Violin
Tamsin Waley-Cohen
Tamsin Waley-Cohen enjoys an adventurous and varied career, performing chamber music and concertos internationally.
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Having made our debut at the Northern Aldborough Festival with Leeds Piano Competition winner Alim Beisembayev in 2024, Fantasia Orchestra returns in 2025, opening the festival with a pastoral programme.
Violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen joins Fantasia for Vaughan Williams' much-loved The Lark Ascending, which we precede with Florence Price's song-like Andante Moderato.
Two Serenades by Elgar and Dvorak frame the concert. They flow with lyrical melody, providing a beautiful pairing with Aldborough's idyllic setting.
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Tamsin Waley-Cohen
Born in London, Tamsin Waley-Cohen enjoys an adventurous and varied career. She has performed concertos with the Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Hallé, Liverpool Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, Royal Northern Sinfonia and BBC orchestras, and is a founding member of the Albion String Quartet.
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Conductor
Tom Fetherstonhaugh
Tom is Fantasia's Conductor & Artistic Director.
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Tom Fetherstonhaugh
Tom’s start in music was fortuitous, as he was lucky to be introduced to an inspiring violin teacher by his grandmother at the age of four.
At eight he became a chorister of Westminster Abbey, an experience he describes as ‘transformative’, benefitting from musical training that featured high profile occasions like singing the solo at the Royal Wedding in 2011. Tom then attended Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, a state comprehensive that champions music and the arts.
He continued with the violin, sang, played the organ, and started to explore conducting, enjoying the process of rehearsals and the ability both to make music with and to bring together large groups of people. It was in his final year at school that he saw the potential for a career in it, founding Fantasia Orchestra in 2016.
Tom now enjoys a busy career with major orchestras, including with the BBC Philharmonic and the National Symphony Orchestra Ireland. In his rare moments of downtime he enjoys running, listening to jazz, and cooking, likening the process to conducting — it being about balance, flavour, pacing and bringing people together.
Venue
St Andrew’s Church
A historical 14th century church in the Yorkshire village of Aldborough