Philip Dukes' acclaimed recital début at London's South Bank in 1991 marked the beginning of a career in which he has established himself as one of the leading viola-players of his generation. His principal teachers in London and New York have included Mark Knight, Yfrah Neaman and Michael Tree. Having completed his studies, he won a succession of awards, scholarships, prizes and competitions, and in June 1992 was selected for representation by Young Concert Artists Trust. In 1995 he won the coveted European Rising Stars Award which led to recitals throughout Europe. Philip Dukes has performed at major music festivals at home and abroad. As a concerto soloist, he has appeared with leading orchestras throughout Great Britain, as well as with the Warsaw Sinfonia and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. In 1995 he made his BBC Promenade Concert début, giving the world première of the Viola Concerto by Sally Beamish and at the 1997 Aldeburgh Festival he gave the world première of the previously unpublished Concerto for Violin, Viola and Orchestra by Benjamin Britten. At the 1999 BBC Promenade Concerts, he returned to give, together with Clio Gould, the world première of Inside Story, for violin, viola and orchestra, by Piers Hellawell. In addition to his solo engagements Philip Dukes is Professor of Viola at the Royal Academy of Music and Trinity College of Music in London, Artist in Residence at Queens University
