Hugh Bean

This British musician was exceptionally talented as a youngster and has continued to have age on his side during his career, often a few steps ahead of his peers in terms of awards or accomplishments. Hugh Bean received his first violin lessons at the age of five from his father, and at nine he was accepted as a pupil by Albert Sammons, with whom he continued studying for the next two decades, including his student years at the Royal College of Music. At 17 he was awarded the principal prize for violin from this school, and, following a year of study at the Brussels Conserva...