Fenella Humphreys | |
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Born | 1977or1978(age 45–46) London, England |
Genres | Classical, Contemporary Classical |
Instrument(s) | Violin |
Website | fenellahumphreys |
Fenella Humphreys is a British classical violinist [1] who specialises in classical and contemporary repertoire [2] as both a soloist and chamber musician.
Born 1977or1978, [3] [4] she studied under Sidney Griller, Itzhak Rashkovsky, Ida Bieler and David Takeno at the Purcell School, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and the Robert-Schumann-Hochschule in Düsseldorf. [5]
A number of eminent composers have written works for Humphreys, including Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, [6] Sally Beamish, [7] Cheryl Frances-Hoad, [8] Gordon Crosse, [9] Adrian Sutton and Piers Hellawell. [10] She performs standard repertoire and contemporary violin concertos including Thomas Adès's Concentric Paths, Pēteris Vasks's Vientuļais eņģelis (Lonely Angel) and Max Richter's Recomposed: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons, which she recorded in 2019 for Rubicon Classics. [11]
Her recording of Jean Sibelius' Violin Concerto and Humoresques with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales was released in 2021. [12] In the same year, she released sheet music of a number of her own arrangements for violin that she performed during the covid lockdown. [13]
She plays a violin from the circle of Peter Guarneri of Venice. [5]
In 2018, Humphreys won the BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Award for her solo CD Bach 2 the Future, vol.II. [14] In 2023, she went on to win the Premiere Award for her album Caprices. [15]
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