Martin Outram studied at
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and later at the
Royal Academy of Music in
London. Outram is the violist of the
Maggini Quartet. He has appeared as soloist with the
London Mozart Players,
Britten Sinfonia, Ambache Chamber Orchestra and New London Orchestra. He is an advocate of British contemporary music, giving first performances of pieces by Sir
Peter Maxwell Davies,
York Bowen (first European performance of his
Viola Concerto), Adam Gorb, David Gow and
Britten (first concert performance of Britten's "
Portrait No.2"). He has performed in major concert halls in the UK and in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. Mr Outram has recorded for
Naxos and plays on a
Henricus Catenar viola made in Turin in 1680. Martin Outram is a professor of viola at the
Royal Academy of Music and an Honorary Fellow of Canterbury Christ Church University and Brunel University. == References ==