Jagdish Mistry (England) Geige

Jagdish Mistry was born in Bombay where he began his violin studies and emigrated to England in 1975 to study at the Menuhin School.
His teachers there included David Takeno with whom further studies were completed at the Guildhall School in London.
Between 1986 and 1992 Jagdish led the Mistry String Quartet. During this time the quartet held a residency at the University of York and made recordings of music by Elgar, Bax and Elizabeth Maconchy.
In 1994 Jagdish was invited to join the Ensemble Modern, of which he is a member.
In 1993 Jagdish also began to build a relationship with the London Musici as guest Concertmaster with whom he has toured and appeared as soloist. Since 1997 he has been guest concertmaster also with the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada.