Jeremy Williams (2)

Hong Kong based British classical violinist, violin educator, Lecturer, and Music & Artistic Director.

[b]Not to be confused with the US violinist [a=Jeremy Williams (13)][/b].

He studied at the [l305416] (1978-1982). He began his career as a violinist with the [a=London Symphony Orchestra]. In addition, he played regularly with [a=The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields] and the [a=London Sinfonietta]. In 1983, he was invited to become a member of [a=The Delmé String Quartet]. He later joined [a=The Nash Ensemble], the [a=York Piano Trio], and formed the [a=Beethoven String Trio Of London] in 1990. In 1998, he was appointed Principal Viola with the [a=Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra], serving the orchestra between September 1998 and July 2002, and taught at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. He became a member of [a=The Australian String Quartet] (09/2002-05/2009) and in 2009 was appointed Lecturer in Chamber Music and Director of Strings at the [l267141] (05/2009-01/2014). He was first violinist with the [b]Diemen Quartet[/b] (09/2012-12/2013) whilst resident in Tasmania. He relocated to Hong Kong in 2015 dedicating himself to education, conducting the [b]Yew Chung International School Orchestra[/b]. He has been Artistic Director of the [b]Hong Kong Camerata Strings[/b] since January 2016 and Music Director of Yew Chung Education Foundation since January 2019.

Married to the classical violinist Yuen Yum San Williams.