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James Widden

Violin & Viola

Orchestral work

Violin

• St Paul’s Sinfonia (leader)
• Opera de Baugé (principal 2^nd violin)
• Trafalgar Sinfonia (violin doubling viola)
• Belmont Ensemble (violin)
• Talkestra (leader)
• Sibelius Festival Orchestra (leader)

Viola

• London Mozart Players (regular extra work including co-principal viola)
• Manchester Camerata (trial, plus extra work including principal viola)
• Lancashire Sinfonietta (co-principal viola)
• BBC Philharmonic (trial)
• Hallé (extra work)

Chamber/contemporary ensemble

• Endymion (violin and viola, including BBC Proms)
• London Sinfonietta (violin)
• London Contemporary Music Group (solo viola)
• Splinter Cell (solo violin)
• Bergamo Ensemble (solo violin and viola)
• Bridgetower Music (1^st violin)
• Camberwell Composers’ Collective
• Tacet Ensemble

Solo/concerto

• Beethoven – Violin Concerto (St Paul’s Sinfonia)
• Brahms – Double Concerto (with Alison Holford – St Paul’s Sinfonia, Southampton Sinfonietta, Southend Philharmonic)
• Vivaldi – Four Seasons (St Paul’s Sinfonia, Talkestra)
• Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante (with Sam Burstin – St Paul’s Sinfonia)
• Berg – Chamber Concerto (TCM Wind Ensemble)
• Weill – Violin Concerto (Southern Winds)
• Stravinsky – Soldier’s Tale (Tacet Ensemble, Bergamo Ensemble)
• Berio – Violin Sequenza (Tacet Ensemble)

Education

• Trinity College of Music Postgrad Diploma and Advanced Diploma
• Leader of TCM Symphony Orchestra
• Leader of TCM Chamber Orchestra
• Leader of TCM Contemporary Music Group
• Barbirolli Prize for String Quartet

Professors: Nona Liddell • Nic Pendlebury

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Instruments
Violin & Viola, Remote Recording, Viola, Violin