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 regularly performs as soloist with London Concertante and the Piccadilly Sinfonietta, and is a regular leader of the Outcry Ensemble.

His Wigmore Hall debut came with the Alke Quartet in 2017 (ROSL Prizewinners), and he has performed chamber music alongside Ben Gilmore and Raphael Wallfisch. His career has taken him to 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.

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 also participated in masterclasses with Maxim Vengerov, Rachel Podger and Susan Thomes.

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