About

Henry Chandler

Henry Chandler is a violinist with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, where he has been invited as Guest Section Principal. He has also led orchestras and regularly appears in principal positions, recently as co-leader with Opera North. He performs as soloist with London Concertante and the Piccadilly Sinfonietta.

His chamber music work includes a Wigmore Hall debut in 2017, collaborations with Ben Gilmore and Raphael Wallfisch, and a live radio broadcast with the Piatti Quartet.

He has performed at venues including the Mariinsky Concert Hall, Tokyo Opera City, the Forbidden City Concert Hall and Banff Centre, with extensive tours of China, Japan and Denmark. He was also invited to perform on a Stradivarius as part of the Ashmolean Museum’s Stradivari exhibition.

A graduate of Oxford University and winner of its concerto competition, Henry studied with Maciej Rakowski at the Royal College of Music, where he was a scholar and prizewinner. He has received guidance through masterclasses and lessons with musicians including Maxim Vengerov, Rachel Podger, Susan Thomes, Leonid Kerbel and Alina Ibragimova.

He is recording Beethoven’s complete violin sonatas with pianist John Paul Ekins, with Volume 1 released by Endelium in 2025. He plays a violin by Ferdinand Gagliano (1778).