Levon Chilingirian is a graduate of the Royal College of Music and the founder of the Chilingirian Quartet, with which he has toured extensively and won various awards. From 2003 to 2016 he was artistic director of the Mendelssohn on Mull Festival.

Chilingirian teaches both violin and chamber music at the RAM and tutors at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, also in London.