About Jennifer.
Currently a fellow with Southbank Sinfonia, Jennifer Sturt finds the most enjoyable projects to be in small or chamber ensembles and with current composers; where collaboration and teamwork is essential to realising new and exciting artistic directions. At Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance she obtained a first-class Bachelor of Music with honours, whilst focusing on diverse repertoire with her teacher Naomi Butterworth. Highlights include joining the Smith Quartet for a performance of Steve Reich’s triple quartet, performing in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia with the conductor Jonathan Tilbrook, and as the principal cellist at Cadogan Hall with the Trinity Laban Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique. These efforts, along with many more, gained her the silver medal award for outstanding contribution to the strings department.
Communication is always at the heart of my ideals as a cellist.
During her Masters of Music studies at the Royal Academy of Music, Sturt continued her search for ‘off-canon’ repertoire and composer collaboration. She has recently remotely premiered John Sturt and Sophia Chapadjiev’s Minutes to Midnight: A Nuclear Opera.
Born in East Sussex to a very musical family, Sturt has been playing the cello since 2001 and regularly participates in the local music scene there.