David Strange

Biography

David Tinsley Strange is a British cellist formerly head of strings at the Royal Academy of Music and a University of London Professor. He studied cello at the Royal Academy of Music. In 1973 he was appointed Principal Cellist of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1985 he was invited to become the Principal Cellist of the Royal Opera House Orchestra. Strange was Head of Strings of the Royal Academy of Music until 2011, is cello tutor of the European Union Youth Orchestra and since 2002 a professor of the University of London. Strange was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to music.

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Ommadawn

  1975

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  Hooked On Classics 2 - Can't Stop The Classics

  1982

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  Boxed

  1976

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  Die Jahreszeiten = The Seasons

  1978

Credited work

218 releases · 17 albums · active 1971–2026

• Performance · 246
• Other credits · 12

Studios: The Beacon · The Manor · Througham · T.W. Studios

Frequent collaborators

• Mike Oldfield
• Haydn
• The Peddlers
• James Wells
• The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Of London
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Joseph Haydn
• Arne Nordheim

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