Joanna Twaddle

Cello

Orchestral Experience
May 2022 – present London Symphony Orchestra
Trialist (until Dec 23) and regular guest player
Playing as co-principal for LSO South Korea
Tour (in Oct 22)
Jan 2022 – present Tonhalle Orchester Zürich
Guest player
2019 English Chamber Orchestra
Guest player
2022 Orquestra de la Communitat Valenciana
Guest player
2022 Swiss Chamber Camerata
Guest player Principal Cello
2010 – 2016 National Youth Orchestra of GB
Including co-principal cello
2019 Guildhall School of Music and Drama Opera
Orchestra
Principal Cello
2019 Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Symphony Orchestra
Principal Cello – As part of LSO Donatella Flick
Conducting Competition

Education
Sep 2015 – July 2019 Guildhall School of Music and Drama,
London
Bachelor of Music – Tim Lowe
Premier prix/Concert Recital Diploma for the
highest mark in the final recital
Sep 2019 – July 2022 Musik-Akademie Basel
Masters Degree – Thomas Demenga
Distinction with full marks

Awards
Rahn Kulturfonds String Competition, Switzerland 2022 2nd prize
Geneve International Cello Competition, Switzerland 2021 Quarterfinalist
Concerto Competition, Musik-Akademie Basel 2020 1st place
Rahn Kulturfonds Scholarship, Switzerland 2020 Scholarship recipient
Premier prix award, Guildhall School of Music and Drama 2019 Award
Eastbourne Concerto Competition, GB 2019 Runner-up
Ivan Sutton International Music Competition, London 2019 1st place
Muriel Taylor Cello Competition, London 2019 1st place
ABRSM Bursary Silver Award 2007 Award
Solo and chamber music
Solo cellist playing Rococo Variations - Tchaikovsky, St John’s Chamber Orchestra 2023
Duo Recital, ArtDialog Festival, Biel 2023
Solo cellist playing Rococo Variations - Tchaikovsky, Kammerorchester Basel 2020
Solo cellist with ‘Opera della luna’, Buxton International Music Festival 2018
Solo cellist in Dvorak Cello Concerto, Guildhall School of Music and Drama 2018

Masterclasses
Raphael Wallfisch – 2018
Andras Keller – 2017
Ralf Gothoni – 2018
Emerson Quartet – 2018
Adrian Brendel – 2014–2018
Rebecca Gilliver – 2018
Robert Levin – 2019
Steven Isserlis - 2021

Teaching & Noteworthy
Working with El Sistema “In
Harmony” project in
Liverpool, helping
underprivileged children gain
exposure to classical music
Class of private students
since the age of 19
Playing in children’s
concerts with London
Symphony Orchestra

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Instruments
Cello