sentences:  After lessons from his father from the age of five, he became a pupil of Albert Sammons (and Ken Piper) when he was nine years old.Later, he attended the Royal College of Music (RCM), where at age 17 he was awarded the principal prize for violin.A further year's study with André Gertler at the Brussels Conservatory on a Boise Foundation travelling award brought him a double first prize for solo and chamber music playing, and with two other prizewinners he formed the Boise Trio.