Stacey Watton made his concerto début as a double bass player at the age of thirteen. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where he won the Eugene Cruft Prize. He was also a prize-winner at the Koussevitsky Double Bass competition in Moscow in 1995. Stacey Watton is principal bass with the Primavera Chamber Orchestra, the English Classical Players, the Johann Strauss Gala Orchestra and with the London Chamber Orchestra. He also appears as a guest principal with groups such as the English Chamber Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Guildhall String Ensemble, the London Mozart Players, London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, and the National and Hallé Symphony Orchestras. As a chamber music player he has performed with Julian Rachlin, Daniel Mueller-Schott, Anthony Marwood and Janine Jansen, and in duo recitals with Steven Isserlis at the Bath Mozart Fest and Wigmore Hall in London. Stacey Watton is founder of the Esprit Ensemble. He has recorded with Gary Karr and the London Double Bass Sound.

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