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Nicholas Bootiman has joined the Orchestra as Section Leader Viola, a
position he shares with Catherine Marwood. Nicholas studied at the Royal
College of Music in London and prior to joining the Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra, he held a principal position with the Philharmonia
Orchestra for over a decade. He is the co-founder and Artistic Director of
Echor Music, a chamber orchestra and arts charity based in the Chiltern Hills.

As members of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, they are part of
an ensemble of professional musicians that performs in a programme of
more than sixty concerts in the Grade II*-listed Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
and on tour in the UK and internationally.

The award-winning Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is the UK’s oldest
continuing professional symphony orchestra. The origins of the Orchestra’s
concert series date back to the formation of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
concert society by a group of Liverpool music lovers n 1840. Domingo
Hindoyan became Chief Conductor of the Orchestra in 2021, joining a
distinguished line of musicians who have led the Orchestra during its
illustrious history. The Orchestra performs over 70 concerts each year in
Liverpool and has long been a unique ambassador for the city through an
extensive touring schedule throughout the UK and internationally, and through
broadcasts and recordings.

Michael Eakin, Chief Executive of Liverpool Philharmonic, said, “We are
delighted to welcome these fine musicians to the Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra and to Liverpool. To attract players of such quality is
testament to the global acclaim for their music-making that our Orchestra has
achieved, and to the pool of music and wider creative industries talent and
excellence, on and off stage, that we are continuing to bring to our city.”