Philip Sheppard is Professor of Cello at the Royal Academy of Music, London as well as a senior lecturer in Principles of Education. He is also a guest lecturer at the Royal College of Music in London and directs education projects for the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and the Harlem centre for young musicians in New York.

Philip has been performing as a professional cellist for 30 years, making his debut concert at the age of three, and touring the US and Europe at the age of nine as a concerto soloist. He has performed at venues as diverse as the BBC Proms and Glastonbury Festival, and has made many recordings with classical and jazz composers such as Oliver Knussen, Keith Tippett and John Adams.

Philip makes regular radio and television appearances as a soloist, conductor and music commentator and has appeared as a cello soloist on many films. His two solo albums 'The Glass Cathedral' and 'The Diver in the Crypt' use pioneering electric cello techniques and multitracking technology.

He has a deep involvement with contemporary music, and has recently collaborated with Scott Walker, Oasis and David Bowie. Philip co-wrote 'Devil in My Life' with Grace Jones for her forthcoming album, and has recently written with Jamelia, Hal, Sia, Pulp and Unkle.

Philip has just written and recorded a major solo and orchestral project with Ant Genn, Damien Hirst and John Malkovitch. His music is used in many theatre productions including 'The Elephant Vanishes' for Complicite and 'A Christmas Carol'. Future commissions include a score for dancer Akram Khan, two orchestral albums for BMG and a solo piano album for Chappell. He has recently improvised soundtrack solos for Harry Potter The Goblet of Fire in collaboration with Jarvis Cocker, is featured soloist in Hotel Rwanda and plays solo on all episodes of the BBC drama Silent Witness.

Philip has just written a book on the links between intelligence and childhood musical experience published by Artemis Editions.

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