
CHARLIE LOVELL-JONES
UNITED KINGDOM
- date of birth: February 8, 1999
- attended the Oxford University where he studied with Rodney Friend MBE and will continue his studies with him next year on the Royal Academy of Music’s highest scholarship – the Bicentenary Scholarship;
- attended the Cambridge International String Academy and was selected for the Leonidas Kavakos International Violin Masterclass 2020 on a full scholarship;
- performed with orchestras such as the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales;
- plays a 1777 Guadagnini violin from J & A Beare, loaned by a generous benefactor.
Prizes: semifinalist at the Sendai International Music Competition (2019); the Harriet Cohen Memorial Music Award for British musicians
Program:
First Round
Bach Adagio and Fugue from Sonata in G minor for Solo Violin
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major K. 218
Paganini Caprice No. 24
Second Round
Schubert Fantasy in C major for Violin and Piano D. 934
Enescu “Ménétrier” from Impressions d’enfance Suite Op. 28
Saint-Saëns Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 75
Semifinal
Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major Op. 78
Enescu Sonata No. 3 in A minor for Violin and Piano Op. 25, “dans le caractère populaire roumain”
Ernst Grand Caprice on Schubert’s Der Erlkönig
Final
Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 47