Festival Performers
Toby Carr
Lutenist and guitarist Toby Carr studied the classical guitar at Trinity Laban, he was introduced to historical plucked instruments, an interest he pursued during a postgraduate degree at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 2016 and welcomed back as a professor in 2021.
Now in demand as a soloist, chamber musician and continuo player, his playing has been described as 'sensuous and vivid' (The Guardian), 'Eloquent' (BBC Music Magazine) and 'Mesmerising' (Opera Today).
Toby has performed with most of the principal period instrument ensembles in the UK and beyond, as well as with many symphony orchestras, opera companies and ballet companies.
Kinga Gáborjáni
Kinga Gáborjáni, originally from Hungary, studied baroque cello with Jennifer Ward Clarke and viola da gamba with Richard Campbell at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She gained her postgraduate degree at with distinction in 2007. In addition to cello and viola da gamba, she plays the lirone, an instrument with 14 strings employed by Monteverdi and other 17th century composers in their operatic works.
Kinga performs with many UK period instrument orchestras with whom she has toured all over the world. Since 2008, she has played with the English Baroque Soloists under Sir John Eliot Gardiner, for whom she is currently a principal cellist and gamba player. She was co-principal cellist for the English Touring Opera for eight years and has also been guest principal cellist with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the English Concert. She is a member of several chamber music groups, including the viol consort Newe Vialles.
Kinga also works as a mindset coach, helping fellow musicians cope with performance anxiety as well as non-performers develop in confidence.
Nathan Giorgetti
Nathan is a recent graduate of the Royal Academy of Music where he was a Christopher Hogwood Scholarship holder and specialised in historical performance on the Viola da Gamba and Baroque Cello. Since his time at the Academy, Nathan has had the pleasure of working with leading figures in the early music scene, including Philipe Herreweghe, Rachel Podger, Bjarte Eike, Michael Chance, Matthew Truscott and Pavlo Beznosiuk, as well as being accepted on the OAE's Experience scheme.
In 2022 his string trio, the Tufnell Trio, won the Nancy Nuttall Early Music Prize and was selected for the BREMF Live Scheme, as well as the Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artists scheme. In 2022 he founded Intesa with Lucine Musaelien, a viola da gamba duo which has been awarded the Chamber Music Fellowship at the Royal Academy of Music for 2023/24. Nathan is the founder of the Vilalte Festival, a yearly chamber music festival taking place in southern France. The festival has been running for seven years and has put on over 30 concerts.
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Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Founded in 1880, the Guildhall School was the first municipal music college in Great Britain.
The School moved to its present premises in the heart of the City of London's Barbican in 1977 and continues to be owned, funded and administered by the City of London.
Its Department of Historical Performance provides opportunities for students to study rhetorical delivery and historical stagecraft.
Recurring projects include Baroque Opera Scenes, the Baroque Orchestra (including a side-by-side project with the Academy of Ancient Music), the Cantata Project, and the Guildhall Consort.
Students participate in masterclasses with principal players and in side-by-side ensemble workshops and performances.
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Aileen Henry
Aileen Henry is a foremost exponent of the baroque harp, as both a soloist and as a continuo player or accompanist. Originally from Northern Ireland, Aileen moved to London to pursue an undergraduate degree at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, studying with Gabriella Dall’Olio and Frances Kelly, followed by a postgraduate degree at the same institution. While an undergraduate at Trinity, Aileen was introduced to the baroque harp and, falling for the beauty of the instrument and its music, decided to pursue it alongside the modern harp.
The baroque harp has taken Aileen all over the UK, Ireland and Europe, playing with some of the most exciting young baroque Ensembles in London and beyond. She has had the opportunity to perform at Greenwich International Early Music, Brighton Early Music Festival and Ryedale Festival. Recent highlights have included working for Hamstead Garden Opera, Glyndeboure Youth Opera and being invited back to her native Ireland to work with the baroque group Resurgam under the direction of Mark Duley.
Alongside Lux Musicae London, Aileen has been working with many other baroque ensembles, such as Fieri Consort, Florisma and Ceruleo. Both Fieri Consort and Florisma, with soloist Penelope Appleyard, have recently released CDs on which Aileen has featured.
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www.aileenhenry.com
Angela Hicks
Angela Hicks has emerged as a dynamic force in the realm of early music, with performances that traverse the rich tapestry of Folk, Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque genres.
She has had the great fortune of singing for many years with the late renowned Belinda Sykes, founder of medieval ensemble Joglaresa, who had an incredible impact on her music-making.
