Jennifer Pike Violin
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Jennifer Pike Violin Performing extensively as soloist with major Charlotte Bray’s Scenes from Wonderland orchestras worldwide, Jennifer’s highlights with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at include concertos with all BBC orchestras, the Royal Festival Hall and Andrew Schultz’s Philharmonia, London Philharmonic, City of Violin Concerto and Sonatina for solo violin. Birmingham Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Hallé, Brussels Philharmonic, Her prolific and widely-acclaimed discography Dresden Philharmonic, Zurich Chamber, on Chandos, Sony and ABC Classics includes Strasbourg Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with Edward Tampere Philharmonic, Malmö Symphony, Gardner and the City of Birmingham Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Prague Symphony Orchestra, the Sibelius Violin Symphony, Czech National Symphony, Concerto with the Bergen Philharmonic and Auckland Philharmonia, Singapore Symphony, Sir Andrew Davis, Miklós Rózsa Violin Tokyo Symphony and Nagoya Philharmonic Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic and Orchestras. She has appeared as a guest Rumon Gamba, Bach with Sinfonietta director with the BBC Philharmonic and Cracovia and Schultz with the Tasmanian Manchester Camerata. She made her Symphony Orchestra, and a choral Carnegie Hall debut playing Vaughan arrangement of The Lark Ascending for Williams’ The Lark Ascending with the Chandos with the Swedish Chamber Choir. Chamber Orchestra of New York, recorded for Naxos. Recent invitations include her debut with the St Louis Symphony and returns to the St “Pike delves into the substance of Eminent conductors with whom she has Petersburg Symphony and Rheinische worked include Jirí Belohlávek, Martyn Philharmonie. Her latest Chandos disc, an the music to project its distinctive Brabbins, Sir Mark Elder, James Gaffigan, “irresistible release” of Elgar and Vaughan traits of emotional expression” Richard Hickox, Christopher Hogwood, Andris Williams sonatas, won Limelight Magazine’s The Telegraph Nelsons, Sir Roger Norrington, Michael Chamber Recording of the Year and numerous Sanderling, Jukka Pekka Saraste, Leif five-star reviews. Segerstam, Tugan Sokhiev, John Storgårds and Mark Wigglesworth. This season’s highlights include Mozart with Renowned for her unique artistry and the BBC Philharmonic, Bruch with the Royal compelling insight into music from the As a recitalist and chamber musician, Jennifer Philharmonic, and recitals at Wigmore Hall, Baroque to the present day, Jennifer Pike has Pike has collaborated with artists including Stoller Hall, and St George’s Bristol. Jennifer established herself as one of today’s most Anne-Sophie Mutter, Nikolaj Znaider, Adrian also performs The Lark Ascending in its exciting instrumentalists. Brendel, Nicolas Altstaedt, Maxim Rysanov, original version, recreating the work’s Ben Johnson, Igor Levit, Martin Roscoe, Tom premiere 100 years later, and she continues Jennifer Pike first gained international Poster, Ayaan and Amaan Ali Bangash, and to record for Chandos. recognition in 2002, when aged 12, she Mahan Esfahani. In 2016 her series of recitals became the youngest-ever winner of the BBC at LSO St Luke’s were broadcast on BBC Radio She was invited to become an ambassador for Young Musician of the Year and the youngest 3. She appears regularly at the Wigmore Hall the Prince’s Trust and Foundation for Children major prizewinner in the Menuhin and in 2017 curated and performed three and the Arts and is patron of the Lord Mayor’s International Violin Competition. Aged 15 she recitals in one-day celebrating Polish music, City Music Foundation. In October 2020, she made acclaimed debuts at the BBC Proms and including specially commissioned work. A disc was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Wigmore Hall, and her many subsequent of Polish violin works followed in January Honours list for services to classical music. Proms appearances include being a ‘featured 2019 on Chandos, which was richly rewarded Jennifer Pike plays a 1708 violin by Matteo artist’ in 2009. She was invited to become a by the critics. Goffriller. BBC New Generation Artist (2008-10), won the inaugural International London Music An enthusiastic promoter of new music, she Masters Award and became the only classical has had many works written for her, including Valid for use until 1 September 2021 artist ever to win the South Bank Show/Times Haflidi Hallgrimsson’s Violin Concerto, which For updated versions please contact Breakthrough Award. she premièred with the Scottish Chamber [email protected] Orchestra and Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Rayfield Allied Member of the International Artist 9-12 The Stableyard Managers’ Association Broomgrove Road, London SW9 9TL, UK Rayfield Allied acts as agent only and can www.rayfieldallied.com accept no responsibility as principal E-mail [email protected] Telephone +44 (0) 20 3176 5500 Facsimile +44 (0) 700 602 4143 .