LUCY BAKER ~ VIOLIN

2004-2005 PPRNCM & MMus, Distinction, RNCM Manchester - Jan Repko

2003-2004 Private study in Amsterdam - Herman Krebbers

2002-2003 PGDip(Solo/Ensemble), Distinction, RCM London - Itzhak Rashkovsky

9-12/2002 Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel - Igor Oistrakh

1998-2002 BMus(Hons), 1^st Class, RCM London - Ani Schnarch

1993-1997 Junior Department, RCM London - Ani Schnarch

Awards, Competitions & Scholarships

2005 Scholarship with Baker Quartet to Lake District Summer Music Festival

2004 South Square Trust Award, Humphrey Edgerton Taylor Charitable Trust

2002 & 2003 Scholarships, Countess of Munster Musical Trust, Jerwood Foundation

2003 Winner, Ian Stoutsker Violin Prize, Royal College of Music

2002 John Lewis Partnership Award, RCM PGDip Scholarship

Scholarship, Musicians’ Benevolent Fund

Winner, Kathleen Long Chamber Music Prize, Royal College of Music

2000-2004 KPMG/Martin Musical Scholarship Fund Awards

2000-2004 Exhibitioner, Royal College of Music (BMus)

1999 Hattori Foundation, Junior Award Winner

Chamber Music Highlights

2005 Baker String Quartet Winner RNCM Hirsch Prize, Recitals

2002-3 Bowen String Quartet

Malcolm Arnold 90^th B’day Concert at RCM London

Cheltenham Young Musicians’ Festival

Halifax Young Musicians’ Festival,

1998 Baker Piano Quartet Performance for Her Majesty the Queen

Courses

2003, 2004 IMS Prussia Cove, Open Chamber Music, England

2003, 2004 International Summer Academy Mozarteum, Salzburg

1999-2002, 2004 Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, USA (Performing Associate)

2002 Holland Music Sessions, Netherlands

1999-2001 Keshet Eilon Violin Mastercourse, Israel

Masterclasses with...

Ida Haendel, Shlomo Mintz, Vadim Gluzman, Lorand Fenyves, Zvi Zeitlin, Haim Taub, Thomas Brandis, Viktor Danchenko, Sylvia Rosenberg, Schmuel Ashkenazy, Benjamin Schmidt, Louis Kaplan, Milan Skampa, Chilingirian Quartet, Simon Roland Jones.

Orchestral projects

Currently Sub-Principal Second Violin, Northern Sinfonia 

Freelance work

Britten Sinfonia

Manchester Camerata, inc. Principal 2nd

Northern Chamber Orchestra, inc. Principal 2^nd & Co-leader

BBC Philharmonic

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Previous projects

2006-07 No.3 First violin, Northern Ballet Theatre

Leader Amadeus Orchestra, Guildford Symphony Orchestra,

Sale Chamber Orchestra

RNCM Symphony Orchestra Bridgewater Hall Gala Concert

RCM New Perspectives Ensemble & Symphony Orchestra for Haitink’s Mahler 6 & Golden Jubilee at Buckingham Palace

1^st & 2^nd violin London Symphony Orchestra String Scheme (2001)

London Philharmonic Orchestra Playerlink (2002)