Louisa Staples

Louisa Staples is an award-winning British violinist and is currently studying at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in the class of Antje Weithaas. She has performed as a soloist in renowned concert halls around the world, including Carnegie Hall and the Royal Festival Hall. She has won prizes at competitions such as the Long-Thibaud-Crespin-Competition and the International Louis Spohr Competition and was a finalist in the Premio Paganini 2021.

Staples is the first violinist of the Viatores Quartet. She has performed at festivals such as the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. She has completed masterclasses with renowned musicians such as Donald Weilerstein and Zakhar Bron. As a soloist, she has performed with orchestras such as the City of London Sinfonia and the London International Concert Orchestra.

She has been a member of Villa Musica Rheinland-Pfalz since 2019 and is artistic director of the Alderney Chamber Music Festival. Staples plays a Guadagnini violin from 1744, which was given to her by the German Musical Instrument Fund.

Find out more at https://www.louisastaples.com