Francesca Cull

Cello

Orchestral
Professional
English National Opera, trial, tutti (suspended)
Scottish Opera, past trial, no. 2 including principal
The Halle, past trial, tutti including no.2
Opera North, past trial, No. 3 including no. 2
Royal Ballet Sinfonia, regular extra, including no. 2
BBC Symphony, extra work
Raymond Gubbay extra work
London Film Music Orchestra UK and European tour, principal and soloist
Sinfonia Viva, extra
Training
London Sinfonietta, Stockhausen ‘Trans’ at the Royal Festival Hall conducted by Pascal Rophé (RAM) (Cello No. 3)
James Newton Howard (composer/conductor) 3 Decades of Music for Hollywood tour performing at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Academy Symphony Orchestra. (2017) (Cello No. 3)
Principal Cellist for the ‘Manson Ensemble’ - 2019 (RAM)
Bridgewater Hall, Mahler Symphony no. 1 (principal cello); Mahler Symphony No. 3 (Co Principal) (Chethams’)

The Barbican Hall, Tchaikovsky’s 6th Symphony (Paul Mann) (Co-Principal) (Chethams’)

Theatre
Dear Evan Hansen UK Tour 2024/2025 (Chairholder)
Les Mis UK & Ireland Tour (Deputy)
My Fair Lady UK & Ireland Tour (Deputy)

Flowers for Mrs Harris – Off West end, Hammersmith Riverside Studios (Deputy)

Chamber/Solo
Wigmore Hall
Debut album release “Evergreen” The Odora Trio (2022)
Manchester Chamber Concerts Society, The Stoller Hall
Lake District Festival
Chethams’ International Piano Festival performance with Peter Frankl
Draper’s Hall in London, Schumann Piano Quintet – Performed with Leeds International Piano Competition finalist, Anna Geniushene
Lincoln Cathedral, On Wenlock Edge at with Tenor Mark Wilde and pianist and broadcaster David Owen Norris
Multiple solo lunchtime Recitals at St James’ Church, Piccadilly
Multiple solo performances in the David Josefowitz Recital Hall
Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the Chester Philharmonic

Awards and Prizes

Saint Saens International Competition – Platinum Prize, Chamber group, 2024
The Joyce Anne Beckett Award (RAM)
Second place in the Wolf Wolfensohn String Quartet Competition (RAM)
Awarded the ASSETS Scheme (RAM)
String quartet won the Fiona Ord String Chamber Music Competition (Chets)
Mozart Scholarship for quartet playing (Chets)

Education
Royal Academy of Music, Bmus, First with Hons. (2016-2020) - Josephine Knight
Chetham’s School of Music (2008-2016) – Barbara Grunthal, David Smith

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Instruments
Cello