He is a violinist born in Australia.He studied at the Queensland
Conservatorium and was a concertmaster for the Queensland Youth Orchestra,
the Australian Youth Orchestra and the International Youth Orchestra.He made his debut, performing
Prokofiev's "Violin Concerto No. 1" with the Queensland
Symphony Orchestra in 1985 and in 1987 he gave the Australian premiere Lutoslawski's "Partita".He took further studies, including
chamber music, at the San Francisco Conservatory in 1991 and while there he
formed the Conservatory Quartet. In 1994 he became a member of the
Arditti Quartet.With this
ensemble he made over 70 recordings, which included winning two Grammaphone awards and the Siemens
Prize, and toured worldwide, giving over 200 premieres.As a soloist he has appeared with orchestras
including Concertgebouw Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, the Tasmanian
Symphony and the Austrian Radio Orchestra.After leaving the Arditti Quartet in
2005 he has concentrated mainly on chamber music and currently lives in San Francisco.
