Seth Collin

Seth is currently studying the cello with Louise Hopkins at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and particularly enjoys exploring the extensive chamber music repertoire for the cello. Seth has been invited to festivals such as Brundibar Arts Festival, IMS Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music, and Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival.

As the cellist of Trio Havisham, he is a Kirckman Concert Society artist, a prize-winner at the 2025 International Schoenfeld Competition in China and is looking forward to a debut recital at Wigmore Hall in June. Seth recorded a disc of works for cello ensemble and voice with Roderick Williams and the Endellion Cellos which was released on SOMM Recordings in 2025. Seth also has a keen interest in new music, personal highlights of which include performances of Philip Venables’ chamber opera Denis and Katya and of Boulez’s Messagesquisse with David Cohen as part of an LSO Chamber Ensemble concert. In 2023 Seth founded the Pudding Chare Music Festival, an annual chamber music festival taking place in his hometown of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Prior to commencing his studies at GSMD, Seth is grateful to have studied with Karen Stephenson, Jennifer Langridge at the JRNCM, where he won the concerto competition. Seth is a keen educator and coaches chamber music on Procorda’s Saturday school alongside private teaching. He is frequently invited back by NYOGB to lead musical workshops for young people, and each year runs chamber music coaching days and school visits with the Pudding Chare Music Festival.