Orchestral bookings (since March 2008) ORCHESTRAS BBC Concert Orchestra Bernardi Chamber Ensemble British Philharmonic Orchestra Chroma English Classical Players Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra London Pops Orchestra National Symphony Orchestra Orchestrate Southbank Sinfonia Stanley Hall Opera Urban Soul Orchestra SESSIONS Face Music   The recital button is inactive   The Repertoire button is inactive.   The Review button is inactive.   The discography button is inactive.      Outreach experience Education Work with Philharmonia Orchestra Education, Southbank Sinfonia 2004-7 rustom_pomeroy_1.jpgrustom_pomeroy_2.jpgrustom_pomeroy_3.jpgrustom_pomeroy_4.jpgrustom_pomeroy_5.jpgrustom_pomeroy_6.jpg        The Teaching button is inactive.

Biography

ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE:

• The Philharmonia Orchestra, Extra Work 2006/7
• National Symphony Orchestra, Leader (with Goldfrapp), 2008
• Heritage Orchestra with The Bays, Big Chill Festival (25,000 audience), 2008
• Shanghai Philharmonic, Guest Leader, Shanghai Arts Festival 2005
• London Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Principal 2nd Violin 2005/6)
• Marcel Sinfonia, Leader, 2008.
• Mozart Festival Orchestra, London Concert Orchestra R+F, 2006/7
• Southbank Sinfonia, Leader and R+F 2004, Extra Work 2005/6/7
• London Pops Orchestra R+F, 2007/8
• Stanley Hall Opera R+F, 2006/8
• Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, side by side performances 2004/5
• Orama Ensemble, Leader, QEH performance, 2005
• Guildhall Strings, Wigmore Hall concert, 2001
• McFly Wonderland Tour Orchestra, Leader (20 Arena Concerts to 200,000 people), 2005
• Oz Opera Production, Ensemble Leader, Barbican Pit Theatre, 2002
• National Youth Orchestra, 1996/8 (including Chamber Orchestra), under direction of John Eliot Gardiner, Mstislav Rostropovich
• Guildhall Symphony Orchestra under Colin Davis, Kurt Masur, Richard Hickox, 1998-2003

CHAMBER MUSIC, TV AND RECORDING EXPERIENCE:

• Abbey Road Sessions for The Philharmonia, The Heritage Orchestra, 2006
• Abbey Road Sessions for the Spice Girls and Take That, Wired Strings, 2007
• Abbey Road Session for Razorlight - Leader, The Heritage Orchestra, Universal 2008
• Live TV performances with Rihanna, Shayne Ward, Gareth Gates, McFly, Marc Almond, Alison Moyet, Lucie Silvas, Katie Melua
• Video Shoots for Lucie Silvas, McFly, Take That, Myleene Klass
• BBC Radio 2 Live Session with Vampire Weekend, 2008
• Sessions and Arrangements for The Beta Band 'From Heroes to Zeros', Parlophone, 2003
• Sessions and Arrangements for Proxy, Island Records, 2007
• Sessions and Arrangements for Lucie Silvas, Panic Studios 2008

With Eclipse String Quartet:

• Royal Albert Hall performances, Barnardos Charity Concerts 2005/6/7
• Cathcart Spring Proms performance at RAH, with backing from RPCO, 2008
• Wembley Arena Set supporting McFly, playing to an audience of 10,000 people, 2005
• UK Tours supporting Natasha Marsh, Paul Potts, and Amici Forever, 2007/8
• Film Shoots for 'The Duchess' (Keira Knightly), and 'Dorian Gray' (Colin Firth), 2007/8
• Performances at Newmarket Racecourse, Butlins Minehead/Bognor, 2006/7
• Corporate shows at Old Billingsgate, and for the McClaren F1 Team 2007
• BBC Shnittke Festival performance at the Barbican, 1999
• Five Recitals for the City of London Festival, 2002
• Performance for HM The Queen, Golden Jubilee 2002
• Recitals for Jersey Arts Festival and Swan Hellenic/Saga Cruises
• Hammersmith Lyric Production of 'Some Girls are Bigger than others', 2005
• Menier Chocolate Factory Production of 'The Last Five Years', 2006
• Performances with Blake, Gardar Cortes and Nicky Spence, 2006-8

Orchestral Work
Orchestras: BBC Concert Orchestra, Bernardi Chamber Ensemble, British Philharmonic Orchestra, Chroma, English Classical Players, Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, London Pops Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestrate, Southbank Sinfonia, Stanley Hall Opera, Urban Soul Orchestra. Sessions: Face Music.

Education
Rustom's schooling took place at Wells Cathedral School (Music Schorlarship), 1996-8. Rustom's graduate studies took place at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, under Prof. Yfrah Neaman and Krzysztof Smietana, B/MUS and Advanced Instrumental Studies Postgraduate Course, 1998-2003.

Prizes and Awards

• Music scholarship to attend Wells Cathedral School (1996 - 1998)
• Sir John Barbirolli Foundation award (1999) to help purchase a 1986 violin by William Luff
• Bursary to attend the Advanced Instrumental Studies Postgraduate course at the Guildhall (2002 - 2003)

Teachers: Rustom was taught by Professor Yfrah Neaman and Krzysztof Smietana at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He has also attended Masterclasses with Itzhak Rashkovsky, Andrew Watkinson, Zvi Zeitlin, Paul Barrit, Sergei Fatkouline and Victor Danchenko. Chamber Music with Takacs and Vellinger Quartets, the Florestan Trio, Paul Silverthorne, and David Alberman

Rustom joined Morgensterns in September 2003

Rustom's web profile was last updated 19th Mar 2011

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