Adrian was a scholar of Churchill College, Cambridge (in Veterinary Science and Music) and then the Royal Academy of Music.
After further study in Berlin he developed an international career in chamber music as the cellist in Composers Ensemble (winners of the Royal Philharmonic Society Chamber Award, 2002), Jane’s Minstrels, Trio Gemelli, Touchwood Piano Quartet and Chamber Domaine, giving countless world premieres of solos and chamber works by composers including Thomas Adès, Guy Barker, Judith Bingham, Tansy Davies, Dai Fujikura, James MacMillan, Robert Saxton, Naresh Sohal, Hugh Wood and John Woolrich.
A regular guest principal player with most of the major British orchestras, he is also Cello Tutor to the National Youth Orchestra.
His research into ensemble synchronisation, with Professor Alan Wing, is published by the Royal Society, and his discography includes the complete operatic fantasies of 19th-century cello virtuoso Alfredo Piatti (with Oliver Davies on Meridian) and ‘The Pre-Raphaelite Cello’ (with Andrew West on Somm).
