Rosie Biss
Rosie Biss decided to
pursue a performing career after completing a degree at
Cambridge
University. She
spent two years of intensive postgraduate study at the
Hochschule für
Musikin Cologne
under Maria Kliegel.
Whilst
in Germany, she became principal cello in the
Deutsche Kammerakademie, and the Kammerphilharmonie
Amadé. Since returning to live in the UK, she has been in demand as a chamber
musician, playing with groups such as the Scottish
Ensemble (projects which included a CD recording live at the
Wigmore Hall), and the Zehetmair quartet and trio, with
whom she appeared at festivals including Helsinki, Edinburghand Schleswig-Holstein, and toured Europeand the USA playing in major venues including
Wigmore and Carnegie Halls. She was Co-Principal cello in Northern
Sinfonia, and has played guest principal in orchestras
including English National Opera, BBC Scottish
Symphony Orchestra, Opera North, Cologne Chamber Orchestra,
Orchestra of the Beethoven festival, Bonn, English Sinfonia,
Stavanger
Symphony Orchestra
and Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
Rosie’s wide repertoire embraces
concertos, duo recitals and performances with chamber groups, as
well as continuo work with Kings CollegeChoir Cambridge, and major Choral Societies in the UK
and Germany. Performances have taken her across Europe, the
USA, South
America, and the Far
East, broadcasting with, amongst others, BBC Radio 3, Classic FM
and WDR 3. Outside the regular classical regime, she has played
costume cabaret shows with the celebrated German group Ensemble
Extravagance!, cultural new music events in art galleries with
The European Music Project, and has recorded with folk
musicians Rachel Unthank, and TroyDonockley.
A keen
educator, Rosie teaches at the Royal Welsh College of Music &
Drama, having
previously taught at the Sage Gateshead, Durham, York and Newcastle Universities, and coaches the National
Children’s Orchestra.
Rosie recently took the
position of Principal cello at Welsh National Opera, and plays a
Roman cello, circa 1730 by G.C Gigli