Fenella Humphreys: The Open Fund for Music Creators

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Described in the press as ‘lyrically persuasive’, ‘mesmerising’ and ‘unforgettable’, violinist Fenella Humphreys has given concerto and recital performances at prestigious venues including London’s South Bank Centre, Cadogan Hall and the Teatro Coliseo in Buenos Aires.   She has received a number of awards and prizes, including selection as a Park Lane Group Young Artist, and Making Music’s Philip and Dorothy Green Award for Young Concert Artists, as well as giving a recital at the Wigmore Hall as finalist in the YCAT competition.

Solo and chamber performances have included broadcasts for BBC Radio 3, Classic FM, DeutschlandRadio Berlin, West-Deutsche-Rundfunk and BBC and Canadian TV as well as appearances around Europe, North and South America, Korea and Israel.   Fenella recently performed the Walton concerto at the composer’s home at the invitation of the Walton Trust, to open the newly built Greek Theatre, and celebrate the 80th birthday of Lady Walton.   This performance was recorded by Canadian TV and is included in a documentary about the life of Lady Walton.   Other recent highlights include a recital at the Purcell Room as part of the Park Lane Group’s 50th Anniversary series, a tour of South America as soloist, director and leader with the Deutsche Kammerakademie, and recording Christopher Wright’s new violin concerto wtih the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Martin Yates for Dutton.

PRSF are supporting the commissioning six British composers (Adrian Sutton, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Sally Beamish, Piers Hellawell, Gordon Crosse and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies) to write a new set of unaccompanied violin works. The 10-minute long works are being written to partner the Bach Sonatas and Partitas, and will fill a gap in the repertoire sadly left by the great British 20th Century composers.   Highly versatile, the resulting pieces will be programmable individually, as a set of 6, or in multiple concert series with or without the Bach works.