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Finlay Bain began his musical training as a choral scholar at St. Paul's Cathedral, where he started learning the French Horn aged 11. He was then awarded a music scholarship to Hampton School where he studied the horn with Richard Kennedy. In his last years of school, Finlay was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, and in 2010 was a Brass Finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition.
Finlay was a Foundation Scholar at the Royal College of Music where he studied with Simon Rayner, John Ryan, Jeffrey Bryant and Roger Montgomery (natural horn), and graduated from the RCM in 2014. He completed a one year postgraduate Masters degree studying with David Pyatt, Richard Bissill, Chris Parkes and Alec Frank-Gemmill at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2015 as a Leverhulme Trust Scholar, supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, the Seary Trust, and the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund. During this time Finlay was a member of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and the European Union Youth Orchestra.
He has performed professionally with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Aurora Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Northern Ballet Sinfonia, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchestra of English National Opera, Orchestra of Opera North, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Royal Scottish National Orchestra & the BBC Orchestras. Further afield, Finlay has also worked with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin (Germany), the Gävle Symfoniorkester (Sweden), and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Italy).
Finlay gratefully acknowledges the support of his Chair Patrons, Kevin Walker and Jay Foley.