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“Young composers and players together absolutely dazzled in the big "New Music Now" concert over at the Britten Studio on Friday afternoon. [Each of the] composer-participants on the Aldeburgh Composition and Performance Course, founded in 1992 by Colin Matthews and Oliver Knussen, seemed to have something engaging to say, assisted by interesting choices of texts for one or two singers alongside the brilliant players of the Britten Pears Contemporary Ensemble.Colin Matthews introduced the programme and begged forgiveness if he, Helen Grime and Turnage, who later said how much he liked all the participants ("not always the case"), had taken the liberty of inserting their own pieces as well as memorials to Kaija Saariaho and Alexander Goehr. It was good to hear them all so compellingly played; again, the deepest impression probably came from the shortest piece, Saariaho's exquisite setting of a speech by Miranda from Shakespeare's The Tempest.”— The Arts Desk
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Royal Philharmonic Society Emily Anderson Violin Prize
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This prize was established in the 1960s following a gift to the RPS in the Will of Emily Anderson, celebrated editor and translator of the letters of Mozart and Beethoven.
City Music Foundation Artist
Violetta joins City Music Foundation as an artist from 2025-2027. Upcoming dates at St Martin in the Fields and St Barths. City Music Foundation will support the release of her debut CD.
Vaughan Williams Foundation Funding
Violetta has received funding from the Vaughan Williams Foundation to commission a new violin-viola duo by Ben Nobuto, to be premiered at Cheltenham Festival 2026.
This will be performed alongside separate commissions from Imogen Davey and Jasmine Morris.
Finzi Trust’s Young Musician Fund
Violetta is grateful to the Finzi Trust, whose support has allowed her to purchase a bow by Howard Green.
