Jem has a Masters Degree from the Royal College of Music, where he studied the violin with Itzhak Rashkovsky and conducting with Patrick Bailey and Charles Peebles. As a violinist he has performed all over Europe and the UK as an orchestral member, concertmaster and soloist.
Jem is an alumnus of Royal Holloway University, where he was an instrumental scholar, recipient of several academic and performance awards and led the symphony, chamber and string orchestras. In June 2009 he the led the stage band in a live production of Channel 4’s ‘Modern Toss’ comedy shows and in the same month played with the Britten-Pears Orchestra, performing in Snape Maltings.
In addition to his classical activities, Jem once played the electric guitar as front-man of a Jimi Hendrix tribute for 3 years, has played in a traditional Andean band and plays and teaches the folk music of his native Cyprus. A protégé of his, Dogan Mehmet, reached the final of BBC Young Folk Musician of the Year 2008.
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