Violinist Sean Kemp received his musical training in the U.K., where he received a Diploma in Performance and Teaching from the Royal College of Music in London.  His teachers have included Tessa Robbins and Rodney Friend, and he has taken masterclasses with Igor Oistrach and Igor Bezrodney.  He was also a Music Scholar at Ampleforth College, and has a Diploma in Acting from the State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow.
 

Before moving to Canada, Mr. Kemp performed with many ensembles in Britain, including the Orchestra at St. John Smith's Square, the London Soloists and the Parnassus Ensemble.  He was also Concertmaster for the Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra in London.  As a soloist he has appeared with the Orchestra at Blackheath (Lalo, Symphonie Espagnol) and the Parnassus Ensemble, performing concerti such as the Bruch Concerto, Mozart Concerti in A and G, the Bach Double Violin Concerto (with Clio Gould) and Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
 

He also performed with a broad variety of ensembles under such distinguished conductors as Sir Neville Mariner, Sir David Wilcox, John Elliot Gardner, Pinchas Zuckerman, Bramwell Tovey and Sir Colin Davis.
 

In Canada Mr. Kemp has performed with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra and with diverse artists including Lennie Gallant, with whom he recently toured.
 

As an actor, he has  performed for the Marlowe Theatre, the Stanislavsky Museum Theatre in Moscow, the Atlantic Theatre Festival and  Prairie Theatre Exchange, also functioning as Musical Director in many productions.  He  toured the U.K., Europe and the Far East as a principal soloist in "Spirit of the Dance."
 

Mr. Kemp now makes his home in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he has a busy freelance career.