Beiliang Zhu (cello)
Beiliang Zhu won First Prize and the Audience Award at the XVIII International Bach Competition in Leipzig in 2012, the first string player to have received this honor on a baroque instrument. She received her Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School in Historical Performance, studying baroque cello with …
Briggs Piano Trio
United by a commitment to continuing to raise the profile of the Austrian-British composer Hans Gál, the members of the Briggs Piano Trio were brought together by AVIE Records to make the recording which contrasts Gál’s poetic E major Trio with Shostakovich’s dark E minor Trio. Pianist Sarah Beth Briggs, …
David Juritz (violin)
David Juritz was born in Cape Town, South Africa and, after winning a scholarship, came to London to study at the Royal College of Music (RCM) with Hugh Bean and Jaroslav Vanecek. During his time at the RCM he won all the major prizes for violin including the College’s highest …
Vladimir Waltham (cello)
A prize-winner of the 2016 International Bach Competition, French-born cellist Vladimir Waltham is much in demand as a soloist and chamber musician on modern and baroque cello as well as viola da gamba. He plays a cello by Nicola Gagliano kindly on loan from the Jumpstart Jr. Foundation. Vladimir’s various …
Jocelyn Lightfoot (french horn)
Jocelyn attended Chetham’s School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music, studying under Richard Watkins, Michael Thompson and Andrew Clark. She was awarded the 2003 Dennis Brain Horn Prize. She now plays with the major British and Irish symphony orchestras, having been solo horn with Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Norway, …
