional violinist. He studied at the Royal College of Music with Professor Itzhak Rashkovsky, and for a Masters at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
“Violinist Harry Kerr gave a virile performance of SequenzaVIII that explored all the contours and voices in this fascinating work…” James Allen, S2 Review, The Scotsman
Biography
Harry Kerr was born in London and began learning violin at the age of seven. Four years later he was accepted into the Purcell School of Music on a full scholarship from the Yamaichi Foundation. At eighteen he went on to the Royal College of Music (RCM) to study with Professor Itzhak Rashkovsky.
Whilst studying at the RCM, where he was awarded prizes such as the Constant and Kit Lambert Studentship, the Countess of Munster Soloists, and the KPMG Martin Musical Award, Harry was invited to perform not only in the major recital venues in London but also in Greece, Cyprus, Israel, Iceland, South Korea and Bermuda.
A Senior Exhibition Scholarship enabled him to further his studies as a postgraduate at the RCM, after which he moved to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama – now known as the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - where he completed his Masters Degree and where he was awarded the Schubert Recital Prize. At this time he began collaborating with his duo partner, pianist Eleni Mavromoustaki, with whom he has toured extensively.
Harry is currently a tutor for the London Music Masters’ Bridge Project a music education initiative which provides high quality, long term musical instrument tuition to children from diverse communities in inner-city primary schools.
In addition to his teaching duties Harry enjoys performing with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Northern Sinfonia.
“At one moment he was Bach, at another Paganini, taking the music to its climactic, demonic dance with the audience sitting and standing all around him.” Conrad Wilson, The Herald
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