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Upcoming Events
- 3rd March 2012 - Dvorak Cello Concerto Oxford
- 22nd March to 1st April 2012 - Concerts in the U.S.A, working with Daniel Hope, Menahem Pressler, the Takacs Quartet.
Performances at the Savannah Music Festival, Georgia, U.S.A., including recital appearances with Simon Crawford-Philips - 23rd April - Masterclasses at the Mendelssohn Academy in Leipzig, Germany
- 11th May - The Royal Academy Cello Ensemble debut concert at the Dukes Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London
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Press Quotes
"Occupying centre-stage was cellist Josephine Knight, radiantly pregnant as if to remind us that in the midst of death, we are in life. Knight played almost ceaselessly, her tone sometimes sweet or sorrowful or anguished. Hers was a performance of utter dedication"
Evening Standard
Hickox/City of London Sinfonia
Cadogan Hall, November 13th 2008
"The demands of sheer stamina required for Josephine Knight's recital were positively gladiatorial, they certainly enabled her to prove her credentials as a technically formidable cellist"
The Strad (Wigmore Hall)
"Would stand in any company"
The Times
"The next two works in the all-Sallinen first half drew those second and third phases together: his Chamber Music IV is based on 1964's Elegy for Sebastian Knight for solo cello, marvellously played here by Josephine Knight"
The Independent
English Chamber Orchestra, Barbican Concert Hall, London
CD Reviews
Josephine Knight's way with the solo part of Tavaner's masterwork (The Protecting Veil) neither displaces Steven Isserlis's famous recording nor aims to do so, but offers a strong, incisive and convincing alternative. Knight and the English Sinfonia under Bramwell Tovey thrillingly capture its concentrated power - the sonic counterpart of a light almost too blinding for the eye.
Classic FM Magazine
Malcolm Hayes
Arguably the most enjoyable item is Rossini's Duetto. Josephine Knight and Seldis combine in exciting, witty and stylish readings of the outer movements, while the beautiful central Andante molto flows effortlessly along in true Italian cantabile manner.
Bassist Magazine 2001
Malcolm Creese
"The demands of sheer stamina required for Josephine Knight's recital were positively gladiatorial, they certainly enabled her to prove her credentials as a technically formidable cellist" -- The Strad (Wigmore Hall)
Josephine Knight has an active concert career as a soloist and chamber musician. Passionate about teaching and much in demand, Josephine is Professor of Cello at the Royal Academy of Music, London and is invited worldwide to give Masterclasses. Josephine has performed as a concerto soloist with many orchestras in the U.K. and abroad including the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Bochum Symphony Orchestra and the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra`s working with distinguished conductors including Vasily Petrenko, Christian Zacharias, Richard Hickox, Kasper de Roo, Yoav Talmi, Jac van Steen and Roy Goodman.
In 2005 Josephine made her BBC Proms concerto debut at the Royal Albert Hall. She has recorded for EMI Classics, Deutsche Grammophon, Chandos, Blackbox/ASV and Carlton Classics. Her recording of John Tavener's "The Protecting Veil" received public and critical acclaim and reached the Top Ten in the Classical Music Charts. Her C.D. featuring 18th Century Italian Cello Concertos by Leonardo Leo recorded with the English Chamber Orchestra received International critical acclaim. Following the success in February 2008 of the World Premiere "Requiem" by Sir John Tavener, Josephine subsequently released a solo disc recorded with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic for the EMI Classics label. Her commitment to contemporary music has led to her performing many World Premiere's by composers such as Huw Watkins, Michael Nyman, Geoffrey Burgon, and Sir John Tavener. In 2009 Josephine made her concerto debut in Holland giving the World Premiere of Michael Nyman's Cello Concerto.
Josephine has collaborated as a soloist and chamber musician with many leading international performers including Daniel Hope, Maxim Vengerov, Lisa Batiashvili, Yuzuko Horigone, Wu Han, Melvyn Tan, the Emerson Quartet and Michael Tree from the legendary Guarneri Quartet. A regular performer for BBC Radio 3, Josephine has also appeared on the U.K. Television Programme, "The Culture Show" where she was interviewed and then performed live.
Josephine studied at Yale University and the prestigious Juilliard School in the U.S.A. with Aldo Parisot, and at the Royal Academy of Music in London with David Strange, where she won all the major 'cello prizes and now holds the DipRAM and ARAM. In acknowledgement of her success as an international cellist, in 2008 Josephine was awarded a Fellowship to Wells Cathedral School (one of the four major specialist music schools in the U.K.) and in 2009 Josephine was unanimously elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music.
Josephine is a member of the Pizarro Trio with Artur Pizarro and Raphael Oleg. Formed in 2005 the Trio have performed in many prestigious Concert Halls and venues including the Wigmore Hall, Aldeburgh, where the Trio were Artists in Residence, the Petworth and Stavanger International Chamber Music Festivals, Casa da Musica in Porto and the Tonhalle in Dusseldorf. Josephine has also appeared at the world's most important festivals, such as: Salzburg, Gstaad, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg, Beethoven, Schloselmau and Savannah.
Josephine plays on the 1709 Markovitch Stradivarius kindly loaned to her by the Royal Academy of Music.
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The Rayas Ensemble
An exciting and diverse new ensemble made up of several distinguished British musicians already well known as soloists in their own right. Core players Jack Liebeck (violin), Philip Dukes (viola) and Josephine Knight (cello), allow for a truly eclectic mix of repertoire to be programmed ranging from solo and duo items to larger scale masterpieces from the extensive treasures of the chamber music repertoire. Contemporary music is also a feature of this group particularly that of British composers, and programmes can be tailored accordingly. In addition to the Principal players other internationally recognized guests artists are welcomed to the ensemble according to the needs of a specific programme.