Profiles
Madeleine Mitchell - Violinist & Artistic Director
'A tireless pioneer of new music' (BBC) and 'One of Britain's liveliest musical forces, the indefatigably adventurous violinist Madeleine Mitchell' Richard Morrison, The Times
'It's difficult to know what to admire more, the dedicated, penetrating musicianship of violinist Madeleine Mitchell, or the sheer range of pieces she's inspired..there are even things which sound fun to play, or that's the impression the magnificent Mitchell manages to convey' ***** Stephen Johnson, BBC Music Magazine on 'In Sunlight: Pieces for Madeleine Mitchell' by Nyman, MacMillan, Osborne, Elias, Jones, Montague, Woolrich, Powers - Madeleine Mitchell violin with Andrew Ball, piano NMC D098
CD of Messiaen Quattuor pour la Fin du Temps - Mitchell with Joanna MacGregor, re-released on Warner May 2010
'FiddleSticks' - Lou Harrison Violin Concerto with Percussion Orchestra and new works by Tarik O'Regan, Anne Dudley, Stuart Jones - SIGCD111
'My favourite contemporary CD of 2007, brilliant stuff' ***** BBC Music Magazine
Numerous works premiered including new works for solo violin and choir, commissioned and premiered by Madeleine Mitchell by Jonathan Harvey, Thierry Pecou and Roxanna Panufnik - ACE funded; Piers Hellawell Violin Concerto (Quadruple Elegy) with BBC Ulster and Howard Blake Violin Sonata and other works recorded with the composer on Naxos 2008.
Madeleine Mitchell , whose first job was violinist/violist in Peter Maxwell Davies' 'Fires of London', is also Artistic Director of the eclectic international festival www.redviolin.co.uk and Professor RCM
Margaret Murphy, Agent