Angus Bain is a freelance violinist based in London. After initially reading engineering at the University of Cambridge, he made the difficult but wise decision to pursue a career as a musician, completing a Master’s with distinction at the Royal Academy of Music in 2021. He has since been freelancing and trialling with orchestras across the UK including the Royal Opera House Orchestra, the Royal Northern Sinfonia, the Hallé, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, amongst others, and recently completed a six-month contract with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Angus also loves playing chamber music - whether it be performing in public or informally with friends at home – and writing arrangements for small ensembles, especially of folk tunes. Outside of music, he spends any spare time learning languages and running (occasionally at the same time), as well as playing football and ice hockey (not at the same time).

 

Angus is very grateful to be playing on an Italian violin made by Dante and Alfredo Guastalla in 1929, generously on loan from the Harrison-Frank Family Foundation.