British-born cellist Martin Storey has performed in many countries around the world, and has been recognized as among the most talented cellists of his generation to come from the U.K. During the past few years he has served as principal cellist with the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and Northern Sinfonia.
For fourteen years he was the cellist of the highly successful Gould Piano Trio (based in London) which won three International Chamber Music Competitions: the 1990 Charles Hennen Competition in Holland, the first Melbourne International Competition in 1991, and the 1993 'Vitorio Gui' Competition in Florence. The trio was nominated to represent Britain in the 'Rising Stars' series which took the group to major concert halls in Europe and America, including Carnegie Hall (New York), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Palais-des-Beaux-Arts (Brussels), Cité de la Musique (Paris), Symphony Hall (Birmingham), and venues in Athens, Cologne and Vienna. Numerous festival appearances have included Edinburgh, Cheltenham, City of London, Bath, Örebro (Sweden), Spoleto (Italy) and the BBC Proms Chamber Series.
Martin was born in Norwich, England. At the age of eighteen he was awarded an Associated Board Scholarship to attend the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he won all the cello and chamber music prizes. He has given master classes at the Royal Academy and Trinity College in London, and in South Korea, Taiwan, Brazil and the Czech Republic. Martin performs regularly in Japan and England as a soloist, and he is the cellist of Quartet Accorda, Kansas City's resident string quartet.
