Rebecca Knight - 'Cello
Member of the Lawson Trio since 2007, Rebecca came to the group with chamber performances at the South Bank Centre, the Wigmore Hall, LSO St Luke’s and the BBC Chamber Proms already under her belt, and recitals at numerous festivals both within the UK and internationally.
Recent engagements have included appearances as concerto soloist with Blackpool Symphony Orchestra and Haydn Chamber Orchestra, and as cellist of the Festival Soloists ensemble for Presteigne Festival and Tour 2011, giving UK premieres of a collection of works featuring leading British and Lithuanian composers.
Born and brought up in West Sussex, Rebecca gained a scholarship in 1995 to attend the Junior department of the Royal Academy of Music, going on to win the department’s cello prize and her first concerto opportunity. Following this she studied at the Guildhall with Louise Hopkins from 2000 to 2005, where she was awarded the Gregory Salzman award for postgraduate study, gained a place on the LSO’s string scheme, and was chosen to represent the school at Paxos International Festival, Manchester Quartetfest, and LSO Discovery Series and at the Wigmore Hall.
Since graduating from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Rebecca has also worked with chamber ensembles and orchestras including the Endymion Ensemble, City of London Sinfonia, London Chamber Orchestra.
A keen champion of new music, Rebecca has given premiere performances of new chamber works for broadcast on BBC Radio, including at the BBCSO’s MacMillan festival, a BBC Composer Portrait of Chen Yi, and works with Caius Choir, Cambridge. Rebecca is also a skilled educator, having coached chamber music at the Junior department of the Guildhall for the past 5 years, as well as leading and performing in workshops run by Wigmore Hall Learning and the City of London Sinfonia’s outreach programme.
In parallel with her performing career, Rebecca enjoys learning Russian and other slavic languages and has studied with teachers from the Institute of Culture and Art in St Petersburg and at the School of Slavonic and Eastern European Language at UCL.
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