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Tom Hankey
  
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  TOM HANKEY  (violin) » 

As a soloist he has performed recitals and concertos, including:
  • Beethoven Triple Concerto with Southbank Sinfonia, conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy (2007)
  • Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale with the Kreisler Ensemble in the Du Pre Hall (2005)
  • Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No.1 with Soutbank Sinfonia in St.John Smith's Square (2003)
  • Bruch's Scottish Fantasy in the Boult Hall, Birmingham

Tom was a founding member of Ensemble Na Mara - a piano quartet and string trio. The group won the 2006 Royal Over-Seas league ensemble prize, the Tunnel prize and a Kirkman prize.

Tom is a member (as violinist and violist) of the Aronowitz Ensemble (string sextet and piano). From 2006 -2008 the group took part in the radio 3 New Generation Young Artist Scheme which involved frequent performances on the radio - live and pre- recorded from venues throughout the UK... Wigmore Hall, The Sage (Newcastle), Bridgewater Hall and the Bath, Cheltenham, Aldeburgh and City of London Fesivals. In September 2008 the group performed in the proms chamber concert series.

Tom is committed to contemporary music and has given frequent first performances.

Tom Hankey studied the violin with David Takeno, Krzyzstof Smietana, Levon Chilingirian and Yossi Zivoni. As a chamber musician he has performed at major concert halls and festivals in Europe and Canada.

Orchestral Work
Orchestras: Adderbury Ensemble, Aurora Orchestra, Brandenburg Sinfonia, Britten Sinfonia, Chamber Domaine, English Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Lumiere, Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, London Chamber Orchestra, London Musical Arts Orchestra (LMA Orchestra), London Sinfonietta, Lontano, Northern Sinfonia, Oxford Philomusica, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Thames Sinfonia, Trafalgar Sinfonia.

Tom's orchestral work also includes

  • Britten Sinfonia (Tour to Poland, Dec 2008, and Bath Festival Concert, May 2008)
  • English Chamber Orchestra (Tours to Dubai and Paris, Nov 2008)
  • European Camerata (France, Jun 2008)
  • Welsh Chamber Orchestra (guest principal 2nd, May 2008)
  • Tour of Scotland with the Scottish Ensemble
Tom has also played with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Philharmonia, Music Theatre Wales (Principal 2nd violin), Opera East (leading), Ilford Opera (leading), Southbank Sinfonia (leading).

Education
Tom's graduate studies took place at Royal College of Music (1996-2001)

Prizes and Awards

  • Royal Over-Seas League chamber music prize with Ensemble na Mara (spring 2006), and ensemble prize (2000)
  • Kirkman Trust Prize (Ensemble Na Mara) (Autumn 2005)
  • Tunnell Prize (Ensemble Na Mara)
  • Countess of Munster Musical Trust and South Square Trust
  • Net 4 Prize (Bristol Millennium Chamber Music Competition)
  • Helen Just Prize with the Tavec String Quartet, Isolda Menges Violin Prize and the W.H.Reed violin prize (RCM)

Teachers: Levon Chillingrian, Yossi Zivoni, David Takano, Krzsyztof Smietana

Tom joined Morgensterns in January 2009

Tom's web profile was last updated 19th May 2012