Roland Roberts studied at
the Royal Academy in London with Emanuel Hurwitz and later as a Fulbright Scholar in the
USA with Shmuel Ashkenasi where he gained a Masters Degree in Music. As a violinist
he was once described by Ruggiero Ricci as "one of the most talented violinists I
have ever had the privilege to hear." Roland has broadcast internationally
and has been sponsored by the British Council to concertize and give masterclasses in
China, Australia and Argentina. He has also been leader of some of the finest
British ensembles including the Koenig Ensemble, the Thames Chamber Orchestra and for five
years Leader/Director of the City of Oxford Orchestra. "Roland Roberts
showed the violin virtuosity with which he so regularly delights Oxford audiences".
(The Oxford Times.)
For Meridian records he has recorded three Hummel Piano Trios, the Violin &
Piano Works of Joaquin Turina and most recently a second CD of Turina's
chamber music. "Roberts produces a rapturous, sweet tone that, with its
fastish, unexaggerated vibrato, could not be more apt for this exquisite,
impressionist-aware Hispanic repertoire." (The Strad.) Roland also features as
solo violinist in a new British film entitled "Another Life", due for
general release in February 2001.
Roland Roberts studied at
the Royal Academy in London with Emanuel Hurwitz and later as a Fulbright Scholar in the
USA with Shmuel Ashkenasi where he gained a Masters Degree in Music. As a violinist
he was once described by Ruggiero Ricci as "one of the most talented violinists I
have ever had the privilege to hear." Roland has broadcast internationally
and has been sponsored by the British Council to concertize and give masterclasses in
China, Australia and Argentina. He has also been leader of some of the finest
British ensembles including the Koenig Ensemble, the Thames Chamber Orchestra and for five
years Leader/Director of the City of Oxford Orchestra. "Roland Roberts
showed the violin virtuosity with which he so regularly delights Oxford audiences".
(The Oxford Times.)