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British violinist
Clare Howick has specialized in contemporary British repertoire, much of it by women. She studied with Maurice Hasson at the Royal Academy of Music, also working with
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Zahkar Bron,
Ida Haendel, and Dorothy DeLay. Taking first prize at the Jellinek Competition, she has also received other prizes and awards around the U.K., benefiting from support from the Countess of Munster Trust and other donors.
Howick has a large repertory of traditional concertos, which she has performed with the
Philharmonia Orchestra, among others. She has appeared at major festivals in the U.K., including the Covent Garden, Buxton, and Cheltenham International Festivals.
Howick has been featured on both BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM, and has collaborated with
Lynn Harrell,
Marin Alsop, and
Jaap van Zweden, among many others. She has appeared as a Guest Leader with the
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra,
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra,
Philharmonia Orchestra,
BBC Concert Orchestra,
BBC National Orchestra of Wales,
Ulster Orchestra,
Northern Sinfonia, and the Orchestra of English National Opera. Many new works, including the Serenade for violin and orchestra of Paul Patterson, have not only been commissioned by
Howick, but have been written specifically with her capabilities in mind.
Howick's debut recording,
Sonata Lirica and Other Works for Violin and Piano (2007), took up the cause of the neglected
Cyril Scott, and she has continued to champion underexposed British music. She returned to
Scott the following year with a recording of three violin sonatas, and her album
British Women Composers (2010) featured music by Ethel Smyth, Elizabeth Maconchy, Irena Regina Poldowski (the daughter of Henryk Wieniawski), Phyllis Tate, and Ethel Barns. An album of
British Music for Violin and Piano in 2017 once again featured
Scott alongside other composers, and
Howick was slated to release a concerto album on Naxos at the end of that year. Her first three releases featured
Sophia Rahman as pianist, replaced by
John Paul Ekins on
British Music for Violin and Piano.