Sophie Rosa - Leader | Sinfonia Viva

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Sophie Rosa enjoys a varied career as a soloist, director and chamber musician.

She has performed across the UK as a recitalist in venues including the Royal Festival Hall, Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall, Kings Place and Bridgewater Hall and has appeared as soloist with orchestras including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Manchester Camerata. Sophie has broadcast live for BBC Radio 3 and has released CDs on Rubicon Classics, EM Records and Champs Hill labels. Recent solo highlights include performing the complete J.S. Bach Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin at the Lake District Summer Music Festival and appearing as director and soloist with the Northern Chamber Orchestra for performances of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. She plays on a Joseph Gagliano violin dated 1795 and a Claude Fonclause bow made available through the generous support of the Stradivari Trust.

You can see Sophie perform at many of our upcoming concerts in 2024/25. She has worked with pianist Ian Buckle to compile a special concert combining readings of Philip Larkin’s poetry with music by his British composing contemporaries, including Angela Morley and Frank Bridge.

She also performs Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins alongside Peter Liang at Derby Cathedral.