Maanya Patel

Maanya Patel is a violinist from West London. Having started the violin age 4, she made her first orchestral debut at just 7 years old leading the Musicale Junior Orchestra, and went on to lead the Ealing Youth Orchestra at 15 which toured Europe with her most notable performance of Scheherazade in 2018. That year she was also appointed Principal Viola of the LSSO, playing under the baton of the likes of Peter Ash and Richard Farnes, in the very prestigious Barbican hall. She has been fortunate enough to be part of the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s family, having been selected from hundreds of applicants to be an LPO junior artist in 2018/19, giving her many opportunities to perform with the LPO in the Royal Festival Hall. Maanya has also been a member of some national and international orchestras such as NCO and NYCO and has depped for NYO. She also led the European Youth Sinfonia in 2018 at the European Youth Summer Music School with pupils from all over Europe, Hong Kong and the USA. In April 2019 she performed Mozart’s 3rd Violin Concerto with the Berkeley Ensemble and was later awarded The AHA International Music Scholarship to study in Florence and attend the New Generation Festival which is where she was eventually scouted. She has made a number of tv and commercial appearances this year being featured in Uwade’s music video ‘Do You See The Light Around Me?’ and in Netflix’s “Bridgerton” Series 2 playing viola, with appearances in two more series currently in filming. She has also previously played in ITV’s Britains Got Talent Semi-Finals and BBC’s Blue Peter with Chineke! Junior Orchestra. Maanya has been fortunate enough to perform in many prestigious concert venues, including The Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, The Barbican, Kensington Palace, Eltham Palace, Hampton Court Palace, Wathen Hall, The Royal Academy of Music and The Royal College of Music. She is currently completely her degree in Religion at St Peter’s College, Oxford University playing in the OU Philharmonia whilst continuing freelance work and violin studies with Diana Cummings at the Royal Academy of Music.