The Jigsaw Players Chamber Music Series endeavors to bring musicians of the highest calibre to Wimbledon to create preformances of an international standard. Members include highly sought out soloist, competition winners, chamber musicians and members of London's finest orchestras (London Philharmonic, London Symphony and Philharmonia Orchestras).
The Jigsaw Players are reaching out to the community with their unique programming concepts including themes, two concerts for children, one given by children and one by enthusiastic amateurs in collaboration with the Jigsaw Players.
VIOLIN VIOLA CELLO CLARINET PIANO
Ellie Fagg Emmanuella Reiter Oliver Coates Chi-Yu Mo Alasdair Beatson
Tom Norris Nicholas Bootiman Andrew Joyce
Cerys Jones Gwendolyn Fisher Rosalind Acton
Jonathan Stone Nathan Selman
Victoria Mavromoustaki
Tadasuke Iijima
Ellie Fagg, violin
Ellie was a foundation scholar at the Royal College of Music under Yossi Zivoni, from where she graduated in 2005 with First Class Honours.
As a soloist, Ellie has performed recitals in venues across the UK, most recently at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, and concertos with orchestras including the Amadeus Orchestra, Hertfordshire Philharmonic, JRAM Symphony Orchestra and the National Children’s Chamber Orchestra.
Ellie is looking forward to many recitals in 2007/2008 across the UK with her award winning duo partner, Alasdair Beatson, due to being awarded a place on the prestigious Countess of Munster Recital Scheme for their next season.
In 2001, Ellie was appointed leader of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, after having been a member for five years, and during her undergraduate at the RCM led many of the orchestras and ensembles. She is now a very busy freelance violinist in London, playing with many of the major symphony and chamber orchestras including the LSO, LCO, LPO, European Camerata and the Philharmonia as well as guest leading smaller local orchestras.
Her musical life extends far and wide. She is an active supporter of contemporary music, collaborating with composers such as Simon Speare and John Cameron and is the solo violinist of the vibrant and eclectic Avenue A ensemble who have just recorded their first album.
In 2005, Ellie won the ‘Emily English Scholarship’ awarded by the Musicians Benevolent Fund to the most outstanding violinist heard at audition. She has just completed her postgraduate studies at the RCM, under Yossi Zivoni, as an Associated Board Scholar which included 5 months study under Helmut Zehetmeir at the Mozarteum, Salzburg. This was all made possible with generous sponsorship from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and from the Philharmonia Martin Musical Award scheme.
For more information about Ellie, please visit www.elliefagg.com
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Emmanuella Reiter, viola
After lessons in violin and piano at the Conservatoire National de
Emmanuella has participated in many festivals, has studied and played in masterclasses with Karen Tuttle, Yuri Bashmet, Jean Sulem, Nobuko Imai and Roberto Diaz. She has also performed with artists such as Ida Haendel, Peter Frankl and Vladimir Mendelssohn.
Emmanuella has frequently performed solo and chamber music in
Miss Reiter has recorded with Arsis in the
Her passion for teaching has recently led her to writing a thesis: Karen Tuttle’s heritage: The Theory and Practice of Co-ordination, a technique developed by Karen Tuttle, a pupil and assistant of William Primrose, to help prevent and overcome playing-related injury as well as a way to express musical line, gesture and sonority while playing the viola.
Oliver Coates, cello