It's his Trinity College training in London -- he got into composition by applying as a violist, he laughs -- that helps him go where no classicist likely even knows one might venture.

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Until such time, Mr Puente is keen to focus on playing music - and passing on his skills on to students at both Leeds College of Music and London's Trinity College of Music, where he teaches.

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