In early opera, she has sung the roles of Cupid in Handel's Semele at the world-famous La Scala, Milan, conducted by John Eiilot Gardiner, the title role of Alcina in Brighton Early Music Festival's filmed production of Francesca Caccini’s La Liberazione di Ruggiero, La Statue in Rameau’s Pygmalion as part of Brighton Early Music Festival, and the roles of Hébé and Phani in Ensemble Orquesta’s production of Les Indes Galantes.
On the concert stage, she has sung at the Wigmore Hall (London), the Palace of Versailles, Vienna Konzerthaus, Berlin Philharmonie, La Scala (Milan) and Palau de la Música (Barcelona), among others.
Angela is about to embark in a production of All’s Well That Ends Well, in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.
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Jean Kelly
Jean Kelly hails from an Irish family of several generations of professional musicians. She won a scholarship to study harp at the Royal College of Music, London. She is in great demand as a versatile harpist, with an eclectic career ranging from Early Music to Contemporary Classical and Folk Music.
She has recorded three CDs with the Locrian Ensemble, including Handel Harp Concerto and Mozart Flute and harp Concerto. A CD of Chamber Music by Richard Arnell was Editor’s Choice in Gramophone magazine. She has also recorded for the Guild, Stockfisch and Somm labels. Jean has recently appeared as a concerto soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra, Irish Chamber Orchestra and Göttingen Symphony Orchestra. Jean has performed on commercial film and TV soundtracks, and played solo harp on Michael Kiwanuka’s Mercury Prize winning album.
Jean regularly guests with The Telling and The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments, playing medieval, gothic, celtic and triple harps. She loves the freedom of playing and improvising with these groups, extending beyond the printed notes, and drawing on her past musical influences.
“Elegant, stylish and deliciously nuanced playing.” - Irish Independent
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Catherine Martin
Catherine Martin read music at St Anne's College, Oxford, completing her postgraduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
During this time, Catherine became interested in historical performance, playing the baroque violin alongside her modern violin studies. She spent twelve years as a member of The English Concert under the direction of Trevor Pinnock, before leaving in 2005 to take up the post of leader of the Gabrieli Consort and Players. In 2010, she was also appointed concertmaster of Die Kölner Akademie in Germany. She has been the leader of the orchestra of the Early Opera Company since its inception in 1994.
Catherine runs weekend workshops and concert performances with many amateur baroque orchestras and modern chamber orchestras who wish to know more about the field of historical performance. She has a particular interest in Norwegian folk music, playing the hardanger fiddle.
In 2003, Catherine joined the Salomon String Quartet as second violin to Simon Standage, with whom she also plays trio sonatas in Collegium Musicum 90. Catherine appears on many recordings: for Deutsche Grammophon and Winged Lion with The Gabrieli Consort and Players, EMI with Ensemble Galant, and Chandos with I Fagiolini. She teaches historical violin at the Royal College of Music in London and the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo.
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www.catherinemartin.co.uk
Mirjam-Luise Münzel
Mirjam-Luise Münzel studied recorder, baroque cello and viola da gamba in Bremen, Seville, London and Berlin. She was the winner of the Biagio Marini competition Neuburg, finalist of the Concours internationales des journees musiques anciennes Paris, and won the 3rd prize at the international Moeck/SRP solo recorder competition in London. Performances took her to the Palace of Versailles, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall, English National Opera, London Festival of Baroque Music, Bach Biennale Weimar, Trigonale Austria, Kölner Philharmonie, Thomaskirche Leipzig with Gewandhausorchester soloists, Palace of the Grand Dukes Vilnius, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, among many others.
Together with her trio Les Salonnières, she co-directs the Alte Musik Fest Friedenau (Berlin). Mirjam is a professor of recorder at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, at the University of the Arts Bremen/Early Music Institute and at international masterclasses.
www.mirjamluisemunzel.com
Lucine Musaelian
Lucine Musaelian is an Armenian-American viola da gamba player, singer, and composer from New Jersey. She graduated from Yale University in 2020 with a B.A. in Music, where she was a member of the Yale Schola Cantorum, Elm City Consort, the Opera Theatre Company of Yale, the Yale Collegium Musicum, the Smithsonian Consort of Viols. In July 2022, Lucine completed her M.A. in Historical Performance at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland, where she studied viola da gamba with Paolo Pandolfo and voice with Rosa Dominguez. She continued her viol studies with Jonathan Manson at the Royal Academy of Music, where she completed a Professional Diploma in Viola da Gamba Performance as a recipient of the Enlightenment Award. Lucine is now a Royal Academy Chamber Fellow with the duo Intesa.
