About Us


Leader
Robin Brightman
Robin Brightman is leader of the Maidstone Symphony Orchestra.

Orchestral Work
Orchestras: Aminta Chamber Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, English Philharmonia, London Concert Orchestra, Oxford Philomusica, Pro-Arte, Thames Chamber Orchestra. Sessions: Isobel Griffiths.

Robin's orchestral work also includes permanent positions as a member of the 1st Violin Section of the London Symphony Orchestra (until 2009), as a member of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and as Assistant Leader of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. Robin is currently leader of the Maidstone Symphony Orchestra. Robin's opera work includes Israel Opera Company.

Robin's session work includes Music Solutions (Sylvia Addison), Isobel Griffiths Ltd, Ivan McCready and Jonathan Hill.

Robin's commercial work includes John Williams (Star Wars, Superman, Raiders of the Lost Art, Harry Potter etc), Llord Andrew Lloyd Webber (Phantom soundtrack, Love Never Dies album), Claude-Michelle Schonberg (25th Anniversary Concert, Les Miserables at the O2), Alexandre Desplat, Sir Elton John, John Wilson, Mike Batt, Maurice Jarre, Sir Paul McCartney, Patrick Doyle, Henry Mancini, Elmer Bernstein and many more.

Education
Robin's graduate studies took place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama on a Corporation of London Scholarship.

Prizes and Awards

  • School Violin Prize from Guildhall School of Music & Drama
  • Maurice Warshaw Prize for the Best Concerto Performance from Guildhall School of Music & Drama