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Robin Ashwell

Viola

SESSIONS


Cool Music

Hilary Skewes Ltd (Buick Productions)
London Metropolitan Orchestra
English Session Orchestra
Justin Pearson

Films include: Harry Potter VII, Brave, The Awakening, Everybody’s Fine, Love’s Kitchen

TV include: Downton Abbey, Birdsong, Land Girls, Judge John Deed, Poirot, Stephen Hawking – The Grand Design, 
                 Howard Goodall’s Story of Music

Albums include: Paul McCartney, Rox, Rhydian, Karl Jenkins, The Hours
Adverts include: Guinness, P&O, Thomson

ORCHESTRAL


London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
London Chamber Orchestra

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
European Union Baroque Orchestra - principal

CHAMBER MUSIC

Sacconi Quartet – Founder Member (2001 - )

  • Recitals throughout UK and Europe, including: Wigmore Hall, Kings Place, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, Cheltenham Festival, Buxton Festival, Aldeburgh Music, Queens Hall Edinburgh
  • Vienna Musikverein, Amsterdam Muziekgebouw, Madrid Auditorio Nacional de Música
  • Regular broadcasts on Radio 3 and Classic FM, live and recorded
  • CDs on Sacconi Records, Naxos, Signum and Champs Hill Records
  • Premieres by Gyorgy Kurtag, John McCabe, John Metcalf, Alun Hoddinott, Graham Fitkin, Paul Patterson, Gwilym Simcock, Tim Garland, Robin Holloway, Stephen Deazley

CONCERTOS

Walton Viola Concerto

Berlioz Harold in Italy
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante
Elis Pehkonen Viola Concerto

TEACHING AND CHAMBER/ORCHSTRAL COACHING

Chamber/Orchestral Coaching
Royal College of Music 
Imperial College, London – Ensemble in Residence
MusicFest Aberystwyth   
Chetham’s School of Music
Wigmore Hall String Quartet Masterclasses      


2004 to present
2008-09
2008 to present
2009
2008
Viola tuition
Sevenoaks School
RNCM Masterclass 
Royal College of Music, Junior Dept - Deputy List         
Viola tutor, MusicFest Aberystwyth     
Private students  


2010 to present
2010
2009 to present
2008 to present
2003 to present

EDUCATION

International Musicians’ Seminar and masterclasses in London - 2006-2011
Quartet studies with Gabor Takacs-Nagy and Ferenc Rados

Royal College of Music           PG Diploma in Advanced Performance - 2002-2003
Teachers: Andriy Viytovych and Annette Isserlis

Royal College of Music           PG Diploma in Performance with Distinction - 2001-2002
Teachers: Andriy Viytovych and Annette Isserlis

Royal College of Music           BMus(Hons) First Class - 1997-2001
Teachers: Ian Jewel, Jan Schlapp and Catherine Mackintosh

PRIZES


London International String Quartet Competition, triple prize winners  - 2006

Trondheim International String Quartet Competition, First Prize - 2005
Tagore Gold Medal (RCM) - 2003
Cecil Aronowitz Prize (RCM) - 2002

 

 

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Instruments
Viola, Violin

Ensembles
Sacconi Quartet