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Praised for playing of ‘compelling conviction’ (The Daily Telegraph) and ‘full of sparkling detail, with tonal beauty and incisive rhythmic clarity, balancing wit and poetry’ (The Strad), Michael Foyle won The Netherlands Violin Competition 2016. In 2017-18, he makes concerto debuts with Rotterdam Philharmonic, English Chamber Orchestra and Polish Baltic Philharmonic.
Recent recital debuts include Wigmore Hall (‘unwaveringly engaging performance’ – Seen and Heard International), Southbank Centre, Het Concertgebouw, New York Chamber Music Festival, Cervantino Festival (Mexico), Evgeny Mravinsky Festival (St. Petersburg). He also won BBC Young Musician of the Year Tabor Award, Royal Overseas League String Competition and Salieri-Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition.
In 2018 he records CDs for Delphian and Challenge Records. He appears as Guest-Concertmaster of BBC Symphony Orchestra and is Professor at Royal Academy of Music. He is represented by Interartists Amsterdam and plays a Gennaro Gagliano violin.
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Recent recital debuts include Wigmore Hall (‘unwaveringly engaging performance’ – Seen and Heard International), Southbank Centre, Het Concertgebouw, New York Chamber Music Festival, Cervantino Festival (Mexico), Evgeny Mravinsky Festival (St. Petersburg). He also won BBC Young Musician of the Year Tabor Award, Royal Overseas League String Competition and Salieri-Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition.
In 2018 he records CDs for Delphian and Challenge Records. He appears as Guest-Concertmaster of BBC Symphony Orchestra and is Professor at Royal Academy of Music. He is represented by Interartists Amsterdam and plays a Gennaro Gagliano violin.
Full biography