Charlie Siem

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Charlie Siem is one of the brightest young stars in classical music. Born in London to a Norwegian father and British mother, Charlie began to play the violin at the age of three after hearing a broadcast of Yehudi Menuhin playing Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. Charlie read music at Girton College, Cambridge from 2006 to 2009. From 1998 to 2004 he furthered his violin studies with Itzhak Rashkovsky and from 2004 with Shlomo Mintz. Charlie has appeared with orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech National Symphony Orchestra and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra alongside conductors such as Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Yuri Simonov, Sir Roger Norrington, Ed Gardner, Libor Pesěk and Michal Nesterowicz. Charlie’s recent touring activity includes a recital tour to Norway with renowned pianist Itamar Golan and performances in Holland with the North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra as well as critically acclaimed performances with the Moscow Philharmonic playing Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1. His festival appearances include Spoleto, St Moritz, Gstaad, Bergen, Tine@Munch and Windsor. Charlie is a great believer in giving back to worthwhile causes and is honoured to be an ambassador of the Prince’s Trust and Visiting Professor at Leeds College of Music, making Charlie the youngest Professor in the UK.In addition Charlie has revived the age-old violinistic tradition of composing virtuosic variations of popular themes, which he ha

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Under the Stars

Charlie Siem

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Vaughan Williams and Grieg: Violin Sonatas

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Charlie Siem Plays Bruch, Wieniawski & Bull

Brahms & Enescu

Between the Clouds

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Beethoven: Violin Concerto and Romances

Banks: SIX Pieces for Orchestra

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Elgar & Grieg: Sonatas for Violin and Piano

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Romance in G Major, Op. 40

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Romance in F Major, Op. 50

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Midnight Garden

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