Biography

Tom Wraith is an extremely busy freelance cellist performing and recording across the UK and beyond as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician.

Tom has recorded extensively for film, television, radio and disc. Credits include the recent Netflix hit, One Day, the Emmy nominated score for The Tinder Swindler and the BAFTA winning score for Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story.

As an orchestral player, Tom has played with ensembles including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, London Concert Orchestra (principal cello), Mozart Festival Orchestra (principal) and Paraorchestra (principal).

Tom studied with Josephine Knight at the Royal Academy of Music for his masters degree having completed his undergraduate studies at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he held an Instrumental Award and a Choral Scholarship.

In his spare time Tom is a freelance fixer and orchestral manager for Paraorchestra and Brighton Philharmonic, as well as several other ensembles. He has put together ensembles for concerts in all of the UK’s major concert halls, taken orchestras on tour to Australia, Russia and much of Europe, and booked musicians for performances at festivals including Glastonbury, WOMAD and the BBC Proms. Tom has also booked musicians for film, television and disc recording sessions as part of award winning performances, including three number one albums.