Rosalind Ventris

Recently described as a ‘remarkable talent' for her performance of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante with violinist Tasmin Little, twenty-one year old British violist Rosalind Ventris is quickly emerging as one of the most promising young artists of her generation.

Rosalind performs regularly as a soloist and chamber musician in the UK and throughout Europe, playing in venues such as St. John’s Smith Square, the Barbican, and the Wigmore Hall. She graduated from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, in 2009. Whilst at Cambridge, she won all the University’s major prizes for musical performance, including the Nigel Brown prize (2008). She now studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with David Takeno.

Aged 17, Rosalind was the youngest competitor at the 2006 Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition where she received the Gwynne Edwards memorial prize for the most promising British entrant, and the prize of an engagement with the European Union Chamber Orchestra. She made her London concerto debut a year later, and has since frequently performed as a concerto soloist: recently, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with Tasmin Little, Hindemith’s Trauermusik with the EUCO, Bartok’s viola concerto with Thomas Blunt and CUCO, Bruch’s Double Concerto with Tom Gould, Daniel Hill, and the Beethoven Ensemble, and Walton’s Viola Concerto with Peter Stark and CUMS I. Rosalind has won awards from the Aidan Woodcock Charity, the Musician’s Benevolent Fund Award, the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund, and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, in support of her studies. The latter Trust has recently invited Rosalind to take part in their Recital Scheme for the coming year. Also a keen chamber musician, Rosalind has performed with the Dante, and Endellion string quartets.

Forthcoming concerts include a recital for the Young Performers Concert Series, and a recital at the Royal Festival Hall. For latest details of these events, please visit her website.

Recent and Forthcoming Concerts

Wednesday 1 September 2010

Sophie’s Barn, Chacombe
Handel, Schumann, Takemitsu, Enescu, Ysaye and Brahms
With pianist Kate Whitley

Thursday 2 September 2010, 1pm

Foundling Museum, London
Young Performers Concert Series Recital
Handel, Takemitsu, Enescu and Brahms
With pianist Kate Whitley

Tuesday 28 September 2010

Evening Chamber Music Recital, Oxford
Copland - Sextet for piano, clarinet and string quartet
Kurtág - Hommage à Robert Schumann for clarinet, viola & piano
Schumann - Märchenerzählungen for Clarinet, Viola and Piano
With Mark Simpson (clarinet) and Kate Whitley (piano)

Friday 8 October 2010, 1.10pm

Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
Recital with pianist Kate Whitley

Saturday 20 November 2010

St. Mary and St. John The Divine, Balham High Road, London
Recital with pianist Lara Dodds-Eden, to include works by Rebecca Clarke, Enescu and Edwin Roxburgh

Thursday 10 February 2011, 8pm

Little Slyfield, Stoke D’Abernon, Cobham, Surrey
Recital with pianist Lara Dodds-Eden, to include works by Rebecca Clarke, Enescu and Edwin Roxburgh