Lisanne Melchior
Viola
Lisanne Melchior won violin and viola scholarships to the Royal Northern College of Music and went on to study in Chicago. Lisanne enjoys performing a wide range of musical styles and has a particular love of chamber music. She has performed chamber music recitals in America, Germany, Kenya, Ireland, Spain and the UK. As a member of the Adderbury Ensemble she has recorded a disc of chamber music by John Veale and Robert Crawford on Métier Records. She has also performed regularly with the Harborough Collective, Soloists of London, the Rosetta Trio, the Le Page Ensemble, CHROMA and Britten Sinfonia.
Lisanne is an advocate of making music accessible and has performed in many unusual concert settings. Examples include chamber music by Schoenberg and Piazzolla in Yorkshire Sculpture Park, and Ian Wilson’s Bewitched for Soprano & String Quartet, a composition based on the experiences of patients with stroke and hospital staff, at a health conference in Dublin Castle. Lisanne has guest lead many orchestral viola sections including, English String Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, Orchestra of the Swan, Glyndebourne Opera, Ulster Orchestra, Opera North, The Guildhall String Ensemble, and Illinois Chamber. As a soloist, Lisanne has performed Berlioz Harold in Italy in England and Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in Germany. She currently lives in Dublin where she is Principal Viola of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
Lisanne is an advocate of making music accessible and has performed in many unusual concert settings. Examples include chamber music by Schoenberg and Piazzolla in Yorkshire Sculpture Park, and Ian Wilson’s Bewitched for Soprano & String Quartet, a composition based on the experiences of patients with stroke and hospital staff, at a health conference in Dublin Castle. Lisanne has guest lead many orchestral viola sections including, English String Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, Orchestra of the Swan, Glyndebourne Opera, Ulster Orchestra, Opera North, The Guildhall String Ensemble, and Illinois Chamber. As a soloist, Lisanne has performed Berlioz Harold in Italy in England and Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in Germany. She currently lives in Dublin where she is Principal Viola of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
Lisanne appears in Schoenberg and Poetry on 27 June 2018 and Words and Music on 30 June 2018
