Vivace Duo

Joseph Reynolds (cello) grew up in Cambridge before studying music at Exeter College, Oxford. Since then he has given concerts across Europe, from Parisian churches to the Royal Albert Hall to Italian mountaintops. As a soloist he recently performed Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the Forest Philharmonic Orchestra and won First Prize and the Suzanne Beer prize at the North London Music Festival. As a chamber musician he has performed with the Barbican Quartet and the Knussen Chamber Orchestra; his quartet were in residence at the 2025 Lake District Music Festival. Joe has participated in masterclasses with Steven Isserlis, Yo-Yo Ma and Natalie Clein. Joe organised and performed in two sold-out concerts at the 2025 Students Create Festival: Jazz meets Baroque and Sonic Tasting. Supported by Help Musicians, the Wayne Sleep Foundation, the Derek Simpson Award and a Calleva Scholarship, Joe is continuing his studies with Hannah Roberts at the Royal Academy of Music.

George Herbert (piano) was born in Manchester in 2001. His debut album as a collaborative pianist, Rodrigo Ruiz’s ‘Venus and Adonis’ with Grace Davidson, won the Spanish prize ‘Melomano de Oro’ in January 2025. George studied German and Music at St John’s College, Cambridge, where he was organ scholar. He is now studying for an MA in Ensemble Piano at the Royal Academy of Music with Professors Michael Dussek and James Baillieu, where he is a scholarship recipient. He has recently collaborated with Carolyn Sampson, Susan Bullock, Manchester Camerata and Gabrieli Consort. He is a freelance member of the music staff at English National Opera, and has recently worked with composer David Roche on a Welsh language heavy metal project, and with author Bernhard Malkmus on the literary-musical project ‘Flight Paths’. He is generously supported by the Choir Association of St John’s College, Cambridge