about
I am a London based violinist performing on both 'modern' and 'historical' violin set ups, which means I play on both metal strings and gut strings, and with a range of bows from different eras.
My main musical interests are in early music (from the Baroque and Classical periods), 20th century and contemporary music, traditional Jewish and Romanian music, folk music from across the British Isles and free improvisation. I also enjoy discovering music that is being made today in response to life around us across all genres, and exploring traditional music from around the world.
I have performed internationally as an orchestral musician, chamber musician, solo artist, folk fiddler, improviser and singer, and with many composers and artists from across the globe, as well as with my experimental folk duo, Fran & Flora, Highlights include performing solo at the Wigmore Hall and Kings Place, as well as live on Jools Holland, Tiny Desk, BBC Radio 4s Woman's Hour and BBC6 Music with Cerys Matthews. I have released albums including Unfurl (Fran & Flora, Feb 2019), and Meditations and Laments (Gaia Duo, Dec 2019), and have collaborated on the development of 'chamber-music-theatre' shows for children with MishMash Productions. In February 2020 I was interviewed on BBC Radio 3 This Classical Life with Jess Gillam.
I am currently working on my debut solo album (produced by Zac Gvi); the second Fran & Flora album; recording film music (for composer David Shweitzer) using my new home recording setup; and developing my skills as a performance artist, incorporating movement and clowning into the more theatrical work I do. I'm looking forward to performing with English Touring Opera and MishMash Productions in Autumn 2021, and Shobana Jayasingh Dance in 2022.
current projects
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Fran & Flora
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collaborations
Sam Lee | Talvin Singh | Tcha Limberger | The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment | Jocelyn Pook | The Bach Players | London Sinfonietta | Brodsky Quartet | James Spinney | Music for Awhile | Ex Cathedra | English Touring Opera | Aurora Orchestra | The Multi-Story Orchestra | Nico Muhly | David Schweitzer | Isabel Waller-Bridge | Bill Carslake | Oliver Weeks | Linde Timmermans | Daniel Inzani | Dunajska Kapelye | She'koyokh | The London Klezmer Quartet | Khiyo | Sheema Murkherjee | TEYR | Hejira | Meilyr Jones | Jamie Cullum | Katsha'nes | Chris Salisbury | The Twisted Twenty | The London Chamber Collective | The Keats Quartet | Phaedra Ensemble | Project Instrumental | Deafinitely Theatre | Chai for All | MishMash Productions | Shobana Jayasingh | Ceilidh Liberation Front | Anand Kirtan | Cosmo Sheldrake | Dietrich Strause | MC Dizraeli | Owen Shiers | Portico Quartet | Katy Carr | Scarlett in the Wilderness | Th' Parish | Nerys Joseph | Laura Hocking | Danyal Dhondy | Mead Men | Moushumi Bhowmik | Simon Rogers | Dodie | Andrew T Mackay | Jarvis Cocker | Chas and Dave |
what the press says...
"Curzon's violin flickers and burns on a Doina learnt at the feet of Hungarian Roma violinist István 'Kiscipás' Varga."
Clive Bell, The Wire 2019
"a particular treat...exquisite"
Drafted Magazine 2015
Drafted Magazine 2015
education
2018-2019
Royal Academy of Music - Professional Diploma in Historical Performance supported by the RC Wyse Bequest Award
Professors: Rachel Podger, Nicolette Moonen, Margaret Faultless
Competitions and Prizes: Music Patrons’ Award 2019 competition winner, Bickerdike Allen Prize, Roy Burcher Prize, DipRAM
Highlights: Solo recital at the Wigmore Hall; leader of John Blow’s Venus and Adonis; top distinction in Final Recital
2012-2014
Royal Academy of Music - Masters in Violin
Professors: Maureen Smith, Elizabeth Wallfisch
Competitions and Prizes: John McAslan Prize, DipRAM
Masterclasses: Maxim Vengerov, Ruth Watermann
Highlights: Royal Academy of Music Sainsbury Soloists; collaboration with the Brodsky Quartet
Other
Violin studies with Peter Hanson
Improvisation with David Dolan, Tcha Limberger, Alan Bern and Ross Daly,
Transylvanian music with Marcel Ramba and Moldavian music with Marin Bunea
Klezmer music at Yiddish Summer Weimar (Cookie Segelstein, Alan Bern) and KlezKanada (Jake Shulman-Ment)
BA in Religion, Philosophy and Ethics from King's College London (2008-2011)
Royal Academy of Music - Professional Diploma in Historical Performance supported by the RC Wyse Bequest Award
Professors: Rachel Podger, Nicolette Moonen, Margaret Faultless
Competitions and Prizes: Music Patrons’ Award 2019 competition winner, Bickerdike Allen Prize, Roy Burcher Prize, DipRAM
Highlights: Solo recital at the Wigmore Hall; leader of John Blow’s Venus and Adonis; top distinction in Final Recital
2012-2014
Royal Academy of Music - Masters in Violin
Professors: Maureen Smith, Elizabeth Wallfisch
Competitions and Prizes: John McAslan Prize, DipRAM
Masterclasses: Maxim Vengerov, Ruth Watermann
Highlights: Royal Academy of Music Sainsbury Soloists; collaboration with the Brodsky Quartet
Other
Violin studies with Peter Hanson
Improvisation with David Dolan, Tcha Limberger, Alan Bern and Ross Daly,
Transylvanian music with Marcel Ramba and Moldavian music with Marin Bunea
Klezmer music at Yiddish Summer Weimar (Cookie Segelstein, Alan Bern) and KlezKanada (Jake Shulman-Ment)
BA in Religion, Philosophy and Ethics from King's College London (2008-2011)
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