Lucine has performed under the direction of celebrated conductors like René Jacobs, Lorenzo Ghielmi, Jane Glover, and John Butt. She recently performed with Jonathan Manson and Elizabeth Kenny as a part of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's Night Shift series, and also with Phantasm and Dunedin Consort. Lucine is a recent member of the Idrisi Ensemble, where she plays the vielle and sings medieval repertoire. As a part of her studies, she has been writing music for the viol and voice as a part of her continued exploration of self-accompanied singing with the viol. Her music takes inspiration from both Armenian folk and early music.
Freya Parry
Freya is a soprano and freelance project manager based in South London. Having grown up surrounded by a family of musicians, she has always valued the importance of music-making and the changes it can and has made to so many lives. During her time studying Music and Drama at the University of Manchester, she developed a passion for community and education work, delivering workshops to people from all backgrounds and in settings ranging from primary schools to prisons. She is now very lucky to work for music organisations who are striving to make a difference through the creative arts, including Gabrieli Roar, National Youth Choirs, and London Youth Choirs.
As a performer, Freya sings with the professional session choir London Voices and has recorded music for many films, TV shows and video games. Freya is particularly interested in musical theatre and jazz, and is currently studying the Estill voice training method. She also deputises regularly for services at various churches around London.
Imogen Parry
Imogen grew up in London and Suffolk and graduated from the University of Glasgow with a degree in Theatre Studies and Comparative Literature. During her studies, which included an exchange year at Boston College, she performed in numerous musicals including Guys and Dolls and Evita.
She spent a summer on the West End with the National Youth Music Theatre, as an actor-musician in Howard Goodall's The Hired Man. Imogen brings a wealth of experience in choral singing, having sung on the Eton Choral Courses, with the Rodolfus Choir and with professional choirs in London. Imogen Parry joined The Swingles in 2019.
Kathryn Parry
Kathryn studied at Selwyn College, Cambridge and at the Royal Academy of Music.
She has played with many of the UK's leading orchestras, and was a member of the London Philharmonic and Scottish Chamber Orchestra, living in Edinburgh and performing with the Hebrides Ensemble, Scottish Ensemble and as guest leader of the Edinburgh Quartet.
As a member of the Bell'Arte Ensemble, she gave the inaugural chamber concert in Birmingham's Symphony Hall playing piano quintets with Sir Simon Rattle, and as a recitalist she has performed for music clubs and festivals nationwide and abroad.
Kathryn was a member of La Serenissima and string quartet The Revolutionary Drawing Room, and plays with the London Handel Orchestra, ETO, and the OAE. She has recorded numerous film soundtracks and is a named artist on Sting’s album Ten Summoners’ Tales.
Kathryn has worked as a primary school specialist music teacher and is much in demand as a chamber music coach, workshop leader and festival adjudicator. She is a celebrated teacher and was awarded an ARAM in recognition of her contribution to the music profession.
May Robertson
May Robertson read English at Cambridge University, then studied the baroque violin at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and the modern violin at Trinity Laban, where she gained her master's degree with distinction.
May has performed with the Academy of Ancient Music, London Handel Players, Charivari Agréable, Armonico Consort, Eboracum Baroque, and Chelys Consort. Her chamber ensemble Minerva Baroque is part of BREMF Live at Brighton Early Music Festival.
May's solo performances include Bach's Fourth Brandenburg Concerto and Haydn’s Sinfonia Concertante under Sigiswald Kuijken, and the first recording and BBC Radio 3 broadcast of a newly discovered Vivaldi sonata. As a singer, she was a member of Gonville and Caius College Choir and the Old Royal Naval College Chapel Choir. She has since sung regularly with Joglaresa, founded by Belinda Sykes, appearing on four albums.
May has performed at festivals including BBC Proms, International Medieval Congress, Brighton Early Music Festival, Grandezze e Meraviglie, Spitalfields Festival, Prangins Baroque, London International Festival of Early Music, Darbar Festival, La Petite Bande Summer Academy, American Bach Soloists Academy, Stradella Y-Project and Musikfest Atelier Bremen. She has performed at venues including the National Centre for Early Music, QEH, Cadogan Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Elbphilharmonie, and the ducal palace in Mantua.
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Daniel Scott
Daniel Scott graduated from his Masters as a record player at Conservatorium van Amsterdam. He was awarded first prize in the Wind Brass and Percussion section of the Royal Overseas League Music Competition. Daniel has been a member of The Royal Wind Music since 2019, and he has recorded two CDs with them. The group performs regularly across Europe including at the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, London International Early Music Festival and Tage Alter Musik Regensburg.
