REGARDED as one of the most creative musicians of his generation, Julian Lloyd Webber heads to the Hall for Cornwall on March 15.

Julian, who plays the 'Barjansky' Stradivarius cello (c 1690), will be performing a programme which includes Bach's Adagio in G, Bridge's Scherzetto, Britten's Scherzo Pizzicato, Fauré's Elegie, Delius's Sonata (1915) Rachmaninov's Sonata in G Minor, op 19 and William Lloyd Webber's Nocturne.

Now leading England's In Harmony programme, Julian won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music when he was 16 and completed his studies in Geneva with the renowned French cellist, Pierre Fournier. Since then he has collaborated with an extraordinary array of musicians from Yehudi Menuhin, Lorin Maazel, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Georg Solti to Elton John and Stephane Grappelli.

Julian has won numerous awards for his services to music, including the Crystal Award, presented at the World Economic Forum in 1998, and the Classic FM Red Award in 2005. In 1994 he was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Music.

As leader of In Harmony, the British Government's new music programme, he is working to promote personal and community development in some of England's most deprived areas, through orchestral-based learning and musical experiences.

Julian has made many outstanding recordings including his Brit-Award winning Elgar Concerto conducted by Yehudi Menuhin (chosen as the finest ever version by BBC Music Magazine).

He has premiered more than 50 new works for cello and has inspired new compositions from composers as diverse as Malcolm Arnold and Joaquin Rodrigo to James MacMillan and Philip Glass. Recent concert performances have included three further works composed for Julian – Michael Nyman's Double Concerto for Cello and Saxophone on BBC Television, Gavin Bryars' Concerto in Suntory Hall, Tokyo and Philip Glass's Concerto at the Beijing International Festival.

Julian joined the Board of Governors of London's Southbank Centre in September 2009 and earlier that year – in recognition of his lifelong devotion to Elgar's music – he was elected President of the Elgar Society.

The performance starts at 8pm and tickets are from £20 to £24, with concessions available, plus a £1 Theatre Fund payment. As part of Hall for Cornwall's No Strings Attached programme, those under 25 can purchase tickets for just £6 each. Call the box office on 01872 262466 or book online at www.hallforcornwall.co.uk