Jennifer Pike, British violinist
BBC Young Musician of the Year 2002
"simply spectacular" - The Independent
"a truly engaging musicality" The Times
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Jennifer Pike is the youngest-ever winner of the prestigious BBC Young Musician of the Year competition.
She was awarded the coveted prize at the age of only twelve, after her inspired performance of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sir Andrew Davis, broadcast live to millions on BBC 2 on 26th May 2002 from the Barbican Hall, London.
Jennifer, who comes from Cheshire, began learning the violin at the age of five, having shown exceptional talent from a very early age. She has given performances throughout the country and abroad, including acclaimed recitals in London's Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room. As a concerto soloist she has performed with major orchestras, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic and BBC Concert Orchestras, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Halle Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Mozart Players, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the European Union Chamber Orchestra, the World Youth Orchestra, the City of London Sinfonia and the London Festival Orchestra.
She has broadcast frequently on radio and television, and now aged just eighteen she is now widely regarded as one of the finest violinists in Britain.
For a concert programme biography please click here.
For full details of concerts in the current season please click here.
Full details of all forthcoming performances are also available from Hazard Chase to whom all enquiries regarding engagements should be addressed.
Concerts in the previous season [Details]