John Wallace

John Wallace is the Principal of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. A virtuoso trumpet player, he performed at the wedding of Prince Charles and the late Lady Diana Spencer in 1981, and went on to gain an international reputation as a soloist with many of the world’s leading orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonia.  He has premiered works by Sir Malcolm Arnold and James MacMillan, and has appeared with many conductors including Sir Simon Rattle, Leonard Slatkin and the late Giuseppe Sinopoli. A fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, he was made an OBE in 1995.