Romanian violinist Maria Gîlicel is an emerging performer recognized for her versatility and passion on stage. She has performed as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestra member in various venues including Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Berliner Philharmoniker, Musikverein Wien, Wigmore Hall, Barbican Centre and Kings Place to name a few. She was part of the Tillett Trust Young Artists Platform and has been awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society Emily Anderson Prize for soloists; she obtained her Artist Diploma, Masters and BMus (Hons) at the Royal College of Music London, and has worked with many acclaimed musicians including Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Maxim Vengerov and Gordan Nikolic. Future engagements include solo recitals, concerts with the Chloé Piano Trio, and regular guest work with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Netherlands Chamber and Philharmonic Orchestras, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Concertgebouw Chamber, etc. She currently holds a sub-principal position at the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. Maria plays on a Andrea Postacchini violin and a Sartory modern bow kindly on loan from the Nationaal Muziekinstrumenten Fonds, as well as a classical bow by Andreas Grütter.

Jacqui Miles won an Exhibition to Junior RCM at age 10, followed by a scholarship to the Purcell School. She gained her BMus at RAM, studying with Ralph Holmes (violin), Christopher Elton (piano) and Paul Patterson (composition) and was awarded the F. Ayling Prize for her outstanding work on the course. She continued her studies with David Takeno and became one of the youngest ever members of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. She subsequently joined English National Opera as a first violin, during which time she also played regularly with LPO, Philharmonia and RPO. In 2009 she took a sabbatical to complete her Master’s in Violin Performance on a full scholarship and as Teaching Assistant at Arizona State University. During this time she was Concertmaster of MusicaNova Orchestra in Phoenix and of the Lyric Opera at ASU and played with the Phoenix Symphony. Jacqui has played for some of the world’s finest conductors in concert halls and opera houses around the world and made recordings for TV, film, DVD and CD. Favourite moments include playing Valkyrie at Glastonbury, on-stage band in ENO’s Rigoletto, giving solo ‘Doorstep Concerts’ during lockdown and performing on the Tintagel cliffs! Jacqui plays with various chamber groups and recently performed at the Buxton Fringe Festival. She plays on a Nicolo Gagliano violin from 1740.

Polish violinist Mira Marton began her musical education at the age of six. After spending ten years in specialist music schools in Poland, she earned a place at The Yehudi Menuhin School, where she studied under Lutsia Ibragimova. She later won a full scholarship to the Royal College of Music, graduating with a First-Class BMus (Hons) degree, before continuing her studies at the same institution with Radu Blidar for a Master’s degree.

A recipient of Poland’s Minister of Culture and National Heritage Prize, the Royal College of Music Violin Prize, and the Munster Trust Award, Mira has performed in major venues worldwide, including the Warsaw Philharmonic Berliner Philharmonie, Vienna Musikverein, Royal Albert Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, and Wigmore Hall.

In 2024, her recording of Matthew Taylor’s Violin Concertino with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales was released to international acclaim. Her performance of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with Sinfonia Tamesa was described by Robert Matthew-Walker in Musical Opinion Magazine as ‘as fresh and life-enhancing as when it was first heard.’

As a soloist and chamber musician, Mira has benefited from masterclasses and lessons with Maxim Vengerov, Alina Ibragimova, Roman Simovic, Ning Feng, and Oliver Wille. As an orchestral musician, she has
performed under renowned conductors such as Sir Antonio Pappano, Sir Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins, and Vasily Petrenko.

In December 2023, Mira was selected for the Chamber Orchestra of Europe Academy and was subsequently invited to join them on their European tour.

Mira plays on a 1687 Antonio Stradivari violin generously loaned to her by the Royal College of Music.

Born in London, David Alberman received his LRAM diploma from the Royal Academy of Music at the age of sixteen. He studied the violin privately with Igor Ozim in Cologne, and then studied Classical Languages and Philosophy at Oxford University for four years. After playing with the Academy of St. Martin’s, and playing as guest concertmaster of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, a long-standing interest in contemporary music led him to join the internationally renowned Arditti Quartet, who specialise in new music. During his time with the Quartet, he played the world premieres of more than 200 works, and made a number of prize-winning recordings. Having left the quartet, he joined the London Symphony Orchestra as Principal Second Violin and later Chair of the Board where he remained until 2023. He has also been in demand as a teacher and coach (e.g. at the New World Symphony Academy in Miami Beach, the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, the Chamber Music Academy of the Aix-en-Provence festival, and in 2025 will coach among other places, at Domaine Forget in Quebec and at the Lucerne Festival). In 2025 he will also be playing chamber music recitals in Littlehampton, Galatina (Puglia) and Quebec.

