Siret Lust

Double Bass

Orchestral Work

Philharmonia Orchestra - Associate Member
London Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (No.3 sub-principal trial)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (No.2 principal trial)
BBC Symphony Orchestra (tutti trial)
BBC Concert Orchestra
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
Ulster Orchestra (No.2 principal trial)
Aurora Orchestra
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
London Mozart Players (guest principal)
Manchester Camerata (guest principal)

Royal Ballet Sinfonia (guest principal)

Abroad
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Amsterdam Sinfonietta
RTE National Symphony Orchestra
Le Concert Olympique
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Estonian Festival Orchestra
Tallinn Baroque Orchestra

Commercial Sessions
Isobel Griffiths Ltd
COOL Music
London Contemporary Orchestra
English Session Orchestra

Orchestral Training

LSO String Experience Scheme
LSO String Academy
European Union Youth Orchestra
Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra
German-Scandinavian Youth Philharmonics
French-German Youth Symphony Orchestra
Sinfonia Cymru

Estonian National Youth Symphony Orchestra

Education

2009-2016 Guildhall School of Music and Drama
2009-2013 Bachelor of Music, 1st Class Honours
(with Rinat Ibragimov and Luis Cabrera, baroque bass
Pavlo Beznosiuk and viola da gamba Liam Byrne)
2013-15 Masters in Performance with Distinction
2015-16 Guildhall Artist Fellowship
1997-2009 Tallinn Music High School
(1997-2003 principal study violin with Kaido Välja,
2003-2009 principal study double bass with Kaupo Olt)

Solo

Vanhal bass concerto with Haapsalu Festival Orchestra
Koussevitzky bass concerto with TMKK & ERSO
Koussevitzky bass concerto with Pärnu City Orchestra
Bottesini variations “Nel Cor Piu Non Mi Sento” with
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Bryars bass concerto “Farewell to St Petersburg” with
Pärnu City Orchestra
Masterclasses with Joel Quarrington, Nabil Shehata,
Edicson Ruiz, Jeff Bradetich, Roman Patkolo, Tim
Cobb, Daxun Zhang, Martin Heinze, Olivier Thiery,
Pierre-Emmanuel de Maistre, Karsten Heins, Bjorn
Malmqvist and others.

Chamber Music

Working with numerous chamber groups, such as:
Camerata Tchaikovsky, Jigsaw Players, United Strings
of Europe, Marryat Players, 12 Ensemble, Trafalgar
Sinfonia, Belmont Ensemble, London Musical Arts
Orchestra, Camerata Alma Viva, Martucci Ensemble,
Maiastra, Faust Ensemble, and participating at various
festivals in UK and abroad (North York Moors Chamber
Music Festival, Roman River Festival in Colchester,
Cowbridge Festival in Wales, Northern Chords in
Newcastle, Musique a Marsac in France, Paxos
Chamber Music Festival in Greece, Edinburgh Fringe
in Scotland, Loviisa Sibelius Festival in Finland, etc)

Teaching

Professor of double bass at the Guildhall School of
Music and Drama (since Sept 2024)
Whitgift School double bass teacher (2022)
Ealing Music School deputy double bass teacher (2018)
City University London double bass teacher (2014/15)
Centre for Young Musicians, tutor apprentice (2012/13)
Educational work with the LSO, Philharmonia, London
Mozart Players and the Multi-Story Orchestra.
Master classes at Pärnu Music Festival and Haapsalu
String Courses in Estonia

Awards and Scholarships

The Countess of Munster Musical Trust
Help Musicians UK Postgraduate Award
Craxton Memorial Trust
Guildhall School Trust
Cultural Endowment of Estonia
Archimedes Foundation Young Scholar Grant
Estonian Student's Fund in USA
Estonian Educational Trust in UK
Estonia-Revelia Academic Fund

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Instruments
Double Bass