American-British violinist Tanya Sweiry was awarded a full scholarship in 2005 to attend the Royal Academy of Music where she studied with world-renowned violinists Hu Kun and Remus Azoitei. Over the years she has taken part in masterclasses with distinguished violinists including Igor Ozim, Thomas Brandis, Emanuel Hurwitz and Aleksandar Pavlovic.
Tanya has won awards from the Claudio Abbado European Young Musicians Trust and the Emanuel Hurwitz Chamber Music Charitable Trust. In 2009 she graduated with a First Class Honours, also being awarded the John Baker Development Award by Friends of the Royal Academy of Music and in 2010 won the North London Music Festival’s Premier Challenge Cup prize.
Tanya has performed at many festivals and recital series including the Little Venice Music Festival, Winchester Cathedral Lunchtime Recital Series, Queen’s College Oxford Recital Series and Krakow Autumn Festival, Poland, and recently, she made her concert debut performing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto.
Tanya is a Recommended Artist under Making Music’s Philip & Dorothy Green Award scheme for 2011, and has also been awarded Making Music’s Music for Alice Bursary.
