Violinist Simon Blendis is known both as a soloist and as a member of the Schubert Ensemble and other chamber groups. Blendis remained with the Schubert Ensemble until 2018, when it dissolved. The group won the Royal Philharmonic Award for Best Chamber Ensemble in 1999. During this period, Blendis was also active as an orchestral player, becoming concertmaster of Japan's Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa in 1999. In Japan, he met his wife, Saoko, a pianist with whom he has performed and recorded. In 2014, Blendis became concertmaster of the London Mozart Players, with whom he has performed extensively. In 2022, Simon and Saoko Blendis released the album Love Is Like a Violin: Salon Treasures from the Max Jaffe Library.