Greta Papa is a Greek-Albanian award-winning violinist who has vast experience in solo, chamber and orchestral music performances, with extensive repertoire and expertise in both classical and contemporary styles. Her career took off when she became the youngest member of the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, selected by Leonidas Kavakos. Greta took part in many festivals and concert series in Greece, including solo performances including Brahms Violin Concerto, Chausson Poeme, Vivaldi Seasons, Brahms Concerto for Violin and Cello, Sarasate Zigeunerweisen with both State Orchestras of Athens and Thessaloniki as well as soloist at Onassis Cultural Centre and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre.

Greta moved to London to study her Masters with Andrew Watkinson at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with full scholarship, obtaining her MPerf with distinction. While she was at the GSMD she worked with prominent string quartets such as the Endellion and Takacs.

She was also granted a full scholarship to study with Stephanie Gonley at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, for the Artist Diploma and Advanced Professional Diploma with distinction.
Greta has performed with orchestras such as the LSO, ECO, ACO, BBC NOW, working with conductors a such as Sir Simon Rattle, Marin Alsop, Michael Tilson Thomas and others.

In 2021, Greta formed the Waldstein Quartet performing in notable venues across England such as Wigmore Hall and Dartington Summer School. Following this, Greta formed the Waldstein Piano Trio with cellist Miguel Angel Villeda and pianist Christos Fountos. Since then, the trio has won several international chamber music competitions such as Vienna International Competiton in Musikverein, Medici International Competition in London, Amadeus International Music Awards in Mozarteum, Maurice Ravel International Competition in Paris, Grand Prix Virtuoso in Beethoven Haus as well as the Cavatina Intercollegiate Chamber Music Competition at Wigmore Hall when they were the only group from the London colleges of music that won among others.
In 2023 the trio was invited in Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada, to work with acclaimed chamber music groups such as Gryphon Trio, Parker Quartet, Jack Quartet and Eybler Quartet.

Greta plays a Pressenda violin, generously loaned by Trinity Laban Conservatoire.

Derbyshire UK- born Lizzie Ball has been performing as a violinist and vocalist internationally in classical, jazz, improvisation for nearly two decades, and is in busy demand as a collaborator, solo artist, project leader and mentor. She holds an MA as an Instrumental Scholar (reading Music) from St John’s College, Cambridge University, and two postgraduate diplomas in solo performance from the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music in London. She is most known for her creation, in 2012, of Classical Kicks Productions, to bring classical music out of the concert hall to a wider audience, with diverse performers, and key concerts including at UK festival -Bestival and a residency at Soho’s famous Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club (both upstairs and main house). In 2020 was made Guest Director of Vilnius based dynamic young chamber orchestra, ‘Mikroórkestra’. She has worked regularly as soloist/orchestra leader for a variety of artists, projects and tours including Hugh Jackman (as leader of the orchestra for his acclaimed 2019 The Man, The Music, The Show European Stadium Tour), The Sixteen, Nigel Kennedy -as Leader of his Orchestra of Life for over 8 years, Ariana Grande and Liam Gallagher. 

Lizzie’s recent work as a ‘violinist composer’ with violin, a loop pedal, some basic software plugins, creates a one-woman orchestra approach. She scores creative productions which include a heavy interplay between immersive visuals and sound design. In 2018 she created with theatre producer and director, Emily Blacksell, ‘Corrido: A Ballad for the Brave’, about the life and times of artist Frida Kahlo, premiering at the V and A Museum alongside the historic Frida Kahlo exhibition ‘Making Herself Up’ in 2018, in which Frida’s own clothes and personal items were exhibited for the first time outside of Mexico. She has also recently collaborated on an audio-visual production about climate change called ‘All the Ends of the World’ with The Sixteen and videographer Heather Britton. Alongside her performing work, Lizzie is passionate about creating new ways of teaching and mentoring music professionals. 

