He has performed major cello concertos with numerous British orchestras and 2025 sees his first appearances with the BBC Philharmonic (Lutoslawski Concerto) and Manchester Camerata (Beethoven Triple Concerto). Findlay has been invited for residencies in association with Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, Musethica, McGill University Montreal, Lucerne Festival and the Mendelssohn on Mull Festival, and participated in masterclasses with Frans Helmerson, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Torleif Thedén, and Johannes Goritzki. He was a Resident Artist at the Grafenegg Festival and also at the St. Magnus International Festival where he curated several programmes of solo cello music spanning 400 years of repertoire, for which he received 5 star reviews in The Guardian and The Times. Findlay has performed as Principal Cello of Royal Northern Sinfonia, Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra, Riot Ensemble, Grafenegg Festival Orchestra and Ensemble Modern Hans Zender Ensemble.
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​Findlay is Resident Cellist at W. E. Hill & Sons, where he has the opportunity to play and critique the finest modern and antique instruments.
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Findlay was a scholar at the Royal College of Music in London where he studied with Melissa Phelps, and he was then mentored by John Myerscough of the Doric String Quartet. He received an International Artist Diploma from the Royal Northern College of Music in 2025. Previously he studied at St. Mary's Music School in Edinburgh with Ruth Beauchamp.
Findlay plays Robert Brewer Young’s ‘Rostropovich’ cello, generously loaned to him by the St. Paul’s Foundation.
Whenever he can find a gap in his schedule, Findlay returns to the Cairngorm Mountains with his lightweight tent.
Findlay Spence
"the subtlety of Spence's playing brought out every delicious nuance and change of mood...it seemed to touch the infinite" (The Times *****)
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Described in The Guardian as "exciting, engaging and profoundly musical", Scottish cellist Findlay Spence has established himself as one of the leading chamber musicians of his generation. He combines his primary role as a member of the internationally renowned Fibonacci Quartet with a rich and varied life as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral principal.
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As the cellist of the Fibonacci Quartet, Findlay regularly performs across Europe's major concert halls such as Wigmore Hall, Berlin Phiharmonie, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Philharmonie de Paris and Konzerthaus Berlin as well as festivals such as Edinburgh International Festival, Aldeburgh Festival and Heidelberger Fruehling among others. In 2024, the Quartet became the first ensemble ever to win both 1st and Audience Prizes at the Premio Paolo Borciani Competition in Reggio Emilia as well as joining the YCAT (Young Classical Artist Trust) roster following competitive public auditions at Wigmore Hall. The Quartet are Grands Residents at ProQuartet in Paris, Britten-Pears Young Artists, and alumni of the esteemed International Institute of Chamber Music at the Escuela Reina Sofia in Madrid. They also teach at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff in their position of Resident Quartet.
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