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 orchestra’s in
all of the major concert halls in Europe, 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 (to whom she is married).

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 plays 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 Birmingham Conservatoire and Cheltenham
Ladies College.

She plays a french viola circa 1900. Rose lives in Birmingham with her husband and young son.