Sarah Sew
Artistic Director/Violin
Sarah Sew is recipient of the Maisie Lewis Young Artists’ Fund Award which supported her recital debut at Wigmore Hall, the Emanuel Hurwitz Award, J & A Beare Prize and Pavlovíc Award. She appears worldwide as a guest concertmaster, director and soloist. As a recitalist and chamber musician, Sarah has performed at Zermatt Festival, Switzerland; Bolzano Festival, Italy; Grafenegg Festival, Austria; Cheltenham Festival, UK; Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Japan and the International Musicians Seminar, Prussia Cove.
Sarah has appeared as Guest Leader of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Camerata Ireland, English Symphony Orchestra, Balkan Chamber Orchestra, Nevill Holt Opera Orchestra and the Human Rights Orchestra in Lucerne. She has performed, toured and recorded extensively with orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, London Chamber Orchestra and London Sinfonietta. Sarah held the position of Principal First Violin with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra for two years and was Concertmaster of the European Union Youth Orchestra from 2010-2012. Concert highlights in 2018 include appearances as leader/director and soloist in Argentina, Brazil, China, Ireland, Spain, Uruguay and the UK.
Sarah takes up the position of Professor of Violin and Head of Strings at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in September 2018. Sarah studied with Maurice Hasson and Howard Davis at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and Friedemann Eichhorn at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar. She was elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2018. Sarah plays a Gennaro Gagliano violin c.1760.
Sarah has appeared as Guest Leader of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Camerata Ireland, English Symphony Orchestra, Balkan Chamber Orchestra, Nevill Holt Opera Orchestra and the Human Rights Orchestra in Lucerne. She has performed, toured and recorded extensively with orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, London Chamber Orchestra and London Sinfonietta. Sarah held the position of Principal First Violin with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra for two years and was Concertmaster of the European Union Youth Orchestra from 2010-2012. Concert highlights in 2018 include appearances as leader/director and soloist in Argentina, Brazil, China, Ireland, Spain, Uruguay and the UK.
Sarah takes up the position of Professor of Violin and Head of Strings at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in September 2018. Sarah studied with Maurice Hasson and Howard Davis at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and Friedemann Eichhorn at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar. She was elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2018. Sarah plays a Gennaro Gagliano violin c.1760.
