Rosie Biss

Cello

Orchestral

Section Principal: Welsh National Opera (2010-)
Principal (no.2): Northern Sinfonia (2003-2010)
Principal: Deutsche Kammerakademie (2000-2002)
Guest Principal: Royal Opera House, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hallé, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, English National Opera, Opera North, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Kölner Kammerorchester, Klassische Philharmonie Bonn, Kammerphilharmonie Amadé, Orchestra of the Bonn Beethoven Festival, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, English Sinfonia.

Chamber

Odysseus Piano trio

Zehetmair Quartet/ Trio
Concerts in Europe and USA 2004-5 including Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, Edinburgh, Helsinki, Schleswig-Holstein Festivals etc. Broadcasts in UK and USA.

Scottish Ensemble
Touring, Wigmore Hall concerts including recording for Wigmore Hall live CD.

European Music Project
German based, predominantly new music performance. Included music/art/poetry collaborations in museums and galleries.

Freelance
Extensive performances as member of duo, trio, quartet and larger ensembles in UK, USA, South America (Goethe Institute tour), France, Germany, Switzerland.

CONCERTO

Performances with orchestra of concertos by Dvorak, Elgar, Schumann, Haydn C & D, Beethoven Triple, Brahms Double, Tchaikovsky Rococco Variations, Dvorak Silent Woods, Bruch Kol Nidre

NON-CLASSICAL

CD recordings for Troy Donockley (“The Madness of Crowds”), Rachel Unthank and the Winterset (“The Bairns” and “The Unthanks”)

TEACHING

Royal Welsh College of music and Drama, cello professor (2010- ongoing)

Cellofest annual masterclasses (2014- ongoing)

Coaching for NYOW, NYO inspire, NCO

Cello and chamber music, The Sage Gateshead
Cello and chamber music, York, Newcastle and Durham Universities
Cello and Strings, National Childrens Orchestra, Durham University Orchestra, Young Sinfonia(Northern Sinfonia youth Orchestra)

AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS

Countess of Munster Musical Trust, 1998-2000
Martin Musical Scholarship, 1998-2000
Jerwood award 1998
“Audience Prize” for Elgar concerto in Moscow International Festival for Youth (Representing UK) 1998
Cambridge University Musical Society Concerto Prize 1997, 1998

EDUCATION

Musikhochschule Köln (Performance Diploma), Teacher: Maria Kliegel
Cambridge University Gonville and Caius College (MA)
Royal Academy of Music, Intermediate, Teacher: David Strange
Wells Cathedral School, Music Specialist, Teacher: Joy Hall
Stavanger Festival 2000
Britten Pears Masterclasses 2001
Verbier Festival 2002
Aspen Festival (Chamber music fellowship) 1994,1995
Masterclasses with Lynn Harrell, Truls Mørk, Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Phillipe Mueller, Ralph Kirschbaum, Maud Tortelier, Menahem Pressler

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Instruments
Cello