Charlie Siem (born 14 January 1986) is an English contemporary classical violinist. Read full biography of Charlie Siem →
The only downside to playing the violin is that you never know when you're going to be asked to play. I could be out to dinner or having a drink... →
I'm always on duty, so I tend to wear suits. I've got double-breasted and single-breasted, mostly dark blues and grays. I'm obsessed with... →
I wear white or pale-blue shirts and black knit ties: They don't draw attention to me in any kind of peacockish way.
That's what makes me keep playing every day is the fact that I'm not quite there, you know. There's always more for me to be able to do.
Where I went to school, Eton College, we had to wear dark trousers, a tailcoat, and a stiff, starched collar every day, and that was fine with me:... →