His grandfather was Julius Isserlis. Steven as awriter and broadcaster, he con- tributes regularly to publications including Gramophone, The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian, has guest edited 'The Strad magazine, and makes regular appearances on BBC Radio including on the Today programme, Soul Music, as guest presenter of two editions of Saturday Classics, and as writer and presenter of a documentary about the life of Robert Schumann. Most recently, he presented a documentary on BBC Radio 4'Finding Harpo's Voice, about his hero Harpo Marx. The recipient of many awards, Steven Isserlis's honours include a CBE in recognition of his services tomusic, the Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau, and the Piatigorsky Prize in the USA. He is also one of only twoliving cellists featured in Gramophone's Hall of Fame. In 2017, he was awarded the Glashütte Original Music Festival Award in Dresden, the Wigmore Hall Gold Medal, and the Walter Willson Cobbett Medal for Services to Chamber Music.As a concerto soloist he appears regularly with the world's leading orchestras and conductors, including the Berlin Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra Washington, London Philharmonic and ZurichTonhalle orchestras. He gives recitals every season in major musical centres, and plays with many of the world's foremost chamber orchestras, including the Australian, Mahler, Norwegian, Scottish, others. The brother of Rachel Isserlis and Anette Isserlis.