Ann Hubble

I studied Violin with Nona Liddell and Piano with Hamish Milne at the Royal Academy of Music, then continued studying at the National Centre for Orchestral Studies. Further study with Ernst Kovacic in Vienna. Subsequently I worked for 12 years as a full-time orchestral violinist in Germany. Since my return to the UK in 1999 I have worked as a freelance performer with leading orchestras and since 2007 I have been the Leader and Manager of the Beaufort String Quartet as well. My orchestral work (1999-present) includes the Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, RPO Concert Orchestra,The Ulster Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra, New London Orchestra and the Orchestra of English National Ballet; I have done tours with Moscow City Ballet and worked as orchestra leader for numerous chamber opera groups including European Chamber Opera; Have worked with Swansea City Opera and The Opera Project; Leader of the Sinclair Sinfonia and Guest Leader with the Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra; Freelance work outside London with the Oxford Philomusica, Bath Philharmonia, National Chamber Orchestra of Wales, Southern Pro Musica, Portsmouth New Music Group. Current / most recent work includes the Philharmonia, New London Sinfonia, Aurelian Ensemble, Cyprus Sinfonia and Saffron Opera Group. As a pianist I have performed at the Basil Street Hotel, Knightsbridge, accompanied ballet classes at the MacAlpine School of Dance, Camberwell, performed as an orchestral pianist with I Maestri, and accompanied an operatic soprano singer at St Barnabas Church, Clapham and at the Royal Thames Yacht Club for Christmas events.