Irish-Italian violinist Violetta Suvini graduated from a Masters in Performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2023 with Distinction and a Concert Recital Diploma for exceptional final recital. She held the Yfrah Neaman Memorial Scholarship and studied with Stephanie Gonley. Her postgraduate studies were generously supported by the Kathleen Trust and the Humphrey Richardson Taylor Trust. Prior to this, Violetta studied French and Italian literature at St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford, graduating in 2021 with First Class Honours and the Marjorie Countess of Warwick Prize, the Mrs Claude Beddington Prize and the Junior Paget Toynbee Prize for highest marks.

Violetta is a Britten-Pears Young Artist 24-25. She was awarded First Prize at the Premio Internazionale Il Suono Giovane 2024 with pianist Henry Lewis, and has won First Prize at competitions such as the Rovere d’Oro Concorso Internazionale and the D’Addario Festival String Competition. Violetta has performed chamber music in venues such as Wigmore Hall, Snape Maltings, Holywell Music Room, St John’s Smith Square, City Music Foundation, Princess Alexandra Hall, St Martin in the Fields, multiple Oxford colleges, and the Stauffer Centre of Cremona.

Violetta’s piano trio, Trio Casella, won first prize at the 2024 Piano Trio Society Intercollegiate Competition, the 2023 Ivan Sutton Chamber Music Competition, and the 2023 St James’s Chamber Music Competition in London, and third prize at the Renzo Giubergia International Chamber Music Competition 2024. Their multiple broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 include the UK Premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s ‘A Thousand Tongues’.

Violetta is a member of Komuna Collective, a group of contemporary musicians and artists supported by Arts Council England, Oxford Cultural Programme (formerly TORCH) and PRS Foundation. Violetta’s engagement with contemporary music has included projects such as leading contemporary music ensemble ‘UBU’ for BBC Radio 3’s Frank Zappa ‘Total Immersion’ broadcast, whose performance The Guardian called ‘the highlight of the day’.

Violetta has benefitted from masterclasses with world-renowned musicians such as Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Ralf Gothoni, Ensemble Intercontemporain, András Keller, the Gould Trio, and The Takacs Quartet. She is grateful to the Harrison Frank Family Foundation for the loan of an old Italian instrument, and to the Humphrey Richardson Taylor Trust who continue to provide valued support.

For any enquiries please contact violetta.suvini1@gmail.com