Sara Hajir

Cello

Orchestral

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra.
London Concert Orchestra Sub-Principal & Rank and File (Including the ‘Ministry of Sound Classical’ UK tour).
Orpheus Sinfonia Co-Principal.
London Firebird Orchestra Co-Principal.
Kent Sinfonia Sub-Principal.
Bristol Ensemble.
‘Joker’ UK tour -Novello Orchestra (The Music Agency).
‘Love Actually’ UK tour- Senbla Concert Orchestra (The Music Agency).
‘Goonies’ UK tour with Orchestra- promoted by Senbla (The Music Agency).
‘Home Alone’ UK tour with Orchestra-promoted by Senbla (The Music Agency).
‘The Holiday’ UK tour with the Novello Orchestra- Co-Principal. (The Music Agency).
Spiderman – Across the Spider-Verse UK premier (The Music Agency).
Max Richter ‘Voices’ world premiere at the Barbican; Warwick Arts Centre, South Facing Festival, London Coliseum.
Gregory Porter Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Commercial & Session Work

Isobel Griffiths – various recording sessions including:

Max Richter; recording for ‘Voices’ & ‘Voices 2’ (Decca Records).
Max Richter – Invasion Main Title- Orchestral Cello theme for Apple TV +.
New To You- Calvin Harris – Funk Wav Bounces Vol.2 (Columbia Records).
Stay With Me. (Pt 1& 2)- Calvin Harris Ft. Justin Timberlake, Halsey & Pharrell, Columbia Records.
Wake up Deadman: A Knives Out Mystery; starring Daniel Craig. Composer Nathan Johnson; recorded at Abbey Road Studios (Tiger Tracks).
Gregory Porter – Christmas Wish Album – recorded at Abbey Road Studios
Urban Soul Orchestra.
Eimear McGeown (Flute) ‘Inis’ Debut album- Solo Cello on ‘Mushroom Tree’ and ‘Runescape Jig’.
X Factor / Pop Idol / Britain’s Got Talent, Popstar to Operastar, live on ITV.

Chamber & Solo

BBC Radio 3 and worldwide broadcast on World Human Rights Day; ‘Voices’ with Max Richter.
Opera Holland Park- String Quartet for cultivation event.
Koinonia String Quartet; Live Performance on BBC Radio 3, ‘In Tune’ with Sean Rafferty.
St Georges, Bristol ? English Music Festival, Quartet in residence at Pro Corda.
Recitals; St George’s Bloomsbury ? King’s Lynn Music Society ? St Lawrence Jewry Music Festival? Southwark Cathedral.
Solo cellist for Lord Dannatt’s ‘Coming Home’ fundraiser at the Tower of London.
Concerto performance of Haydn C with Chamber Academy Orchestra.
Concerto performance of Shostakovich Cello Concerto No.1 with Sidcup Symphony Orchestra.

Education Work

Havering Music School; Cello tutor & Director of Cello Ensemble ? Conductor: Havering
Young String Players.
Lambeth Academy-Wider Opportunities- Cello.
Lead Cello tutor for the London Music Masters Programme Artist in Residence for Arks
Schools (Fusion Ensemble).

Scholarships & Awards

Laura Ashley and EMI Sound Foundation.
Worshipful Company of Musicians Education.
Licentiate of Trinity College London (LTCL Diploma) - Cello.
Kingston University - Bachelor of Music with honours (Performance), 2:1.
Professors: Benjamin Hughes, Paul Watkins, Richard Harwood, Hannah Roberts, Felix Schmidt.
Masterclasses: Colin Carr, Pieter Wispelwey, Hannah Roberts, Reinhard Latzko.

References

Felix Schmidt
Hannah Roberts: Principal Cello Manchester Camerata

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