Colette Overdijk

Musician, Violin

Colette Overdijk grew up in the Netherlands in the beautiful city of Amersfoort where she started playing the violin when she was seven years old. Currently she is a member of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Previously she held…

Collette Overdijk, violin, & Ian Anderson, viola

Viola, Violin

Floris Kappeyne Trio

Piano

The Floris Kappeyne Trio was set up in 2015 by the pianist. The trio consisting of separate Prinses Christina Concours winners (2012) met in their early teenage years when the pianist invited Tijs Klaassen and Wouter Kühne to play a…

James Hulme

Oboe

As an oboist, James Hulme has appeared in all the major concert halls in the UK and has also performed extensively in Europe. Originally from Manchester, he studied the oboe with Anna Cooper and then with Valerie Taylor at Chetham’s…

Jane Hyland

Cello

Jane Hyland won a scholarship to study the cello at the RCM in London. She then joined the BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra becoming the BBC’s youngest ever Principal Cellist. She spent three years as Principal Cellist at the Staatstheater in…

Jim McCarty

Musician

Jim McCarty is the renowned drummer from THE YARDBIRDS who is respected worldwide for his innovative drumming style which he introduced into music in the ’60s on hits such as “For Your Love”, “Heart Full Of Soul”, “Evil Heated You”,…

Leo Melvin

Cello, Musician

London-born Cellist, Leo Melvin is twenty-seven years of age. He graduated with honours from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he studied on a full scholarship, with Richard Lester. He was a member of the RCM Junior Department,…

Levon Chilingirian

Violin

Levon Chilingirian was born in Cyprus and studied at the RCM in London. In 1971 he formed the Chilingirian Quartet which is today one of the most internationally celebrated string quartets. Levon also performs as a soloist and regularly directs…

Michela Zanoni

Harp

Michela Zanoni has been studying the harp since she was 9. Whilst under the tuition of Noelle Vera in Monaco, Michela performed at the Rouen Harp Festival, the day of the harp in Nice and at a concert at Farmleigh…

Rebecca Taylor

Musician, Piano

Rebecca Taylor studied music at Oxford University and the RAM, London and is increasingly in demand both as an accompanist and repetiteur. She has broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 & 4, made CD recordings and performed in venues including…

Rhonda Bradetich

Flute

Rhonda Bradetich lives in the San Francisco Bay Area where she substitutes with the San Francisco Symphony as well as other ensembles. In 2009, she was the solo piccoloist for the Honolulu Symphony and the Hawaii Opera Theater. In 2012,…

Richard Leach, piano

Piano

Sophie Haynes, cello

Cello

Susie Mészáros

Viola

Susie Mészáros is a member of the world-renowned Chilingirian String Quartet.Susie Mészáros studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and was principal viola with the Camerata Salzburg. She made her Wigmore Hall debut as a duo with Yehudi Menuhin in 1977,…

Tom Reynolds

Musician

Growing up in Chicago, and then moving to Nashville after his university days, Tom Reynolds had the fortune of performing with fabulous musicians during the 1990’s before beginning his career as a professor teaching religion and theology. He worked as…