About
Joana LyPortuguese violinist Joana started playing violin aged 4 and soon joined the Aveiro Conservatoire of Music where she studied with Ana Sofia Mota until she finished school.Continuing her studies, her main teachers were Radu Blidar(Royal College of Music, London), Gordan Nikolic (Codarts, Rotterdam) and Paul Wakabayashi (chamber music – ANSO, Lisbon). She also participated in Masterclasses for solo and chamber music, given by distinguished Professors including Daniel Rowland, Leonid Kerbel, Zoltan Santa and the Chilingirian Quartet. As chamber music is one of her main passions, Joana was a member of the Sattler Quartet and now co-manages Artisti con Brio. She attended many festivals such as Harmus Festival, Stift International Festival, Aurora Chamber Music and Lake District Chamber Music. Joana has been a member and guest in several orchestras including Garsington Opera, London Mozart Players, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia, Britten Sinfonia, Opera North, Orpheus Sinfonia, Philharmonia Amsterdam, Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and Chipping Campden Festival Academy Orchestra. Her interest for historical performance has led her to some festivals such as Dartington, EUBO Mobile Academy and Freiburg Barockorchester Academy where she had the opportunity of studying with wonderful violinists such as with Petra Müllejans, Margaret Faultless and Adrian Butterfield. She also plays regularly with period ensembles such as Brandenburg Sinfonia and Feuersinfonie(Utrecht Oude Muziek Fringe Festival). In 2016 she received a Career development bursary from Help Musicians UK and performed complete Beethoven Sonatas in a four-concert cycle in London. Whilst studying in London, Joana was a recipient of the Gulbenkian Scholarship and was grateful to have the support of the Harrison Frank Foundation, for the loan of a Maurizi violin. |
Kirsty MacLeodKirsty is a Scottish violinist that has a passion for chamber music. After two years of music tuition at the Music School of Douglas Academy, Kirsty went on to receive a First Class Bachelor of Music from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland under the tutelage of Andrea Gajic. During her time there, she won numerous prizes as a soloist and chamber musician, as well as being invited to partake in festivals including Mendelssohn on Mull and Festival MusicAlpe. Kirsty went on to receive a Master of Arts with Distinction from the Royal Academy of Music after studying there with Maureen Smith. She has freelanced with numerous Scottish and English Orchestras and has been awarded Scholarships from Thomas and Margaret Roddan, Dewar Trust and the Wolfson Scholarship for which she is extremely grateful. Kirsty enjoys playing on a Silvestre violin kindly on loan from the Harrison Frank Foundation. |
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