Josh Mountford

Cello

Professional Orchestral Experience
Paraorchestra member (+ principal)
London Philharmonic Orchestra (extra)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (extra)
National Symphony Orchestra (extra)
Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra
The Midland Sinfonia
Manchester Video Game Orchestra
Piccadilly Symphony Orchestra

Orchestral Training
CBSO Career Accelerator Fellowship 2024 - 2025 (ongoing)
Orpheus Sinfonia Foundation Programme 2024 - 2025 (ongoing)
RAM SO; Sir Mark Elder, Trevor Pinnock, Barbara Hannigan 2022 - 2024
Riot Ensemble RAM side-by-side 2023
The Hallé RNCM side-by-side 2022
Manchester Camerata PES 2022
Elias Quartet RNCM Strings side-by-side 2019
CBSO Youth Orchestra - Principal 2018 - 2019; tutti 2014 - 2016
National Youth Orchestra GB 2014 - 2016

Chamber Music
Petford Ensemble (founder) 2019 - present
Fordante (Film music ensemble) 2017 - present
Indy Strings (Corporate trio)
Bauhaus Piano Trio (RNCM Nossek Chamber Prize Winners 2022)

Solo
Elgar Cello Concerto with Gorton Philharmonic Orchestra 2024
Haydn C Cello Concerto, Adrian Boult Hall with JRBC
Commercial and session work
Paraorchestra ‘Motability’ Advert, Abbey Road Studios 2025
Forever Elton band (Cellist + Keyboardist) 2019 - Present
Film work; Chinese Whispers (2025), Chocolate Club (2024), Beneath The Silence, The Sun Also Rises (2022), Breakdown (2016),
Journey To Le Mans (2014), Vendetta (2013)

Education Project
CBSO Project Remix Mentoring 2025
CBSO Repertoire Project (Learning and Engagement) West Midland Primary schools 2025
Chamber coaching for students at Chetham’s School of Music 2022

Education
RAM - Distinction Master of Arts in Performance 2022 - 2
RNCM - 1st Class BMus (Hons) 2018 - 2022

Teachers
Jo Cole
Hannah Roberts
Nicholas Jones
Elaine Ackers

Masterclasses:
Sheku Kanneh-Mason (2022), Miklos Perenyi (2019), Christopher Richter (2018), Robert Cohen (2017), Sung-Won Yang (2015) &
Bruno Delepelaire (2015

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Instruments
Cello, Electric Cello