FENELLA HUMPHREYS

Over the past year violinist Fenella Humphreys has performed at prestigious venues including London’s South Bank Centre, St. John's Smith Square, and the Salisbury International Festival.   She was a 2006 Park Lane Group Young Artist, and received the Making Music Federation's 2005 Philip and Dorothy Green Award for Young Concert Artists.   

Solo and chamber performances have included broadcasts for BBC Radio 3, Classic FM, DeutschlandRadio Berlin and West-Deutsche-Rundfunk as well as appearances around Europe, America and Israel.   In September 2006, Fenella 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 80^th birthday of Lady Walton.  

A busy chamber musician, Fenella has performed with such artists as Alexander Baillie, Hariolf Schlichtig. Pekka Kuusisto and Martin Lovett, and is regularly invited to take part in the celebrated Open Chamber Music at IMS Prussia Cove.   She has participated in masterclasses with musicians including Melos Quartet, Takács Quartet, Lorand Fenyves, Thomas Brandis, Thomas Riebl, Peter Frankl and Krzysztof Penderecki.  

Fenella studied with Prof. Sidney Griller CBE and Prof. Itzhak Rashkovsky whilst at the Purcell School.   She was subsequently a scholar at Guildhall School of Music and Drama learning with Prof. David Takeno.   Fenella completed postrgraduate studies in Prof. Ida Bieler’s class at the Robert Schumann Hochschule, Düsseldorf, whilst in Prof. Andreas Reiner’s chamber music class at the Folkwang-Hochschule, Essen.

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