Scottish-Irish violinist Bríona Mannion is a passionate chamber musician and soloist. She has performed at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Queen’s Hall Edinburgh, and Dublin National Concert Hall. Bríona has collaborated with members of the Chilingirian and Edinburgh Quartets, Frans Helmerson, Mihaela Martin, and pianist Sam Armstrong. She has appeared at international festivals including the Edinburgh Festival, Perth Festival of the Arts, Thy Chamber Music Festival and the Romsey Chamber Music Festival. As a soloist, she has performed with the London Conservatoire’s String Ensemble, the Caledonian Chamber Orchestra, and I Musici di Parma in Italy. She was a prizewinner in the Haslemere International String Competition and the Brescia International Concerto Competition.

 

Bríona holds a Master of Arts degree from the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne, where she studied with Svetlana Makarova, and a First Class Honours BMus from the Royal Academy of Music where she was awarded a full scholarship. She recently completed her first year of Artist Diploma at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, studying with Akiko Ono.