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 Watkins, Geraint Rhys

WATKINS, GERAINT RHYS


 1st Audition
Bach. Partita d-moll: chaconne
Paganini. Caprices No. 9, 11

2nd Audition
Beethoven. Sonata No. 7 c-moll, op. 30 No. 2
Paganini. “La Molinara”, op. 38
Saint-Saens. Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, op. 28

3rd Audition
Tchaikowsky. Concerto D-dur, op. 35

Was born in Cardiff (1982). Graduated from Chetham's School of Music in Manchester (prof. When Zhou Li). Graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with a First Class Honours degree (2004). Participated in numerous masterclasses throughout Europe with Zvi Zeitlin, Lewis Daplan, Mauricio Fuks, Ruggiero Ricci, Thomas Brandis and Dong Suk Kang. Rhys enjoys an active musical career in Wales leading several orchestras and working as a regular extra player. Has performed concertos with the number of orchestras throughout the country. Plays on an eighteenth-century violin by Lorenzo Storioni.

  • Finalist of Audi and Texaco Young Musician of the Year Competition (1996).
  • Prize winner in the Rotary International Competition (1998).
  • Finalist in the Jeunesses Musicales International Violin Competition (2006).