Levon Chilingirian is a violinist and professor at the Royal College of Music in London. His string quartet, the Chilingirian Quartet, is one of the most active and celebrated string quartets on the international scene with tours to over fifty countries on six continents. Its highly regarded and wide-ranging recorded repertoire spans classical to contemporary works. In 1971, along with cellist Philip De Groote, Levon founded the Quartet.