DAVID HIRST,  MANAGING DIRECTOR

David was fascinated by the organ from an early age. His musical career began at Chichester Cathedral, where he was a chorister under John Birch. Later he became Organ Scholar of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he read music and studied the organ with Nicolas Kynaston.

From 1985 to 2002, David worked for management consulting and computer companies in the UK and Japan. He became fluent in Japanese, and studied at UCLA in the US, gaining the degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA).

In 2002, David returned to the musical world as Assistant Organist of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London. He played for the church services, concerts, recordings and tours, and broadcast frequently for the BBC. He went on to the Royal Academy of Music to study organ performance with Lionel Rogg and graduated with distinction from the post-graduate diploma course. He has studied the organ with Thomas Trotter and has performed in the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and South Africa.

David joined H&H in September 2008, and succeeded Mark Venning as Managing Director in October 2009. His wife, Naomi, is the new Administrator of H&H.