Guy Johnston

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For the 18th century soldier and diplomat, see Guy Johnson.

Guy Johnston (b. 1981) is a British cellist and the winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year award in 2000, where he broke a string in the concert broadcast of his winning Shostakovich No. 1 concerto . A chorister at King's College, Cambridge, he attended Chetham's School of Music in Manchester from the age of 13, and then Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York. He was the cello soloist on the first recording of Karl Jenkins's The Armed Man, released in September 2001.

He is a member of the Aronowitz Ensemble, which has recently been invited into the BBC New Generation Artists Scheme, guaranteeing regular feature presentations on BBC Radio 3 and other media over a two year period.

Johnston grew up in Harpenden, near St Albans, Hertfordshire.

His cello is a rare 1820 instrument by Antonio Pellizon (or Pelizon) of Gorizia, which was bought for him anonymously.

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BBC Young Musician of the Year winners
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