Lisa Bucknell

Lisa has performed around the United Kingdom with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Ensemble, the Southbank Sinfonia, the BBC Concert Orchestra, and the London Symphony Orchestra, and recently debuted at the Wigmore Hall. She has enjoyed trials with the BBC Concert Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and performed in the Alan Bennett play Untold Stories at the National Theatre and on the West End.   She was a competitor in the 2016 Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition, and has been awarded places on both the 2015-2016 LSO String Experience Scheme and the BBC Symphony Orchestra Pathways Scheme. She was a prizewinner at the North London Festival of Music, a finalist in the Kenneth Loveland and Brian Boak Outstanding Performer Awards, and a  recitalist for the New London Orchestra Young Performers Concert Series. She performed as solo violist for the Sydney Conservatorium’s production of Albert Herring, and for Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Spring Awakening. Lisa has extensive orchestral experience, performing in the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal Festival Hall, the Royal Opera House, Cadogan Hall, the Sydney Opera House, and the Sydney City Recital Hall.  Lisa has completed a Master of Performance with Distinction at the Royal College of Music under the tutelege of Simon Rowland-Jones. She has studied with Vicci Wardman, Annette Isserlis, and Caroline Henbest, and has had master classes with Thomas Reibl, Maxim Rysanov, Nobuko Imai, and Jennifer Stumm.  Lisa is very grateful for the support of the Richard Carne Trust, the Ian Potter Cultural Trust, the Tait Memorial Trust, and the Clemence Charitable Trust. Lisa is the proud caretaker of a 1930 Natale Carletti viola, thanks to the worldwide support of donors via a fundraising campaign.