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Emily Hester

Viola

Orchestral

  • English Symphony Orchestra
  • London Concert Orchestra
  • Neue Philharmonie Westfalen
  • Philharmonisches Orchester Hagen
  • Klassische Philharmonie Bonn (Co-Principal)
  • Guildhall Session Orchestra (Principal)
  • Guildhall Alumni Orchestra
  • ICMus Inspire Orchestra
  • Musica Viva
  • Multi-Storey Orchestra
  • Chamber Orchestra Anglia (Principal)
  • Marylebone Camerata
  • Orchestra of Stowe Opera (Principal)
  • Orion Symphony Orchestra (Co-Principal)
  • Sinfonia Cymru
  • Thames Festival Orchestra (Co-Principal)

Chamber Music

  • Piacere Piano Quintet    
  • Chagall Piano Quartet
  • Peter de Grote Festival ensemble
  • Soloists of Chamber Orchestra Anglia
  • Chamber Music with members of Lüneburger Symphoniker & Oldenburgisches  Stattorchester
  • Kammerphilharmonie Europa
  • Evropska String Quartet
  • Heron Piano Quartet
  • Maurizi Ensemble
  • Aurora Festival Ensemble

Collaborative work with Actors, Singers and Dancers

  • Keith Burstein’s chamber opera ‘Manifest Destiny’ (world premiere)
  • Actor-musician in Le Gateau Chocolat, (one man show with band in costume)  
  • Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd
  • Sondheim’s Into the Woods

Performances as soloist with orchestra

  • Walton viola concerto - Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
  • Mozart Sinfonia Concertante – Lancashire Chamber Orchestra

Competitions, Scholarships and Prizes

  • 2018: Finalist in the Johannes Brahms International Chamber Music Competition, Gdansk with the Chagall Piano Quartet
  • 2016: DAAD-STIBET Scholarship for especially engaged students
  • 2015: Finalist in the St Martin-in-the-Fields international chamber music Competition with the Chagall Piano Quartet
  • 2014: Lions Club Prize from the Academie d'Internationale Maurice Ravel for chamber music

Education and Training

  • 2017-2019 Chamber Studio, Kings Place
  • 2015-2017 University of the Arts, Bremen
    • Professor: Esther van Stralen
  • 2013-2014 Folkwang University of the Arts
    • Professors: Vladimir Mendelssohn, Dirk Mommertz, and Andreas Reiner
  • 2009-2011 Guildhall School of Music and Drama
    • Professor: Krzysztof Chorzelski  
  • 2005 – 2009 Royal Northern College of Music
    • Professor: Mark Knight
  • 1999 – 2005 Wells Cathedral School
    • Principal Teacher: Philip Dukes

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Instruments
Viola