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Biography
Frida Backman is an experienced soloist and orchestral leader. She has performed concertos with the Arion Orchestra, Redhill Sinfonia, TCM String Ensemble, Lahti Conservatoire Symphony & Chamber Orchestras and Finnish Youth Orchestras.

As an orchestral musician, Frida has lead many youth chamber and symphony orchestras, and also worked with Finnish professional orchestras such as the Tapiola Sinfonietta and the Jyvaskyla Sinfonia. Frida was one of two violinists chosen to play with the Sound Collective in a Trinity College of Music concert at Blackheath Halls in 2005.

Frida is a member of the St Pauls Sinfonia and the Arion Orchestra, which she often co-leads and she has lead the New Orpheus Symphony Orchestra and the New Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

Frida is a founding member of the Greenwich String Quartet with whom she plays recitals as well as background music for functions and who have undertaken several SAGA luxury cruises. During her student years in London she regularly played foyer recitals and swing jazz at the Claridge's Hotel and the Savoy.

As a recitalist Frida has given performances in Helsinki as part of the Night of the Arts Festival, as well as a series of recitals in Eastcote, Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen, Hameenilinna and Lahti. Frida has also given recitals in the Hinde Stree Lenten Festival, Tunbridge Wells, Kensington, Aylesbury, Greenwich, Narpes Music Festival and Claridge's Hotel Foyer.

Frida enjoys collaborating with composers and has premiered a number of pieces: Zura Dzagnidze: Intruder - for violin, electronics and backing track (2005), Estonia - String Quartet (2005), Roger Wanamo: Night of the Humble Flea - for solo violin (2007).

She has recorded orchestral and solo works for the record label Mils.

Orchestral Work
Orchestras: Amadeus Orchestra, Arion Orchestra, Emerald Ensemble, Trafalgar Sinfonia.

Frida's orchestral work also includes Arion Orchestra (Co-Leader), Trinity Opera (Guest Leader, Strainsky's Rake's Progress, 2008), St.Paul's Sinfonia (Guest Leader), Dartington Festival Orchestra (Principal 2nd), New Orpheus Ensemble (Leader), New Orpheus Symphony Orchestra (Guest Leader), Amadeus Orchestra, Westminster Chamber Orchestra, Wimbledon Symphony Orchestra, City Side Sinfonia, Tapiola Sinfonietta and Jyvaskyla Sinfonia, Finland.

Training orchestras include Sound Collective (TCM Collaboration), RAM Concert and Symphony Orchestras, TCM String Ensemble & Symphony Orchestra, Manson Ensmble (Spitalfields Festival), London International Orchestra Academia (Co-Leader), Finnish National Conservatories Orchestra (Co-Leader), Lahti Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra (Leader), Espoo Youth Contemporary Opera (Leader).

Education
Frida's graduate studies took place at the Royal Academy of Music - PGDip Performance, Trinity College of Music - BMus 1st Class Hons and the Lahti Conservatoire - Finnish BMus 1st Class Hons. She has also taken the Advanced Chamber Music Course at Dartington International Summer School.

Prizes and Awards

• Participant in International George Enesu Competition, Bucharest, Romania (2007)
• Participant in International European Young Concert Artist Audition, Leipzig, Germany (2006)
• Marlow Concerto Competition (Silver Medal) (2006)
• Leonard Smith & Felicity Young Duo Competition (Winner) (2005)
• Gladys Puttick Extemporisation Competition (2nd Prize) (2005)

Teachers: Diana Cummings, Pertti Sutinen

Masterclasses:Emmanuel Hurwitz (String Quartet).Thomas Brandis, Tasmin Little, Ana Chumachenko, Vilmos Szabadi, Sylvia Rosenberg, Zvi Zeitlin, Sergei Kravchenko.

Frida joined Morgensterns in February 2008

Frida's web profile was last updated 20th Feb 2010