Daniel has a particular passion for medieval music and his programme for organetto, recorders and electronics Polyphonic Perversities: Queer Music from 12th Century Notre Dame was premiered at Queercon Maastricht in July 2024.
As well as being a founding member of Rune, Daniel also runs a trio, Ymnus, with two colleagues from The Royal Wind Music, who share his passion for medieval music, which debuted in Fabulous Fringe of the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht in 2024. He is a member of the recorder quartet BLOK4, and is a regular guest with the recorder quintet Seldom Sene. Daniel is currently combining performing with teaching recorder at Scholen in de Kunst, Amersfoort and pursuing a masters in medieval keyboards at the Schola Cantorum in Basel.
www.danielscottrecorder.com
Rachel Stott
Rachel Stott is a viola player and composer. She played for some years with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and other period instrument orchestras while also exploring new music with Music Projects of London, Ensemble Exposé and the New Music Players. She currently performs with chamber groups The Revolutionary Drawing Room, Incantati, Trio Notturno and Sopriola and explores repertoire for viola d’amore in both contemporary and baroque contexts.
Rachel’s compositions have been performed at the London South Bank, Wigmore Hall, St John’s Smith Square, in UK festivals and abroad in Europe, America and Japan. She has written four string quartets, for the Fitzwilliam, Dante, Callino and Revolutionary string quartets, and a record-breaking work, Odysseus in Ogygia, for six viola d’amores. She has particular expertise in writing for period instruments, including viols, cornetts and sackbuts, baryton, lute and theorbo, several of which appear on her CD Odysseus and the Sorceress. Other works include Stenclmusic, a music theatre piece about the Jewish East End, several song cycles, Several World for massed saxophone ensemble and an opera for children, The Cuckoo Tree, based on the novel by Joan Aiken.
Aside from writing and performing music, Rachel enjoys walking, reading, baking and acquiring new skills. She has studied Ancient Greek in an adult education class and learned to pluck a goose in Western Canada.
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Rachel is the Director of Stoke Newington Early Music Festival.
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Daniel Thomson
Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Daniel Thomson is a London based tenor soloist, recitalist and chamber singer. Daniel’s focus is on historically informed performance of music from the 16th to 19th centuries.
“Thomson’s fine, light instrument is a joy to listen to. ...Clarity, agility and textual empathy were all displayed in abundance.” - Limelight Magazine
Released in early 2018 - Daniel’s debut solo album Secret Fires of Love was featured on BBC Radio 3 programme In Tune with Daniel as a BBC Introducing Artist.
As a chamber singer, Daniel performs regularly with several well-known groups including Huelgas Ensemble, InVocare and the choir of St Bartholomew-the-Great, as well as new ensembles Dowland’s Foundry and Rune. He has performed as a soloist in various festivals, including the London Festival of Baroque Music, Utrecht Festival Oude Muziek, Brighton Early Music Festival, Meer Stemmig Gent and the MA Festival Bruges. In 2019 Daniel also made his debut solo performance in Wigmore Hall alongside Dame Emma Kirkby for her 70th birthday celebration concert. In 2022 Daniel won the Salvat Beca Bach tenor prize in Barcelona, where he made his debut solo performance in the Palau de la Música Catalana.
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Jan Waterfield
Having studied musicology, piano and harpsichord at Cambridge University and the Royal Academy of Music, Jan Waterfield is now based in Edinburgh, sometimes teaching at the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow as well as travelling throughout the UK and the rest of Europe as a chamber musician and soloist. In addition to being principal harpsichordist of the Gabrieli Consort & players, she is also a regular collaborator with the Dunedin Consort, Marian Consort, and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
Notable recordings include the Gabrieli Consort's award-winning New Venetian Coronation (both as player and researcher), the Gabrieli's ground-breaking King Arthur, and the remarkable SDG Bach cantata recordings. Recent projects have included playing an 1834 Erard grand piano at the opening concert of the 2024 Edinburgh Festival and performing on the new baroque organ in the Tivoli Vredenburg Hall in Utrecht.
Of her recordings, the Press said:
“highlights include the gentle warmth of Jan Waterfield’s organ playing” - BBC Music Magazine
“wonderfully delicate chamber organ solos, played by Jan Waterfield” - Bachtrack
www.rcs.ac.uk/bio/jan-waterfield-ba-lram