Lizzie has over 2 decades of workshop/outreach projects experience, alongside her performing commitments. Lizzie used the extra time in the pandemic created by work cancellations to qualify as a Transformational Coach. Lizzie has since established her own creative business, Set Your Stage Coaching, to widen the possibilities of her teaching work in the area of creative mentor-coaching. In 2021, she was appointed as the Violin Professor for Britten-Pears Foundations acclaimed ‘Aldeburgh Young Musicians’ scheme, and was awarded an ‘Enterprise Award’ from the Royal Philharmonic Society of UK for her enterprising approach to creativity. In 2018 she was awarded an Honorary MA Degree from the University of Derby for her services to music, and is currently an Associate Artist for Lichfield Festival until 2025.

Anna Kosińska is Co-Concertmaster of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra.

Since her solo debut in New York’s renowned Carnegie Hall, she has performed regularly in the world’s most prestigious venues, including Vienna Musikverein, Tonhalle Zürich, The Charles Bronfman Auditorium Tel Aviv, Cadogan Hall London, Berlin Philharmonic, Lincoln Centre New York and Warsaw Philharmonic.

She is a major prize winner of many international violin competitions, including The International Violin Competition Carnegie Hall, New York, The International Violin Competition in Lugano, Switzerland. She was also awarded multiple scholarships, including Sholarship of the President of the Republic of Poland, Sholarship at the Music Institute and Society in Warsaw, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Poland, Music and Art Govermental award of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

Anna Kosińska recorded for Naxos, Decca, ARD, ZDF, Medici and Polish Television TVP.

Anna is a member of The Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Guest Co-Leader of the Malta Philharmonic and Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, guest violinist in Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin and Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin.

In the words of celebrated violinist Anne-Sophie-Mutter, “The world needs well-rounded, broad-minded musicians. Give back to society whenever you can.”  Miranda’s wide-ranging career epitomises this, spanning an international diary of orchestral concerts and historically informed performance (including Instruments of Time & Truth, Ex Cathedra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, live BBC radio broadcasts). She has spent many seasons in the theatre (RSC) and opera (Glyndebourne, London Coliseum) and as a Wagner specialist with Longborough Festival Opera. Her discography includes recordings with OPO, Yorkshire Baroque Soloists and Hanover Band. Her award-winning work as a project-leader for OPO’s Outreach team has brought music to around 1000 children so far, and she is extremely grateful for the generosity of OPO sponsors who fund this valuable work in Oxfordshire hospitals and schools. She is Head of Strings at St Helen and St Katharine, ranked Oxfordshire’s top independent girls’ school (The Times, Parent Power).  Miranda enjoys a longstanding commitment of over 20 years to OPO.

Born in London in 1979, Ruth Rogers began violin lessons at the age of five. In 1997 she was awarded a Foundation Scholarship to the Royal College of Music to study with Itzhak Rashkovsky. She graduated in 2001 with First Class Honours and was awarded the Tagore Gold medal – the College’s highest accolade – by HRH The Prince of Wales. From 2008 until 2012 Ruth was the co-leader of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and in 2015 was appointed as one of the Leaders of the London Mozart Players. She regularly guest leads the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, and Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and has appeared in principal roles with the Hallé, Philharmonia and RLPO. She has led orchestras under the batons of such maestros as Daniele Gatti, Sir Colin Davis and Sakari Oramo. As chamber musician, Ruth has performed at the Aldeburgh and Bath Festivals with the Tate Ensemble, and is a member of the Iuventus String Quartet and the Aquinas Piano Trio. She has appeared at the Wigmore Hall with the Nash Ensemble. Ruth appears regularly with the Oxford Philharmonic.

Matthew Denton has performed for more than 20 years as the leader of the Carducci String Quartet, winning prizes at international competitions including the Concert Artists Guild (USA), Kuhmo (Finland), Charles Hennen (Holland), Osaka (Japan), Bordeaux (France) and London (UK). He has recorded over 25 CDs for labels including Signum, Naxos, BMG, Somm, Nimbus and has performed at major concert halls around the world. In 2015 the Quartet won a Royal Philharmonic Society award for ‘Shostakovich15’  – a project which included a performance of the complete Shostakovich quartets in one day, at Shakespeare’s Globe in London. Matt studied with Felix Andrievsky at the RCM and then continued as a Junior Fellow, studying with members of the Amadeus, Alberni and Chilingirian Quartets. He is a violin professor at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Matt plays on a historic Brother’s Amati violin from 1603 – ‘The Hurwitz ex Cooper’.