| Biography | Lyn Fletcher joined the Hallé Orchestra as Leader in January 1997. She was Co-leader of the Philharmonia between 1986 and 1989,and Co-leader of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra from 1990 - 1996. She has also been a guest Leader of many other orchestras.
Lyn began playing the violin when she was three years old, having pestered her parents for private lessons. In her teens she studied with Eta Cohen and became a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. Her experience in The National Youth Orchestra was very influential in her developing passion for orchestral playing. She went on to win a scholarship to study with Manoug Parikian at the Royal Academy of Music. Whilst there, she continued to win many prizes and scholarships.
Her first professional engagements were with the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, with whom she played regularly as a soloist. She has also appeared as soloist with the Philharmonia, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, London Musici, the Hallé Orchestra and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. In 1966 Lyn gave the first performance of the violin concerto by Sally Beamish "A Book of Seasons" with BCMG. In 2000 she gave the premiere of Edward Gregson's violin concerto with the Hallé Orchestra at the Bridgewater Hall.
Lyn has made several recordings with the Lancashire Sinfonietta, including Carnival of the Animals by Saint Saens, Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky (Arr.Yu) and Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev. |