Fenella Humphreys

Fenella Humphreys is a British classical violinist.[1]

Fenella Humphreys
Born	London, England
Genres	Classical, Contemporary Classical
Instruments	Violin
Website	fenellahumphreys.com

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.[2]

A number of eminent composers have written works for Humphreys, including Sir Peter Maxwell Davies,[3] Sally Beamish,[4] Cheryl Frances-Hoad,[5] Gordon Crosse,[6] Adrian Sutton and Piers Hellawell.[7] 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.[8]

In 2018, Humphreys won the BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Award for her solo CD Bach 2 the Future, vol.II.[9]

She plays a violin from the circle of Peter Guarneri of Venice.[10]

References

1. "Fenella Humphreys : Violinist". fenellahumphreys.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
2. "Fenella Humphreys : Violinist - about". fenellahumphreys.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
3. "Peter Maxwell Davies: Sonatina For Violin Alone: Violin". www.musicroom.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
4. "Intrada e Fuga". sally-beamish. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
5. "Cheryl Frances-Hoad: Suite No 1: Violin". www.musicroom.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
6. "Orkney Dreaming". Gordon Crosse - composer. 2017-02-25. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
7. "Balcony Scenes". www.editionpeters.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
8. "Rubicon Classics". rubiconclassics.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
9. "Winners of BBC Music Magazine Awards 2018 announced | Classical-Music.com". www.classical-music.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
10. "Fenella Humphreys : Violinist - about". fenellahumphreys.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.