George Crawford - violin and director

George Crawford

George was born in Hackney, London in 1979. He became interested in a wide range of musical pursuits from an early age - it was not uncommon to find him conducting, singing and playing violin, viola and percussion in a single concert at school!

He continued his education as a student on the joint course between the University of Manchester and the Royal Northern College of Music. Here, as well as studying violin and viola, George had a number of professional conducting engagements, and played drums in the University big band.

In 2002 George became a member of the European Union Baroque Orchestra with whom he toured extensively through Europe and Japan, including 10 performances as soloist in Bach's double violin concerto. He now concentrates on period performance, and has played with orchestras such as the Hanover Band, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Academy of Ancient Music and the New Dutch Academy.

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