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Helena Nicholls
Helena Nicholls was born in London in 1986 and received her
musical education at the Junior Guildhall School of Music with Jan
Schmolk and Timothy Boulton, at Cambridge University under the
tuition of Howard Davis, and at the Royal Academy of Music, with
Remus Azoitei. As a soloist Helena performed Messiaen’s
Fantaisie with pianist Robin Davis in the Southbank 2008
Messiaen Festival. She premiered works for violin and piano by
Richard Bullen and Martin Georgiev in the Duke’s Hall at the Royal
Academy as part of the Mayor of London’s “Story of London
Cultural Campaign” in June 2009. She has played “The Lark
Ascending” at St John’s, Smith Square and Tchaikovsky’s Violin
Concerto with the orchestra of the Blackheath Halls and the
James Allen Community Orchestra. Helena works regularly in
ensembles such as the Aurora Orchestra and the Dmitri
Ensemble, in both concerts and recordings and she has toured
abroad with the European Union Chamber Orchestra and the
Hong Kong Sinfonietta. She has led productions of Le Nozze di
Figaro, Così Fan Tutte, La Bohème and Dido and Aeneas. In April
of this year, Helena became a member of the Solstice String
Quartet, recently playing on BBC Radio 3’s ‘In Tune’ programme
and giving performances at the Wigmore Hall, National Galleries
in London and Edinburgh, and the Museé d’Orsay in Paris.
Helena is very grateful to the Countess of Munster Musical Trust
whose award supported her through her studies.