Astrid King LGSM

Astrid started playing the violin at the age of 7. At 15 she won first prize in the final round of the German national competition ‘Jugend Musiziert’ and subsequently played a Mozart Concerto with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra. She studied the violin and viola with Professor Ramy Shevelov in Hannover and with Professor Yfrah Neaman in London, where she received a silver medal for her LGSM Performer’s Diploma. She also attained a Teacher’s Diploma on the viola. She started her career as a member of the Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet Orchestra and later the Ulster Orchestra, where she still plays as deputy/extra. She has always played a lot of chamber music, both on the violin and the viola. Since 1998 she has taught students at the Ulster College of Music from beginner to diploma standard.