Gareth Lubbe is professor of viola at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany. For several years he was Principal Violist in the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig under Riccardo Chailly, while teaching at the ‘Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy’ Conservatory. Gareth appears as soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe, America, Africa and Asia. As an overtone singer, he performs and gives active lectures around the world, interpreting the phenomenon of multiphonic singing to demonstrate how everyone can realise the possibilities of sound production on their own natural inner instrument. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Gareth received his first musical education on piano and violin at the age of four, and made youthful debuts as soloist and conductor. In 1994 he performed at the presidential inauguration of Nelson Mandela in Pretoria. After finishing school, he went to study in Germany but continues to nurture his love for the mother continent, performing and teaching there on a regular basis.