Born: Bahrain – raised in Nottingham, England
Education: cello at the Junior Academy of the Royal Academy of Music from the age of nine, then with Hannah Roberts at the Royal Academy of Music
Breakthrough: 2016, winner of the BBC Young Musician Competition
Subsequently: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, guest soloist at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (2018), Artist in Residence 2025–26 with the New York Philharmonic, ambassador for the Antigua and Barbuda Youth Symphony Orchestra, recitals in Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Berlin and Amsterdam
Honours: Member of the Order of the British Empire (2020)
Instrument: Matteo Goffriller, 1700
Debut Rotterdam Philharmonic: 2026