| Biography | Patricia Bishop studied at the Royal College of Music, where in 1954 she was awarded the Musicians Companys prestigious Silver Medal. Bishop also received the Queens Music Prize, a prize awarded to exceptional musicians of the British Isles, aged under 30.
She went on to have a successful performing career, playing regularly with orchestras including the BBC Symphony and London Philharmonic Orchestra. She was particularly known for her interpretation of Ernst von Dohnányis music. Bishop made multiple recordings of Dohnányis Variations on a Nursery Song, and performed the work at the Proms in 1959 under the baton of Sir Malcolm Sargent. |