Julian Kershaw won a scholarship at the age of 13 to study at the Royal College of Music where he graduated with honours, studying Bassoon, Piano, Composition (with Oliver Knussen) and Conducting. After playing as a professional bassoonist for a few years he went on to pursue a career in writing music.

Julian is now an experienced arranger, orchestrator, composer and conductor working in film, TV, albums and live music. His many film orchestral and arrangement credits include Notting Hill, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, The Little Mermaid and recently Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. His TV credits for arrangements and orchestration include Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Life, and Frozen Planet.

Julian’s versatility has also led him to work as an arranger for many leading artists including Sir Paul McCartney, Richard Ashcroft, Elvis Costello, Kasabian, Nigel Kennedy, Vanessa-Mae, Lesley Garrett and Kasabian.

Perhaps most notably, Julian did the arrangement of “She” featured on the film Notting Hill, sung by Elvis Costello.

As a conductor he has worked with many of London’s leading orchestras and has conducted dozens of film scores. He has toured as conductor with Nigel Kennedy, conducted the first ever BBC Electric Prom with Kasabian and appears as the circus conductor in Tim Burton’s film Dumbo.