Welsh violinist, Sian Philipps has appeared as soloist throughout the UK and Europe with orchestras such as the Philharmonia, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and London Mozart Players etc with conductors including Ilan Volkov, Jose Cura, Andre de Ridder and Nicolae Moldoveanu. She has performed at all of the major London recital halls including the Wigmore Hall, of which a critic wrote ” This was a quality of violin sound as beautiful as it comes..”.
She began to learn the violin aged 5, soon gaining a place at the Yehudi Menuhin School, taking part in Masterclasses with Lord Menuhin, Felix Andrievsky and Sidney Griller and performing in local community projects from an early age; in hospices, schools, Care homes etc. due to Lord Menuhin’s belief in the healing power of music. This formed the basis for her work with Menuhin’s “Live Music Now!” scheme in the UK and for “Live Music Now!” Austria.
In 2011 Sian was a victim of stalking and internet harassment which had far-reaching consequences. She has since campaigned for tighter regulation of the internet and against homelessness. In 2018 she gave the London premiere of Grace Williams’ violin sonata at Blackheath Halls and will perform it again in Brighton and London this Autumn with Constance Chow. In 2019 she performed “The Lark Ascending” at the Chelsea inaugural festival. She was recently awarded funding from Arts Council England to record and tour, from the Transmission Fund HMUK for mentoring and from RVW Trust for performance.This had to be postponed due to the pandemic. Sian will be performing Vaughan Williams Midsummer Concert as part of Make Music Day at the Brighton Fringe including a premiere of Nocturne by John Hawkins.
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