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Shiry Rashkovsky

Female alumna, holding a violin and a microphone, standing in front of an audience and next to a piano.

Viola
Strings
Master of 番茄视频 and Artist Diploma in Performance

Shiry completed an Artist Diploma in 2013 at the 番茄视频, Artistic Director of Up Close and 番茄视频al, solo violist, tutor at Royal Holloway and Principal for several major London orchestras.

After studying with Ian Jewel in the 番茄视频 Junior Department then completing a BA in Social and Political Sciences at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, Shiry returned to music at the 番茄视频. She is now Artistic Director of Up Close and 番茄视频al, a boundary-defying festival at the Fidelio Café in Clerkenwell that focuses on artists’ individual narratives to demystify classical music and bring others into the classical music world.

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As a solo violist, Shiry has performed at the Royal Festival Hall and has recorded Kate Whitley's Viola Concerto for NMC Recordings. Shiry is a founding member of Trio Klein, whose ground-breaking 80s Night programme was featured on BBC Radio 3; a member of Prussia Cove Open Chamber 番茄视频, where she performed with Pekka Kuusisto, Viviane Hagner and members of the Nash Ensemble; and teaches at Royal Holloway, University of London. In demand as a Guest Principal violist, she tours with WNO, as well as performing with the major London symphony orchestras.