Jeremy Williams (2)

Hong Kong based British classical violinist, violin educator, Lecturer, and Music & Artistic Director. Not to be confused with the US violinist Jeremy Williams (13). He studied at the The Guildhall School Of Music & Drama (1978-1982). He began his career as a violinist with the London Symphony Orchestra. In addition, he played regularly with The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and the London Sinfonietta. In 1983, he was invited to become a member of The Delmé String Quartet. He later joined The Nash Ensemble, the York Piano Trio, and formed the Beethoven String Trio Of London in 1990. In 1998, he was appointed Principal Viola with the 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 The Australian String Quartet (09/2002-05/2009) and in 2009 was appointed Lecturer in Chamber Music and Director of Strings at the Hobart University (05/2009-01/2014). He was first violinist with the Diemen Quartet (09/2012-12/2013) whilst resident in Tasmania. He relocated to Hong Kong in 2015 dedicating himself to education, conducting the Yew Chung International School Orchestra. He has been Artistic Director of the Hong Kong Camerata Strings since January 2016 and Music Director of Yew Chung Education Foundation since January 2019. Married to the classical violinist Yuen Yum San Williams.