HANNAH ROBERTS is one of the outstanding 'cellists of her generation and was privileged to have studied with Susanna Roberts, Jennifer Ward Clarke, Raphael Wallfisch, William Pleeth and Ralph Kirshbaum.

Having won prizes in numerous prestigious competitions and awards such as Shell LSO, BBC Young Musician, Jacqueline Du Pre Memorial and Pierre Fournier awards Hannah has gone on to give many concerto performances with leading orchestras, including the London Mozart Players, LSO, BBC Concert Orchestra, Halle and Manchester Camerata (where she is principal cellist), also making frequent broadcasts for BBC radio and recoding for ASV.

Festival appearances have included Chichester, Malvern, Beverley, ‘Beethovenfest’ and regular participation in the prestigious ‘Manchester International Cello Festival where she was invited to lead a world premiere of a cello sextet work by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and performed on numerous occasions.

Internationally she has taken part part in the Piatigorsky International Cello Festival in Los Angeles, ‘Cellissimo’ festival, and numerous other festivals in Europe, and has an active schedule of solo and chamber music performances and broadcasts.

Equally important to her activities as soloist, chamber musician, and principal cellist, Hannah is a committed and internationally sought after teacher and is professor of cello at both the RAM in London and the RNCM in Manchester, and a visiting tutor for the University of Oxford.

Hannah’s former students include the internationally acclaimed British ‘cellist Sheku Kanneh Mason and some of the world’s leading soloists, chamber musicians and orchestral principals, including those from the Founier trio, Verona, Heath, Voce , Albion and Barbican string quartets and principals at the Halle, LPO,, Mozarteum , Frankfurt Opera and Singapore Symphony Orchestra.

She is honoured to have been awarded both an HonRAM and an FRNCM for her work helping to nurture upcoming ‘cellists, and enjoys working with some of the world’s most gifted young musicians at prestigious international masterclasses each summer.