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Qualifications:
ABRSM Grade 8 violin with distinction 2008
WJEC A level Music 2012
Bachelor of Music Degree on modern violin September 2018 (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire)
Spoken Languages: English and Italian
I began modern violin lessons at the age of seven in Wales, UK. I immediately knew that this was something I wanted to do for the rest of my life and began my journey as a musician.
I was accepted into Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London in 2009 as a Junior student. During this time I was lucky enough to be taught by Mark Knight and was awarded the first Guildhall Violin Scholarship Prize.
Mark Knight was taught by a student of the great Carl Flesch. From Junior Guildhall, I went to the Royal Welsh Conservatoire in my home city of Cardiff, to begin my Bachelor of Music on modern violin. After completing year one, I went on to finish my degree at The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire with Simon Smith.
During the final year at Birmingham I went to Italy on an Erasmus exchange on baroque violin in the Bruno Maderna conservatoire. After the exchange I transferred and became a full-time student on a degree on baroque violin in the Bruno Maderna conservatoire Cesena, Italy, where I also received tuition on the harpsichord.
In my spare time I also enjoy composing. I have been composing since I was 7 years old. I also play the piano and am very active on YouTube as a musician.
Aside from my classical musical activities, I have a great interest in music from around the world from Mongolian throat singing to Sami joik from Scandinavia. I play jazz, klezmer, rock and some pop. I am very keen on fitness and health. I also have a keen interest in music technology. I was in charge of lighting in a 2019 production of Verdi’s La Traviata. I have been teaching violin, viola, piano and the italian language regularly since 2024. In total, I have had dozens of students over the years.
More recently I have formed a string trio and am rehearsing and planning our first series of concerts. Recently in late 2025 I performed in a concert put on by Camanae de Cymru in which I performed Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Vivaldi’s Winter.
