Eric's Chair is kindly supported by the Jasmine Macquaker Charitable Fund
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Dutch cellist Eric de Wit studied with Dmitri Ferschtman in Amsterdam and with Richard Lester at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London. He also took part in masterclasses with Anner Bylsma, Colin Carr, Steven Isserlis, Frans Helmerson, Ralph Kirshbaum and Heinrich Schiff.

Before moving to Scotland, Eric was a member of the Cristofori Piano Quartet, as well as a regular guest with the Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, ASKO|Schönberg and the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic.

Eric joined the Scottish Chamber Orchestra as a member in 2010. Besides SCO, he enjoys playing with period instrument groups, including the Dunedin Consort, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and John Eliot Gardiner’s new group, the Constellation Choir and Orchestra.

He performs on a cello made for him by Stephan von Baehr (Paris, 2016). Eric's Chair is kindly supported by the Jasmine Macquaker Charitable Fund.