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British violin virtuoso
Musical artist
Beverley Davison
is a
British
violin
virtuoso, currently fronting an act she founded called
Classical Cabaret
:
Hot Strings
(ensemble) or "Classical Cabaret Duo" (solo with piano).
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Biography
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The daughter of conductor Arthur Davison, at the age of nine, she was selected for the
Yehudi Menuhin School
where she studied violin with
Yehudi Menuhin
himself.
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At 21, she was invited to guest-lead
London Sinfonietta
and
Fires of London
. She continued her studies at the
Royal Academy
and performed with the London Schools' Symphony Orchestra.
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At the age of 21 she joined Sir
Peter Maxwell Davies
'
Fires of London
.
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Suffering from
stage fright
and
eating disorders
she stopped performing at the age of 25, and worked in various jobs including as a
beauty therapist
, a
driving instructor
, and in
telesales
.
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She returned to music when she took a teaching post at the
Birmingham School of Music
.
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She formed Hot Strings in 1990, after turning down an offer from
Simon Rattle
to be co-leader of the
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
.
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Davison collaborated with
Rudolf Nureyev
on a
ballet
based on
Arnold Schoenberg
's
Pierrot Lunaire
. On the Cameo Classics label, she has recorded
Carl Nielsen
's Violin concerto and
Mozart
's Violin Concerto in D Major. She has taught the violin at the
University of Surrey
in Guildford and has tutored at the summer orchestral course, ECSOC, In
Guernsey
,
Channel Islands
.
Davison has performed with
Bolshoi Orchestra
,
Rambert Orchestra
,
Birmingham Royal Orchestra
,
English National Orchestra
and
Harlem Ballet
Orchestras, the
Michael Nyman Band
and the
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
.
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Michael Nyman Band
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Nyman-produced
albums
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Nyman-contributed albums
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Compilations
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Additional operas
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Unreleased
film scores
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Major individual
compositions
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