While studying Classics at Cambridge University he started to play the Baroque violin . Then he studied with Simon Standage at the Royal Academy of Music , and then he learned with Lucy van Dael at The Hague and with Marie Leonhardt . Having first started playing the baroque violin while studying Classics at Cambridge University , he went on to study with Simon Standage , one of the founding members of The English Concert , at the Royal Academy of Music , followed by further studies with Lucy van Dael at The Hague and Marie Leonhardt .