Rosalind Ventris (viola) plays Bach, Fuchs and Holst

The Programme

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cello Suite no 3 in C major, BWV 1009
Fuchs, Lillian: Sonata Pastorale
Holst, Imogen: Suite for Unaccompanied Viola

Rosalind Ventris

Professional violist Rosalind Ventris performs as a recitalist and chamber musician at some of the world’s most prestigious venues and festivals, including the Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, West Cork, Purcell Room, Aldeburgh Festival, Auditorium du Louvre, Bozar, Great Music in Irish Houses, Slovak Philharmonic and Het Concertgebouw. As a concerto soloist, she has been invited to perform with the European Union Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia Cymru, l’Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie and the Belgian National Orchestra.

From almost as long as she can remember, chamber music has been at the heart of Rosalind’s musical life. Rosalind frequently performs as part of the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, which brings together some of the finest young chamber musicians in new and varied formations, with a specific and ardent commitment to celebrating diversity. The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective is a Wigmore Hall Associate Ensemble. Rosalind has been the violist of the flute, viola and harp trio, Trio Anima, since 2012 and performs with Ensemble Perpetuo. She has collaborated with internationally-renowned artists such as Mitsuko Uchida (Malboro Festival), Tabea Zimmermann, Garth Knox, Thomas Hoppe (Wigmore Hall), the Arcanto Quartett (Beethovenhaus) and Gerhard Schultz (Salzburg Festival). Her work as a guest principal violist includes projects with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta and the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

Recordings Rosalind has featured on as a chamber musician have received favourable reviews in the national and international press, as well as industry magazines (The Sunday Times Best Recordings of 2019, Editor’s Choice, Gramophone). Rosalind has recorded for Delphian, Signum and Navona record labels, and broadcast on BBC Radio 3, RTÉ Lyric FM, and NPO Radio 4.

Rosalind also enjoys exciting contemporary music collaborations, having performed alongside composers Garth Knox and Sally Beamish. As a former founder member of the Albion Quartet she recorded Richard Blackford’s Kalon with the Czech Philharmonic at the Rudolfinum (Prague). She has also premiered several works by Edwin Roxburgh at major London venues, and recently gave the premiere of a new work by Rory Boyle with Trio Anima. In December 2020 Rosalind recorded her debut album, featuring outstanding works by leading female contemporary and twentieth-century composers inspired by nature, folk music and dance.

Rosalind is currently a City Music Foundation Artist. In 2021 she became one of the Artistic Directors of the Cowbridge Music Festival in Wales.

More information: https://rosalindventris.co.uk/