Fenella Humphreys
Fenella Humphreys is a British solo violinist of classical music.
She studied under Sidney Griller CBE, Itzhak Rashkovsky, Ida Bieler and David Takeno at the Purcell School, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and the Robert-Schumann-Hochschule in Düsseldorf.
A number of eminent composers have written works for Humphreys, including Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Sally Beamish, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Gordon Crosse, Adrian Sutton and Piers Hellawell. She performs standard repertoire and contemporary violin concertos including Thomas Adès's Concentric Paths, Pēteris Vasks's Vientuļais eņģelis and Max Richter's , which she recorded in 2019 for Rubicon Classics.
In 2018, Humphreys won the BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Award for her solo CD, Bach 2 the Future, vol.II''.
She plays a violin from the circle of Peter Guarneri of Venice.
