'Madeleine Mitchell is one of the UK's foremost violinists' and 'one of Britain's liveliest musical forces' (The Times).She has performed in over 40 countries as a soloist in a wide repertoire in major venues and frequently broadcasts for television and radio including the BBC Proms and ABC (Australia). She was described by the Chief Music Critic of the Herald after a recital in Glasgow as 'a violinist in a million.. staggering virtuosity and unparalleled musicianship..her amazing big toned, sweetly lyrical, vibrantly intense playing is unmistakable' .
Madeleine Mitchell has performed a wide repertoire of concertos with major orchestras including the St Petersburg Philharmonic, Czech and Polish Radio Symphony, Wurttemberg and Munich Chamber, the Royal Philharmonic and other London orchestras; Welsh Chamber, Orchestra de Bahia Brazil, Malaga Symphony of Spain and for the BBC. Many composers have written works for her and she has given numerous premieres. She premiered works for solo violin and choir by Roxanna Panufnik,Jonathan Harvey and Thierry Pecou at Bath and Spitalifields festivals.
Following Mitchell's performance in Symphony Hall International Series of Lou Harrison Violin Concerto with Percussion Orchestra, her recording of this and new works by Oscar winning Anne Dudley and Taik O'Regan, (FiddleSticks with Ensemble Bash on the Signum label) was nominated for Grammy, BBC Music and Midem awards. Violin Songs (divine-art.com) - popular romantic pieces and rarities with Andrew Ball piano and Elizabeth Watts soprano, was Classic FM's CD of the Week and her recording of Alwyn chamber music for Naxos was CD of the month. Her other recent highly praised recordings include In Sunlight: Pieces for Madeleine Mitchell (NMC) - attractive works with piano and for solo violin written for her by many of Britain's best known composers including MacMillan and Nyman: 'wonderfully accomplished performances' (Gramophone); 'British Treasures' - early 20th century romantic violin sonatas for Somm; Hummel violin sonatas and Bridge chamber music for Meridian, a 2nd Naxos album of violi works by Howard Blake with the composer, and Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time – the widely recommended version, re-released by Warner in 2010.
Madeleine Mitchell is well known for her recitals in a wide repertoire and for her imaginative programming. She represented Britain in both the festival UKinNY with a recital at Lincoln Center and for the centenary of Entente Cordiale with France, has given recitals at Sydney Opera House, Seoul Center for the Arts and Hong Kong - part of a 3 month world tour, played at many international and most of the major British festivals and frequently performs in London. Artists with whom she has collaborated include Joanna MacGregor, Noriko Ogawa, Joel Sachs, Paul Watkins, Imogen Cooper, Norbert Brainin, Craig Ogden and at the start of her career she was the violinist in Sir Peter Maxwell Davies' seminal group 'The Fires of London'.
A highly creative personality, she devised the Red Violin Festival under Lord Menuhin's patronage, the first international eclectic celebration of the fiddle across the arts, in Cardiff for which she was shortlisted for both the Creative Briton and European Women of Achievement Awards.
Madeleine Mitchell was awarded the Tagore Gold Medal as Foundation Scholar at the Royal College of Music where she is been a part-time Professor. As Fulbright/ITT Fellow she gained a master's degree in New York studying with Dorothy DeLay, Donald Weilerstein and Sylvia Rosenberg at the Eastman and Juilliard schools. She gives master classes, workshops and lecture recitals worldwide, with regular tours of the USA. She is also Director of the London Chamber Ensemble and on the faculty of the Orfeo International Summer Festival in the Italian Alps.
Madeleine Mitchell, Violin
Biography
'Madeleine Mitchell is one of the UK's foremost violinists' and 'one of Britain's liveliest musical forces' (The Times). She has performed in over 40 countries as a soloist in a wide repertoire in major venues and frequently broadcasts for television and radio including the BBC Proms and ABC (Australia). She was described by the Chief Music Critic of the Herald after a recital in Glasgow as 'a violinist in a million.. staggering virtuosity and unparalleled musicianship..her amazing big toned, sweetly lyrical, vibrantly intense playing is unmistakable' .
Madeleine Mitchell has performed a wide repertoire of concertos with major orchestras including the St Petersburg Philharmonic, Czech and Polish Radio Symphony, Wurttemberg and Munich Chamber, the Royal Philharmonic and other London orchestras; Welsh Chamber, Orchestra de Bahia Brazil, Malaga Symphony of Spain and for the BBC. Many composers have written works for her and she has given numerous premieres. She premiered works for solo violin and choir by Roxanna Panufnik, Jonathan Harvey and Thierry Pecou at Bath and Spitalifields festivals.
Following Mitchell's performance in Symphony Hall International Series of Lou Harrison Violin Concerto with Percussion Orchestra, her recording of this and new works by Oscar winning Anne Dudley and Taik O'Regan, (FiddleSticks with Ensemble Bash on the Signum label) was nominated for Grammy, BBC Music and Midem awards. Violin Songs (divine-art.com) - popular romantic pieces and rarities with Andrew Ball piano and Elizabeth Watts soprano, was Classic FM's CD of the Week and her recording of Alwyn chamber music for Naxos was CD of the month. Her other recent highly praised recordings include In Sunlight: Pieces for Madeleine Mitchell (NMC) - attractive works with piano and for solo violin written for her by many of Britain's best known composers including MacMillan and Nyman: 'wonderfully accomplished performances' (Gramophone); 'British Treasures' - early 20th century romantic violin sonatas for Somm; Hummel violin sonatas and Bridge chamber music for Meridian, a 2nd Naxos album of violi works by Howard Blake with the composer, and Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time – the widely recommended version, re-released by Warner in 2010.
Madeleine Mitchell is well known for her recitals in a wide repertoire and for her imaginative programming. She represented Britain in both the festival UKinNY with a recital at Lincoln Center and for the centenary of Entente Cordiale with France, has given recitals at Sydney Opera House, Seoul Center for the Arts and Hong Kong - part of a 3 month world tour, played at many international and most of the major British festivals and frequently performs in London. Artists with whom she has collaborated include Joanna MacGregor, Noriko Ogawa, Joel Sachs, Paul Watkins, Imogen Cooper, Norbert Brainin, Craig Ogden and at the start of her career she was the violinist in Sir Peter Maxwell Davies' seminal group 'The Fires of London'.
A highly creative personality, she devised the Red Violin Festival under Lord Menuhin's patronage, the first international eclectic celebration of the fiddle across the arts, in Cardiff for which she was shortlisted for both the Creative Briton and European Women of Achievement Awards.
Madeleine Mitchell was awarded the Tagore Gold Medal as Foundation Scholar at the Royal College of Music where she is been a part-time Professor. As Fulbright/ITT Fellow she gained a master's degree in New York studying with Dorothy DeLay, Donald Weilerstein and Sylvia Rosenberg at the Eastman and Juilliard schools. She gives master classes, workshops and lecture recitals worldwide, with regular tours of the USA. She is also Director of the London Chamber Ensemble and on the faculty of the Orfeo International Summer Festival in the Italian Alps.
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