flora curzon
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(This track was selected by BBC Radio 3, World on 3, as "Pick of the Week")
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London based violinist Flora Curzon is best known for her musical versatility. Performing on both 'modern' and 'historical' violin set ups, she is a core member of Sam Lee and Friends and the contemporary string group Project Instrumental, and regularly works with Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ex Catheadra, English String Orchestra, Music For Awhile, Armonico Consort and The Twisted Twenty. Whilst her background is in classical music, her musical horizons are broad: she is well versed in many styles of folk music and improvisation and has a keen interest in working with musicians from other cultures and with different art forms as a performer, improviser/composer, recording artist and backing vocalist. Her unique combination of interests and skills have sparked a fast growing and eclectic resumé of collaborations with artists and ensembles including folk singer Sam Lee, tabla player Talvin Singh, composer Jocelyn Pook, virtuoso musician Tcha Limberger, ecclectic Eastern European bands Dunajska Kapelye and She'koyekh, Bengali/London fusion band Khiyo, stunning pop band Hejira, artist Meilyr Jones, actor/musician/researcher Vivi Lachs, storyteller Chris Salisbury, London Chamber Collective, Phaedra Ensemble, London Sinfonietta, the Brodsky Quartet, Deafinitely Theatre, Chai for All, MishMash, Bricolage and the Ceilidh Liberation Front.
Her own projects are Fran and Flora, Gaia Duo and Tinkers Bubble Ceilidh Band. |
Recent highlights include being awarded a scholarship by the RAM studying for a Professional Diploma in Historical Performance and Improvisation (2018-2019); the selection Fran and Flora's Track "Transylvanian Doina" as BBC Radio 3s 'Pick of the Week'; recording and performing William Carslake's The Singing Glacier; singing on Jools Holland with Sam Lee; performing at Kammer Klang with Phaedra Ensemble; performing in MishMash's children's production 'Smile'; playing in Jocelyn Pook's Drawing Life, giving a debut performance of Raag Pilu at King's Place for JMIs 'Alternative Menuhin' with Sitar player, Sheema Mukherjee; teaching at Klezfest and performing with the Multi-Story Orchestra at the 2017 proms.
A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music where she was a member of the elite string ensemble (Royal Academy of Music Sainsbury Soloists), Flora studied modern violin with Maureen Smith and baroque violin with Elizabeth Wallfisch. She gained a top distinction and was awarded the DipRAM for an outstanding final recital in the summer of 2014. She has also studied extensively with Peter Hanson and Tcha Limberger, and has taken masterclasses with Maxim Vengerov, Ruth Watermann, David Dolan, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Alan Bern, and Ross Daly. Flora also has a degree in Religion, Philosophy and Ethics from King's College London.
A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music where she was a member of the elite string ensemble (Royal Academy of Music Sainsbury Soloists), Flora studied modern violin with Maureen Smith and baroque violin with Elizabeth Wallfisch. She gained a top distinction and was awarded the DipRAM for an outstanding final recital in the summer of 2014. She has also studied extensively with Peter Hanson and Tcha Limberger, and has taken masterclasses with Maxim Vengerov, Ruth Watermann, David Dolan, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Alan Bern, and Ross Daly. Flora also has a degree in Religion, Philosophy and Ethics from King's College London.
"...a particular treat...exquisite..."
Drafted Magazine, April 2015