| Biography | Cellist Riya Hamie is a Royal College of Music Junior Department (RCMJD) student. She was selected as one of eight LPO Junior Artists in 2020/21 and became a member of the National Youth Orchestra in 2021; she was the co-principal cellist in 2022 and the principal cellist in the NYO winter concert at the Barbican in January 2022. She has won multiple prizes at the RCMJD under the tutelage of Michal Kaznowski including Majorie Humby Competition, Barbara Boissard Junior Concerto and the prestigious Peter Morrison Senior Concerto Competition. She plays a Panormo cello, on loan from the Benslow Trust. |