cinemas worldwide. In 2002, Harwood took part in the Park Lane Group Young Artists' Series on the South Bank and premiered solo works written for him by Dominic Muldowney and Martin Butler. He has also worked with Philip Grange, giving the London premiere of his Nocturnal Image, and given the European premiere of David Horne's Zip with the composer at the piano. For his solo album Composing Without the Picture, Harwood premiered works written for him by Christopher Gunning, Alex Heffes, Fernando Velázquez, and Benjamin Wallfisch. Harwood has won numerous awards including the 2004 Pierre Fournier Award for 'cellists. In 1992, he became the youngest winner of the Audi Junior Musician Award. He won the Worshipful Company of Musicians Maisie Lewis Young Artists Award in 2001 and, in 2004, became the first British 'cellist ever to be awarded the title "Bachpreisträger" at the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition, Leipzig. Among many other accolades, he received the special "mention" prize from the jury at the Concours de violoncelle Rostropovitch, Paris in 2005. In 1997, BBC Music Magazine selected him in their worldwide "Who's Who" edition and, in 2000, Harwood was entered into the "International Who's Who in Music" as an 'up and coming talent on the brink of worldwide recognition.' Harwood plays a cello by Francesco Rugeri, dated 1692. Discography Composing Without the Picture: Concert Works by Film Composers (Resonus, 2013) Richard Harwood: Beethoven, Chopin sonatas etc. (EMI Classics, 2007) Preisträgerkonzert - XIV. Internationaler Johann Sebastian Bach Wettbewerb 2004 (MDR / Bach-Archiv Leipzig, 2004) Adiemus V - 'Vocalise' - Karl Jenkins (EMI, 2003) References External links 1979 births Musicians from Portsmouth Living people English classical cellists People educated at Ditcham Park School