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Louisa Staples
Born 2000, United Kingdom
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
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
Repertoire
PRELIMINARY ROUND 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
Luciano Berio
Sequenza VIII (1976)
PRELIMINARY ROUND 2
Franz Schubert
Rondo in B minor for Violin and Piano, D. 895
Henryk Wieniawski
Fantaisie brillante sur des motifs l’opera 'Faust' de Gounod, Op. 20
SEMIFINAL ROUND 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218, movement 1 & 2
Béla Bartók
Divertimento, Sz 113 - 3. Allegro assai
SEMIFINAL ROUND 2
Joseph Haydn
String Quartet movement
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita in D minor, BWV 1004: V. Ciaccona
Eugène Ysaÿe
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor ‘Ballade’, Op. 27
Sergei Prokoviev
Five Melodies for Violin and Piano, Op. 35a
César Franck
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major
FINAL ROUND
Enno Poppe
Feder (WP)
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
Luciano Berio
Sequenza VIII (1976)
PRELIMINARY ROUND 2
Franz Schubert
Rondo in B minor for Violin and Piano, D. 895
Henryk Wieniawski
Fantaisie brillante sur des motifs l’opera 'Faust' de Gounod, Op. 20
SEMIFINAL ROUND 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218, movement 1 & 2
Béla Bartók
Divertimento, Sz 113 - 3. Allegro assai
SEMIFINAL ROUND 2
Joseph Haydn
String Quartet movement
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita in D minor, BWV 1004: V. Ciaccona
Eugène Ysaÿe
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor ‘Ballade’, Op. 27
Sergei Prokoviev
Five Melodies for Violin and Piano, Op. 35a
César Franck
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major
FINAL ROUND
Enno Poppe
Feder (WP)
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77