Rosie Spinks 

Biography 

Rosie enjoys a varied musical career as an educator, soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player. She is a founder of the Larisa Piano Trio, who are an award-winning chamber group formed in 2016 in Manchester. Holders of the prestigious St James's Prize as well as the Christopher Rowland Chamber Music Ensemble of the Year Award, they have had many competitive successes. The trio were invited to play in Wigmore Hall in a masterclass with György Pauk. Rosie has been accepted onto the NEXT scheme with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, with whom she performed in Birmingham Symphony Hall, BSO and the Birmingham Conservatoire.

As an educator, Rosie has been a part of the Benedetti Foundation since it first formed, and is now an Assistant Cello Tutor as well as a Tutor Mentor. She is a Lower Strings Tutor at Hackney New Primary School and teaches a number of private students. Rosie has enjoyed being a part organisations such as Wigmore Hall’s Chamber Tots, SoundUP Arts, TiPP and The Messengers. This year she is completing her PGCEi with Music Masters.

Highlights of her orchestral experience include being invited to play with The Manchester Camerata as part of their professional experience scheme and playing in Leeds Town Hall as part of Nicola Benedetti's Four Seasons Tour. She played again with Benedetti in a string orchestra under Leonard Elschenbroich, which was featured on Classic FM. Rosie is a member of the Fidelio Orchestra, and with their kind support, she plays on a 1908 Soffritti Italian Cello.