Isobel Neary-Adams
Viola
Isobel Neary-Adams studies with David Takeno at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she holds a scholarship and is also supported by the Munster trust and Albert Cooper trust, having completed undergraduate study at the University of Oxford.
She cultivated a passion for chamber music at MusicWorks, Festival Resonances Academy, Maiastra and IMS Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music. To further pursue chamber playing, she founded the Telyn Quartet and a concert series, Coco Concerts, while at university.
Recent performances include concerts with the Telyn Quartet, Castalian Quartet, Sinfonia Cymru, Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, Ensemble 360, and Welsh National Opera. Isobel has been invited to play in Lewes, Penarth Chamber Music Festival, Southwell, Pudding Chare and Wye Valley Festivals, and in venues such as Wigmore Hall, Holywell Music room, and Menuhin Hall.
She has greatly benefitted from masterclasses with eminent musicians Thomas Riebl, Jennifer Stumm, Asbjørn Nørgaard, Antje Weithaas, Arisa Fujita, Peter Herresthal, Malin Broman, Helena Winkelman and David Waterman.
As a soloist, she performed the Walton Concerto with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra and City of Cardiff Symphony Orchestra, Bruch double concerto with Oxford Chamber Orchestra, and Mozart Sinfonia Concertante.
Upcoming engagements include a project of her own curation with Sinfonia Cymru, and concerts with the Lawson trio, Adler quartet, and Neary-Adams string trio.