Gina McCormack is now well established as one of Britain’s leading young artists.
with regular solo appearances at London’s Wigmore Hall, the South Bank Centre
and at venues across the country. She has performed at many British festivals,
including the City of London, Edinburgh, Buxton, Aldeburgh and Salisbury.
Gina studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Gyorgy Pauk and
attended masterclasses with Sandor Vegh (at the Salzburg Mozarteum and at Prussia
Cove in Cornwall), Dorothy DeLay and Andreas Mihaly. Whilst still a student,
she was a prizewinner at the Royal Overseas League Music Competition and at
the International Young Concert Artists~ Competition where she recently returned
to serve on the jury.
Gina has appeared as soloist with the Hallé and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras
and the Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Tours abroad have taken her to France, Norway,
The Czech Republic, South America and South Africa. She recently made her Concerto
debuts in St. Petersburg at the Hermitage Theatre and in Dublin at the National
Gallery.
Since 1995 Gina has been Leader of the Sorrel String Quartet with whom she can
frequently be heard on B.B.C. Radio Three. The quartet records for Chandos Records
and their releases of works by Britten, Doreen Carwithen, Mendelssohn, Schubert
and Shostakovich have met with great critical acclaim, with their Elgar disc
being chosen as one of Classic FM’s records of the year in 2001. Every summer
Gina gives masterclasses at the Valdres Music Festival in central Norway and
teaches violin during the year in Oslo and Trinity College of Music in London.