Fenella Humphreys
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| genre = Classical,
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| instrument = Violin
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Fenella Humphreys is a British classical violinist{{Cite web|url=https://fenellahumphreys.com|title=Fenella Humphreys : Violinist|website=Fenellahumphreys.com|access-date=2019-06-11}} who specialises in classical and contemporary repertoire{{Cite web |title=Rubicon Classics |url=https://rubiconclassics.com/ |access-date=2023-07-07 |website=rubiconclassics.com}} as both a soloist and chamber musician.
Career and education
Born {{birth based on age as of date|13|1991|05|02|noage=0}},{{cite news |author= |date=1991-05-02 |title=They're Singing Fellena's Song |page=23 |work=The Evening Standard |quote=A 13-year-old girl is to have her song sung by a choir of 100 children at the Royal Festival Hall on May 11.}}{{cite news |last=Downes |first=Sam |date=1994-10-06 |title=The First Noel |page=79 |work=Pinner Observer |quote='You should've seen his face. He was amazed,' said 16-year-old violinist Fenella.}} she studied under Sidney Griller, Itzhak Rashkovsky, Ida Bieler and David Takeno at the Purcell School, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and the Robert-Schumann-Hochschule in Düsseldorf.{{Cite web |title=Fenella Humphreys : Violinist - about |url=https://fenellahumphreys.com/about |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=Fenellahumphreys.com}}
A number of eminent composers have written works for Humphreys, including Sir Peter Maxwell Davies,{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicroom.com/product/musch83875/peter-maxwell-davies-sonatina-for-violin-alone-violin.aspx|title=Peter Maxwell Davies: Sonatina For Violin Alone: Violin|website=Musicroom.com|access-date=2019-06-11}} Sally Beamish,{{Cite web|url=https://www.sallybeamish.com/single-post/2019/04/09/Intrada-e-Fuga|title=Intrada e Fuga|website=Sally-beamish|date=9 April 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-06-11}} Cheryl Frances-Hoad,{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicroom.com/product/cazcfhsui01/cheryl-frances-hoad-suite-no-1-violin.aspx|title=Cheryl Frances-Hoad: Suite No 1: Violin|website=Musicroom.com|access-date=2019-06-11}} Gordon Crosse,{{Cite web|url=https://gordoncrosse.wordpress.com/2017/02/25/orkney-dreaming/|title=Orkney Dreaming|date=2017-02-25|website=Gordon Crosse - composer|language=en|access-date=2019-06-11}} Adrian Sutton, Christopher Wright[https://divineartrecords.com/composer/christopher-wright/ 'Christopher Wright biography', Divine Art Recordings] and Piers Hellawell.{{Cite web|url=https://www.editionpeters.com/product/balcony-scenes/ep72634|title=Balcony Scenes|website=Editionpeters.com|access-date=2019-06-11}} She performs standard repertoire and contemporary violin concertos including Thomas Adès's Concentric Paths, Pēteris Vasks's Vientuļais eņģelis (Lonely Angel) and Max Richter's Recomposed: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons, which she recorded in 2019 for Rubicon Classics.{{Cite web|url=http://rubiconclassics.com/|title=Rubicon Classics|website=Rubiconclassics.com|access-date=2019-06-11}}
Her recording of Jean Sibelius' Violin Concerto and Humoresques with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales was released in 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.resonusclassics.com/jean-sibelius-violin-concerto-op.-47-humoresques-opp.-87-89-fenella-humphreys-bbc-now-george-vass|title=Reson Classicsus|website=Resonusclassics.com|access-date=2021-04-15}} In the same year, she released sheet music of a number of her own arrangements for violin that she performed during the covid lockdown.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jamesjoslinmusic.com/product-page/fh-music-for-violin|title=Music for Violin - arranged by Fenella Humphreys|website=Roundrevue.com|access-date=19 November 2024}}
Award
In 2018, Humphreys won the BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Award for her solo CD Bach 2 the Future, vol.II.{{Cite web|url=http://www.classical-music.com/news/winners-bbc-music-magazine-awards-2018-announced|title=Winners of BBC Music Magazine Awards 2018 announced |website=Classical-music.com|access-date=2019-06-11}} In 2023, she went on to win the Premiere Award for her album Caprices.{{Cite web |title=BBC Music Awards 2023 winners announced |url=https://www.classical-music.com/2023-awards/bbc-music-awards-2023-winners-announced/ |access-date=2023-07-07 |website=Classical Music |language=en}} In 2024, she released the album Prism, featuring new works including her own arrangements and the first recording of a work found on Sir Peter Maxwell Davies' desk following his death, titled A Last Postcard from Sanday.{{Cite web |title=Rubicon Classics |url=https://rubiconclassics.com/release/fenella-humphreys-prism/ |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=rubiconclassics.com}}