Adrian Butterfield has gained an international reputation as a violinist, director and conductor who specialises in period performance of music from about 1600-1900. He is Musical Director of the Tilford Bach Festival, Associate Music Director of the London Handel Festival, Professor of Baroque Violin at the Royal College of Music in London and teaches on numerous baroque music courses.

He leads and directs The Revolutionary Drawing Room and The London Handel Players and directs and conducts The London Handel Orchestra as well as being invited to work as a guest with many other ensembles in Europe and North America.