SUSAN DOREY  (cello) » 

Biography
Susan Dorey is principal cello of the City of London Sinfonia and a member of the Academy of St Martin-In-The-Fields.

Sue was a member of the Trio Zingara (1978-84) who were prize winners at the 1981 Munich International Competition.

Sue teaches cello and regularly coaches on IAPS music courses. Sue taught at Chethams School of Music (1988 - 1991)

Sue has made recordings for Oboe Classics with the Ambache Chamber Orchestra and for Naxos Records.

• Romantic Women Composers, Oboe Classics Cat. No. AMB6004
• Sea Change, the Choral Music Of Richard Rodney Bennett, Collegium Records, cat. No. 901
• L Spohr: Complete Music for Violin & Harp Vol.1, (Susan Dorey, cello; Sophie Langdon, violin; Hugh Webb, harp) Naxos cat. No. 8555364
• Complete Music for Violin and Harp Volume 2, Naxos cat. No. 8555365
• Bach and his contemporaries: Christopher Hyde-Smith (flute) & Jane Dodd (harpsichord) & Susan Dorey (cello) Creighton Collection

Orchestral Work
Orchestras: Academy of St Martin In The Fields, City of London Sinfonia, English National Opera Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Opera House Orchestra. Sessions: Isobel Griffiths, London Metropolitan Orchestras Ltd. Education Work: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Education, City of London Sinfonia Education.

Education
Susan's schooling took place at Yehudi Menuhin School (1967 - 1975). Susan's graduate studies took place at the Royal Academy of Music (1975 - 1978).

Prizes and Awards

• Scholarship to study with Thomas Igloi at RAM
• Munster Trust Scholarships to study with Jacqueline du Pre and Wolfgang Mehlhorn
• Royal Society of Arts Scholarship to study with Menahem Pressler
• Awards from Myra Hess and Ian Fleming Trusts
• Prize winner at the 1981 Munich International Competition

Teachers: Maurice Gendron, Thomas Igloi, David Strange, Jacqueline du Pre and Wolfgang Mehlhorn.

Susan joined Morgensterns in November 1983

Susan's web profile was last updated 12th May 2012