Claudia Fuller

Violin

PROFESSIONAL VIOLIN EXPERIENCE

• Royal Scottish National Orchestra (May 2022 ~ September 2023)

- Trialist: Tutti 1st Violin

• Gürzenich Orchestra, Köln, Germany (November 2020 ~ Present)

- Tutti 1st Violin Extra Player

• WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Germany (January 2020 ~ Present)
- Tutti 1st Violin Zeitvertrag (Short-Term Contract January 2020 – December 2022)

- Tutti 1st Violin Extra Player (January 2023 – Present)

• Ensemble Musikfabrik, Cologne, Germany (2020 ~ Present)

- Extra Violin

• Philharmonia Orchestra (August 2019 ~ January 2023)

- 1st Violin Extra Work (January 2023 ~ Present)

- Trialist: Tutti 1st Violin ( August 2019 ~ January 2023)

• BBC National Orchestra of Wales (October 2022 ~ Present)

- Tutti 1st and 2nd Violin Extra Player

• BBC Symphony Orchestra (July 2019 ~ Present)
- Trialist: Tutti 1st Violin Position (July 2019 – January 2020)

- Tutti 1st and 2nd Violin Extra Player (July 2019 – Present)

• Chamber Orchestra of London (October 2021 ~ Present)

- Tutti Violin Extra Player for Session Work, Abbey Road Studios

CONDUCTING EXPERIENCE

• WDR-Sinfonieorchester, Cologne, Germany (November 2025)

- Assistant Conductor to Eva Ollikainen in performances of Strauss’ “Ein Heldenleben” in Cologne and Dortmund

• Kammerakademie Potsdam, Berlin, Germany (September 2025)

- Assistant Conductor to Trevor Pinnock

• BBC National Orchestra of Wales (September 2025)

- Assistant Conductor to Nil Venditti

• Aldeburgh Festival 2025 Concert Performance, Aldeburgh, UK (June 2025)

- Assistant Conductor, Britten-Pears Young Artist Program 24-25, performance of works from young composers

• Royal Northern Sinfonia, Gateshead, UK (June 2025)

- Assistant to Riccardo Minasi in program of Mozart, Berlioz and Schubert

• Royal Opera House Production: Telemann’s “Pimpinone”, London, UK (May 2025)

- Assistant Conductor for production of “Pimpinone” with the Jette Parker Young Artist Program

• Campus Dirigieren Masterclass and Competition, Nürnberg, Germany (March/May 2025)

- Semi-finalist for Germany-wide university/conservatoire conducting masterclass and competition.

• Philzuid & WDR Chor, Maastricht, the Netherlands (January 2025)

- Assistant Conductor to Steven Sloane, Bernstein Symphony Nr.2, Chichester Psalms and Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms

• Conducting Masterclass with Johannes Schlaefli and OSPA, Oviedo, Spain (September 2024)

- One of six masterclass participants working with OSPA (Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias)

• Britten Pears Young Artist Program ’24-’25, Aldeburgh, UK (September 2024)

- Assistant Conductor to Jonathan Berman on the Composition and Performance program, working with Mark-Anthony Turnage, Colin Matthews and Claire Booth

• International Young Composers and Conductor’s Academy 2024, Ticino, Switzerland (July 2024)
- Conducting Fellow assisting Peter Rundel, performing new works with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)

and JACK Quartet

• Royal Philharmonic Society Women Conductor’s Course, Sage Gateshead, UK (June 2024 ~ Present)

- Participant in workshops with Royal Northern Sinfonia and Alice Farnham

• MMus Orchestral Conducting ’23-’25, Universität der Künste, Berlin (Sep 2023 ~ Present)

- Student on 2-year Masters Program with Prof. Steven Sloane and Prof. Harry Curtis, working with ensembles including Magdeburgische Philharmonie, Brandenburger Symphoniker and Göttinger Symphonieorchester.

• Dartington International Summer School – Advanced Conducting Course (August 2023)

- Selected participant for two-week course with Alice Farnham, conducting the Dartington Symphony Orchestra

• Royal Opera House Jette Parker Young Artists Program – Female Conductor Masterclass (2021)
- Selected Participant for masterclass conducting the City of London Sinfonia and Opera Holland Park Young Artists

- Workshopping/Premiere Performance of “Key Chain” by Omar Zatriqi

AWARDS

• Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme (2024-2025)

- Selected young artist for 24-25 Season (Conductor)

• Dartington International Summer School – Advanced Conducting Course (August 2023)

- Scholarship Recipient

• Eighth Blackbird Creative Lab Wisconsin, USA (2023)

- Selected Participant for 2023 Lab, working with members of Eighth Blackbird, Pamela Z, Jonathan Bailey Holland and Viet Cuong to create new collaborations between composers and performers.

EDUCATION

• University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany (2023 ~ 25)

- MA Orchestral Conducting, 1.3

• Royal Academy of Music, London, UK (2016 ~ 17)

- MA Violin (Distinction) 2016-2017

• Royal Academy of Music, London, UK (2012 ~ 2016)

- BMus Musical Performance (1st Class Honours)

Violin Professors: Clio Gould & Jack Liebeck
Chamber Music Professors: Jon Thorne, the Doric Quartet

Conducting Professors: Sian Edwards, Paul Brough

References available upon request

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Instruments
Violin, Conductor