Rose Redgrave

Rose Redgrave was born in London in 1974, daughter of an artist and a viola player. After her studies at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music, she spent some years gaining valuable experience playing in most of the London and UK orchestras in all of the major concert halls in Europe and worldwide, commercial and BBC recording studios, alongside regular appearances in chamber music at the Wigmore Hall and Holywell Music room.

Having established herself as a versatile chamber musician performing on both modern and period instruments, Rose then became a member of the Coull Quartet from 2010-2015 with whom she undertook a busy schedule of concerts and recordings alongside a full-time residency in  Warwick University. With chamber groups such as Music Theatre Wales, Scottish Ensemble, Lontano, Goldberg Ensemble and Chroma, Rose has worked alongside composers such as Mark Anthony Turnage, Harrison Birtwistle, James Macmillan, Howard Skempton, Peter Maxwell Davies, Philip Glass, Gerald Barry, Judith Wier, and Joe Cutler.

Recent concerto appearances include the York Early Music festival and with the Orchestra of the Swan performances of Mozart Sinfonia Concertante and Joe Cutler’s Music For Sunflowers. She has also recently performed Howard Skempton’s iconic Only The Sound Remains.

Rose currently enjoys an International performing career as the violist of the Fews Ensemble of Northern Ireland, as principal viola of the Orchestra of the Swan and on the baroque viola with the Kings Consort and the Academy of Ancient Music. She also performs regularly with the Adderbury String Quartet.

Recent recordings include Music for Clarinet and Strings with Gemini, ø for piano quartet by Gerald Barry with the Fidelio Trio and arrangements of Bach’s Trio Sonata’s with the Kings Consort which has just been released on the Vivat label.

Passionate about teaching, Rose teaches viola at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. She also makes regular visits to the Royal Academy of Music as an examiner. She plays a French viola circa 1900. Rose lives in Birmingham with her husband and young son.