Gwyneth Nelmes

Gwyneth Nelmes is a professional freelance violinist and a recent Master’s graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She spent her childhood in New Zealand and studied violin with Dimitri Atanassov, now a luthier of repute in Cremona, Italy. Gwyneth moved back to England in 2016 to study with Karin Leishman at the Wells Cathedral School, after which she went on to attain a Bachelor’s of Music and a Masters of Performance, both with First Class Honours, under the tutelage of Professor Krzysztof Śmietana at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. As a young violinist in New Zealand, Gwyneth found her passion for music through playing in, and eventually leading, school and youth orchestras, being part of award-winning youth chamber groups, and performing several solo pieces with Orchestra, including Bruch Violin Concerto no. 1 and Telemann Violin Concerto TWV 51:E3. Gwyneth’s professional career as a freelance artist now consists of performing, teaching, and session playing. Her expertise has earned her the opportunities to perform abroad in Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Israel, and Hong Kong, but her flexible playing style has also enabled her to collaborate with artists outside of her primary discipline, including Alireza Ghorbani, Mick Harvey, English Teacher and Jockstrap. She is currently the first violinist of the Kinu Trio and concert master of the London Lawyers Symphony Orchestra. Gwyneth plays on a 2009 violin made by her old teacher, Dimitri Atanassov.