Cristina Prats-Costa

Music College Education CRISTINA PRATS-COSTA Violinist +447531675668 [email protected] - Royal Academy of Music (London) Leverhulme Chamber Music Fellowship 2013-2014 - Hochschule für Musik (Hannover) Master in Chamber Music 2012- July 2014 Oliver Wille - Royal Academy of Music (London) Master of Arts in Performance 2011-2013 Tomotada Soh - Royal Academy of Music (London) LRAM Teaching Diploma: 2011-2012 - Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London) BMus Hons 2009-2011 Krzysztof Smietana - Universitat de Barcelona (Barcelona) Pedagogy of Music, Violin, Certificate 2009 - Conservatori Superior Musica Liceu (Barcelona) Postgraduate 2008-2009 Manuel Porta - Conservatori Superior Musica Liceu (Barcelona) Superior de Violin 2004-2008 Corrado Bolsi Master Classes and Merits Maxim Vengerov, (2013), Tomo Keler (2013), Thomas Brandis (2012), Corina Belcea (2009, 2010, 2011), Lina Tur-Boned (2008, 2009), Vartan Manoogian (2005, 2006), Mauro Rossi (2007, 2008) - Selected to be Park Lane Group artists 2014-2015 with the Alauda Quartet - Public masterclass at Royal Academy of Music with Maxim Vengerov, London 2013 - Performance with “Elite Academy Soloist Orchestra” directed by Maxim Vengerov, London 2012 - Highly commended in the Wolfe Wolfinsohn Quartet Competition, London 2012 - First Violin of the Alauda Quartet appointed to the Poznanski Quartet Scheme, London 2012 - First price International Chamber Music Competition, Barcelona 2008 - Third price International Chamber Music Competition, Lleida 2007 Teaching Experience -Royal Academy of Music string quartet Leverhulme Fellow, Alauda Quartet 2014 -Pro Corda “Alauda Quartet” young quartet in residence 2013-2014 -Westminster Schools Music Service: Teaching individual and group lessons during 2011-2013. St. Marylebone Girls School, King Solomon School and St Vicent de Paul Catholic Primary School -Working with the programme “Chamber Tots” at Wigmore Hall during the year 2009-2011. -Colegio Canigo, Barcelona: Violin Teacher (Sept 2008- July 2009) -Colegio Itaka, Barcelona: Violin Teacher, Choir Orchestra and Music Theory (Sept 2007- July 2008) -Private violin teacher Professional Experience Southbank Sinfonia London (2013) Pro United Nations New York Orchestra (2011) Jonc-Philarmonia Orchestra Barcelona (2010, 2008, 2007) Ibiza Symphonic Orchestra (2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006) World Youth Orchestra (2010, 2009) London Arts Orchestra (2010, 2009) Youth National Spanish Orchestra (2010, 2009, 2008) Youth Catalan Orchestra (2008, 2007, 2006, 2005) Youth German Inter-Regional Orchestra (2007) Recordings: Radio Nacional de España – Alauda Quartet 2013 World Youth Orchestra 2009, Radio Catalunya Music with Jonc-Philarmonia 2007 Referees Jo Cole, Tomotada Soh, Corina Belcea, Kryzstof Smietana, Other interests Dancing, travelling with friends, ice skating, camping, board games, cooking