Geoffrey Silver performed the Sibelius Concerto while in his mid-teens, led the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain for two years, and won the Royal Academy of Music’s principal violin prize playing Bach and Paganini. He has since performed extensively as a soloist. After playing the the Berg concerto with the Consort of London in 2009, he was invited to perform the Stravinsky, Sibelius and Tchaikowsky concertos in the UK and S. Africa. Silver performs on a 1998 Curtin violin.