Rebecca Lea, Ciara Hendrick, David de Winter & Piatti Quartet
Biographie Rebecca Lea, Ciara Hendrick, David de Winter & Piatti Quartet
Ciara Hendrick
studied at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and L’Opéra National du Rhin. Specialising in Baroque music, she has performed with renowned violinist Rachel Podger, the Academy of Ancient Music, Barokksolistene, I Fagiolini, Spiritato, Polyphony and the BBC Singers. Recording credits include Monteverdi’s Vespers with I Fagiolini, Daniel in Handel’s Susanna with Laurence Cummings, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Dunedin Consort, Pepusch’s solo cantatas in Spiritato’s Taste of this Nation and Venus in Pepusch’s Venus and Adonis.
Rebecca Lea
enjoys a busy and varied career, performing across the UK and abroad. Recent highlights include singing the roles of Humility and Chastity in the UK premiere of Sir James Macmillan’s Ordo Virtutum, solo appearances with Aurora Orchestra, a solo appearance at the BBC Proms in a new commission by Cheryl Frances Hoad with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and a broadcast performance of Monteverdi madrigals at the Wigmore Hall. She is a member of the BBC Singers, solo voice ensemble I Fagiolini and contemporary vocal group EXAUDI.
David de Winter
was a chorister at Westminster Cathedral, before studying Music at Durham University and Voice at the Royal Academy of Music. As a soloist he has performed in the UK, Europe and Asia in prestigious venues such as The Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Tempelliaukio Church Helsinki. David has collaborated with many of the UK’s and Europe’s leading early music ensembles, such as the Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Early Opera Company, Nederlandse Bachvereniging, Instruments of Time & Truth, The English Concert, Collegium Vocale Ghent, Ensemble Correspondances, Solomon’s Knot and The Brook Street Band in repertoire ranging from Rameau and Purcell to Bach and Handel.
Piatti Quartet
Resident Quartet at Kings Place, London, the distinguished Piatti Quartet are widely renowned since their prizewinning performances at the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition. They have performed all over the world with numerous international broadcasts. The Piattis are also famed for their diverse programming and passionate interpretations across the spectrum of quartet writing with commissions and recordings of some of the most major and impressive works added to the quartet canon in recent years.
