Favourite quote:

"I am a man first, an artist second. As a man, my first obligation is to the welfare of my fellow men. I will endeavour to meet this obligation through music - the means which God has given me - Since it transcends language, politics, and national boundaries. My contribution to world peace may be small, but at least I will have given all I can to an ideal I hold sacred ".
Pablo Casals (1946).

ROB LEWIS:
Rob began playing the cello at the age of six.
His initial fascination lay with the fact that it
had a spike, which at that age appeared so
much more interesting than anything on a
violin!

At fifteen, after many years of playing
in various local orchestras, he auditioned for
a place in the London Schools Symphony
Orchestra: “Driven by the standard of the
orchestra members, alongside the high
calibre soloists and conductors I was
fortunate enough to play with, I began to
practise more and more, and soon felt that
my future plans had to incorporate music
in a major way".

At nineteen Rob spent
five months traveling around Central
America, after studying Spanish in the
Universidad de Habanna, Cuba: "The
five months away from any instrument
made me miss music more than ever, and
when I returned I couldn't wait to get
playing again".

During Rob's time away
in Central America, he began writing songs,
although he had to wait until he returned
before he could actually try them out on
any instrument. Studying cello with Selma
Gokcen at Guildhall School of Music and
at Sussex University, Rob met James Robinson
and after a few get togethers, Rob recalls
how impressed he was with James' voice:
"Having been around so many highly trained
musicians all my life, it was refreshing to hear
a voice untainted by rules of technique or
theory, but just naturally musical".