2010 – 2012 Highlights

• Maxim Vengerov takes role of Menuhin Professor of Music (read news story here)
• Chamber music masterclasses with Thomas Brandis, Hartmut Rohde, RTE Vanbrugh and Skampa Quartets
• Violin masterclasses with Thomas Brandis, Daniel Hope and Tasmin Little
• Viola masterclasses with Roger Benedict, Philip Dukes, Tatjana Masurenko and Hartmut Rohde
• Cello masterclasses with Colin Carr, Steven Doane, Gregor Horsch, Raphael Wallfisch and Truls Mørk
• Double bass masterclasses with Matthew McDonald and Dominic Seldis
• Two Wigmore Hall performances by Sainsbury Royal Academy Soloists
• The Piatti Quartet, Leverhulme Chamber Music Fellows, performed at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum on a quartet of Academy Strads
• Daimon Quartet: student winners of Cavatina Intercollegiate Quartet Competition 2011
• Many more high-profile events, including eight concerts of Brahms chamber music

Recent Student Successes

Recent string graduates perform with all the major UK orchestras, and with many orchestras and ensembles internationally.

Luka Šulić (2011) half of popular duo 2Cellos, who have toured with Elton John and recently appeared on Glee
Nathaniel Anderson-Frank (2010) first violin, Philharmonia Orchestra
Rachel Meerloo (2010) double bass section member, Hallé Orchestra
Giovanni Guzzo (2009) leader, Manchester Camerata
Georgina Poad (2007) double bass section member, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Thomas Gould (2006) soloist and leader of Britten Sinfonia
Louisa Tuck (2006) principal cello, Northern Sinfonia
Rachel Helleur (2004) cello section member, Berlin Philharmonic
Kaoru Yamada (2004) first violin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Clare Duckworth (2003) co-principal second violin, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Badke String Quartet (2005) first prize, Melbourne International Quartet Competition