Viola
Strings
Master of Music and Artist Diploma in Performance
Shiry completed an Artist Diploma in 2013 at the ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥app, Artistic Director of Up Close and Musical, solo violist, tutor at Royal Holloway and Principal for several major London orchestras.
After studying with Ian Jewel in the ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥app Junior Department then completing a BA in Social and Political Sciences at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, Shiry returned to music at the ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥app. She is now Artistic Director of Up Close and Musical, a boundary-defying festival at the Fidelio Café in Clerkenwell that focuses on artists’ individual narratives to demystify classical music and bring others into the classical music world.
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As a solo violist, Shiry has performed at the Royal Festival Hall and has recorded Kate Whitley's Viola Concerto for NMC Recordings. Shiry is a founding member of Trio Klein, whose ground-breaking 80s Night programme was featured on BBC Radio 3; a member of Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music, where she performed with Pekka Kuusisto, Viviane Hagner and members of the Nash Ensemble; and teaches at Royal Holloway, University of London. In demand as a Guest Principal violist, she tours with WNO, as well as performing with the major London symphony orchestras.
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