London-born Christopher White studied at the Royal College of Music, London, where he won many prizes and left with one of the most coveted awards, the Dove Prize. Further scholarships enabled him to continue his studies at the Banff Centre in Canada and the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto. He has studied with many distinguished violinists (both in North America and England) including Josef Gingold, Jaime Loredo, Thomas Brandis, Rodney Friend, Lorand Fenyves and Erich Gruenberg.

Christopher has been concertmaster with a number of orchestras both in England and Europe, alongside a varied performing career as soloist and chamber musician. His solo CD was released in 1999, featuring solo violin works by Bach, Bartok and Ysaÿe. A second CD (with pianist Melanie Reinhard) featured the Brahms Sonatas for Violin and Piano. Further recordings were made with Die Taschenphilharmonie where Christopher was the first violin in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 and Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (chamber version) and Saint-Saens’ Le Carnaval des animaux which was distributed widely in Germany by Die Zeit. The ten Beethoven Violin Sonatas with Melanie Reinhard (released by Willowhayne Records in August 2022) will be followed by a recording of the Strauss and Respighi Violin Sonatas.

Since returning to the UK in 2003, Christopher has held posts as Resident Violinist at Rugby School and Head of Strings at Uppingham School and is currently running the string department at Rugby School. He now enjoys a varied career of teaching and performing, as well as being a well-respected piano technician. Since its formation in 1998, his piano trio OPUS 3 has received critical acclaim in Germany, Switzerland and the UK. OPUS 3 has performed in venues such as the Tonhalle Zurich, St James’ Piccadilly, St Martin in the Fields and Charterhouse. Christopher is the Artistic Director of the Great Bowden Music Fest which was founded in 2014. He plays on a Joseph Guarneri violin, dated 1707.

“White’s tone was superbly rich on the lower strings in Chausson’s glorious Poeme.” (The Strad)

“Szymanowsky’s La Fontaine d’Arethuse emerging as a ravishing impressionistic tableau full of imaginative textural shading.” (Musical Opinion)