Sidney Griller CBE (10 January 1911 – 20 November 1993)[1] was an English violinist.
[1] While at the Royal Academy of Music, Griller was a winner of the Dove Scholarship (1925), a Gowland Harrison scholar (1928 & 1929), a prizeholder of the Sir Edward Cooper Prize (1927 & 1928) and a winner of the Alfred J. Waley Prize (1928).
[2] In 1928, whilst a student at the RAM he founded the Griller Quartet,[3] coached initially by the viola player Lionel Tertis.
In January 1931 they made a debut in New York City Hall, and subsequently obtained a contract with NBC.
The quartet played classics and contemporary works, and made recordings.