Andrzej Panufnik Violin Concerto
Video credit: Gauthier Gareau
Trio Casella at Wigmore Hall, 2024 Beethoven Opus 70 No 2
Mozart String Quintet in C
Brahms String Quintet Op.111
reviews/interviews
“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
“I ask Violetta where she thinks the classical music industry is in terms of current relevance to younger audiences. ‘I think the most powerful thing about classical music is it’s one of the oldest forms of art and narrative and communication; through this medium we have an archive of human output.’”
“Folk songs are at the heart of a lot of classical music, and Violetta finds their clarity of purpose invigorating for creating her interpretation of classical works. ‘In folk music, the songs have a certain purpose: death songs, marriage songs, dancing songs… all crafted around human community and psychology. Classical music can be a bit esoteric in its complexity – I like finding the primal emotions at its heart.’”
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.
news
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.
Hinrichsen Foundation Funding
Violetta is grateful to the Hinrichsen Foundation for funding to record and release a CD of new violin-viola commissions in 2027.
Cheltenham Music Festival 2026 Programme Announced
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 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.
PRXLUDES
Further Than Sound: a conversation with Komuna Collective
WRITING
