YMF Showcase, 2005
Charlotte Scott has become a sought-after and renowned recitalist and chamber musician. She has recently performed in venues such as the Purcell Room, St Martin’s in the Fields, St James Piccadilly, Fairfield Hall, Senate House, Kettles Yard and in various music festivals in the UK. She has also been invited to perform various works in the Mozart, Haydn and Brahms festivals. Charlotte also holds a range of prizes and scholarships including Croyden Concerto Competition 1st prize, and awards from the Rosalie Inskip Trust, Jerwood Foundation, MBF Education and The Louise Childs Fund.
Charlotte began playing the violin at the age of seven, and went to study at the Royal Northern College of Music with When Zoi Lee. At the age of 10 She made her debut performance of Beethoven Romances with Orchestra in York Minster. After receiving a DFEE scholarship, she went to study at Wells Cathedral School where she performed as a soloist and with the Johan Piano Trio throughout the UK and Malaysia. During her four years there she was invited to take part in the 9th Yfrah Neamen International Violin Competition where she reached the semi-finals.
In 2001 she was awarded a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music where she studied under Mateja Marinkovic and Marianne Thorsen and in 2003, she won a full scholarship to spend six months studying in Boston at the New England Conservatory and was invited back to take part in the IMI Festival in Maine. Charlotte graduated with First Class Honours and she is currently completing her Post Graduate Diploma.
Charlotte has attended IMS Prussia Cove for two years where she performed in concerts and masterclasses with Ida Haendle and Ferenc Rados. Other masterclasses in which she has participated include those by Mauricio Fuks, Thomas Brandis, Sylvia Rosenberg, Zvi Zitlen, Tibor Varga Alexander Pablovic and Levon Chilingirian.