Tasmin Little CBE (Violin)

Biography

Tasmin has played with many of the world's greatest orchestras in a career that has taken her to every continent. Her 2003 tour with the Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle, during which she performed the concerto at the BBC Proms, Berlin Philharmonie, the Salzburg Festival, New York's Carnegie Hall and Philadelphia's Kimmel Center, received unanimous critical acclaim. 

In addition to her regular solo performances, she has played with orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, London Mozart Players, English Chamber Orchestra, Norwegian Chamber, European Union Chamber Orchestra and Britten Sinfonia. In 2007/08 she joined the London Mozart Players as soloist and director in a tour of the UK which also featured her UK conducting debut.  

In 2008 Tasmin was the subject of the South Bank Show, which followed her ground-breaking project, The Naked Violin. As a result of this project, she received the 2008 Classic FM Gramophone Award for Audience Innovation.

In March 2012 she gave the world premiere of the completed version of Roxanna Panufnik’s Four World Seasons with the London Mozart Players, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 to mark the beginning of the cultural events leading up to the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Tasmin’s discography reflects her wide-ranging repertoire and includes 25 recordings, ranging from Bruch and Brahms to Karlowicz and Arvo Pärt. She was also kind enough to revisit the School in 2014 to perform and be one of the judges of the prestigious Gold Medal competition, of which she is a former recipient.