Lydia has enjoyed an extensive and varied musical education, from reading music at Selwyn College, Cambridge to studying violin performance as a post-graduate at the Royal Academy of Music. As a violinist, she is accomplished in both chamber music and orchestral performance. Chamber music highlights include masterclasses at King’s Place Chamber Studio, coaching with members of the Wihan and Endellion Quartets, and working alongside Messiaen experts Peter Hill and Matthew Schellhorn on Quatuor pour la fin du Temps. Lydia also performed extensively with her own string quartet whilst at University, and has performed in a variety of venues such as Trinity College Chapel and Kettle’s Yard.
As an orchestral musician, Lydia has worked with leading conductors such as Mark Elder, Trevor Pinnock, Sir Roger Norrington and Peter Stark, and has performed in venues including Cadogan Hall, The Royal Festival Hall, St John Smith Square and King’s College Chapel (Cambridge). Her broad experience includes leading the seconds with the London Young Sinfonia, Royal Academy of Music Symphony and Chamber Orchestra, Southbank's Women of the World Orchestra (2017), leading Junior Trinity Symphony Orchestra, performing regularly with Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra and leading Cambridge University String Ensemble. In 2018, she was delighted to be accepted onto the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme with Marin Alsop and the Britten-Pears Orchestra, and has recently begun a fellowship with Southbank Sinfonia for 2019.
Notable solo performances include Bruch’s Violin Concerto with Junior Trinity Symphony Orchestra and Mozart’s G Major Concerto with Selwyn College Orchestra and Brentwood Philharmonic Orchestra.
Lydia recently graduated with an MA from the Royal Academy of Music and studies with Richard Ireland.
