Elena Abad

Violin

Professional Orchestral work

• Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – regular extra
• English Festival Orchestra
• New London Orchestra
• Parallax Orchestra
• London Musical Theatre Orchestra – Leader
• Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
• Celoniatus Ensemble – Leader
• Audeat Camerata – Leader
• Harrow Symphony Orchestra – Principal 2nd violin
• Siegfried Camerata

Orchestral Training

• London Symphony Orchestra – side by side scheme (2015)
• BBC Symphony Orchestra – side by side scheme (2017)
• Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – student scheme (2018)
• London City Orchestra – Leader. Professional Development Programme (2016)
• Trinity Laban Symphony Orchestra – Leader
• Trinity Laban String Ensemble – Leader
• Guildhall School Symphony Orchestra
• Goodensemble
• Arch Sinfonia
• Purcell School Symphony Orchestra

Chamber Music

• Dréme Quartet – 2nd prize at the Cavatina Intercollegiate Chamber Music Competition (2018)
• BonDuo – 1st prize at the Leonard Smith and Felicity Young Competition (2017)

Solo Performance / Composition / Arranging work

• Metropole Orkest & Suzanne Ciani – Co-composer and arranger (2022)
• Brahms and Mendelssohn Violin Concertos – Wimbledon Symphony Orchestra (2018, 2020)
• Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Bruch Violin Concertos – Torbay Symphony Orchestra (2013, 2014, 2018)
• Bach Violin Concerto in E major – Promúsica Orchestra (2015)
• Mendelssohn Violin Concerto – Harrow Symphony Orchestra (2014)
• Solo recital at St. Martin in the Fields, London (2010)

Pop/Rock Performances and Recordings

• Dodie, Architects, Bring Me The Horizon, Alter Bridge, Eminem, Clean Bandit, Beabadoobee.

Competitions and Awards

• 2019 Trinity Laban Gold Medal Showcase – Gold medalist and winner of the Audience prize
• 2017 Vera Kantrovitch Solo Strings Competition – 1st prize
• 2016 Yamaha European Foundation Competition – Finalist
• 2007 Jóvenes Intérpretes Ciudad de Bollullos National Competition, Spain – 2nd prize
• 2006 Villanueva del Rosario National Competition, Spain – 1st prize
• 2005 Joaquín Maya National Competition, Spain – 2nd prize
• 2004 V Certamen Andaluz Muñoz Molleda in la Línea de la Concepción, Spain – 1st prize
• 2004 International Competition Violines por la Paz in Torres, Spain – Finalist
• 2002 XII Ángeles Reina Music Competition, Spain – 1st prize

Education

• Master of Arts in Music Performance (Distinction) 2016 - 2018 – Trinity Laban Conservatoire.
- Beatrice Taylor, Violet Wright and Helen Roll Trust Scholar
• Independent Study Programme (Ad.) 2015 - 2016 – Trinity Laban Conservatoire
• BMus (Hons) Violin Performance 2011 - 2015 – Guildhall School of Music and Drama
• Purcell School of Music, Hertfordshire, UK. 2007 - 2011

Professors – Ofer Falk, Evgeny Grach
References – Ofer Falk, Richard Markson

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Instruments
Violin