Double Bass NIKITA NAUMOV

Born in Russia, Nikita attended the Karaganda Special Music School in Kazakhstan. He then studied at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire in St Petersburg, during which time he was invited to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, funded by the Leverhulme Trust.

Nikita has played as Guest Principal with many of the world’s finest orchestras, including the London Symphony, BBC Symphony, Netherlands Philharmonic and Stavanger Symphony Orchestras, and the Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Regularly appearing as a soloist and as a chamber musician, Nikita has featured at the BBC Proms and the BBC chamber series at Wigmore Hall as a member of the internationally-recognised chamber group, London Concord Ensemble, as well as regularly performing with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.

Nikita's Chair is kindly supported by Caroline Hahn and Richard Neville-Towle