Christian Jones

Opera North bass and contrabass trombonist Christian Jones began playing at the age of ten, progressing through the excellent Staffordshire and Midland Youth Orchestras before three inspiring years in the U.K. NYO (1996-98) determined his career path. Appointed to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in 2001, aged twenty, Christian graduated from London’s Royal Academy of Music with first class honours the following year. A month later, he joined the Philharmonia Orchestra and spent a decade recording and performing worldwide. Since relocating to Yorkshire with his young family in 2012, Christian teaches at the Royal Northern College of Music and frequently coaches and performs internationally. In October 2021, he gave the world premiere of the first ever bass trombone concerto commissioned by a professional British orchestra for one of its members: Benjamin Ellin’s Gresley with the Orchestra of Opera North. Away from music, Christian is usually roaming in his beloved Peak District!