Time & Location
19 May 2025, 13:00 – 13:45
Yamaha Music School, 3 Seaforth St, Blyth NE24 1AY, UK
Guests
About the event
BIOGRAPHY - IONA BROWN
Iona received her early musical education in Leicestershire where she was a member of the Leicestershire Schools Youth Orchestras for seven years. She won a scholarship to study at the Royal Northern College of Music under Christopher Rowland, Lydia Mordkovitch and Wen Zhou Li. During her studies she won three major violin prizes and also several awards for chamber music with the Laurel Piano Trio, fostering a passion for chamber music that has since come to fruition.
Whilst in Manchester she helped found Psappha with whom she appeared live on Radio 3 and in various series nationwide. She was also a member of Manchester Camerata performing regularly with their Chamber Ensemble and as soloist in Bach’s Concerto for 2 Violins. Iona joined Northern Sinfonia in 1995 where she is now a principal first violin.
She has featured as soloist, leader and chamber musician over recent years.…
