Kathryn Rutland

Kathryn Rutland studied at the Purcell School of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) where her teachers were Ben Holland and Yossi Zivoni. She graduated with a B Mus (Hons) and later a M Mus (dist). Whilst studying, Kathryn performed with the Hallé Orchestra, the Manchester Camerata and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. She led the RNCM Symphony Orchestra and was invited to lead the Cardiff Bay Chamber Orchestra and Clonter Opera. After leaving the RNCM, Kathryn was appointed to the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. She is the leader of the Towler String Quartet, with whom she has performed in the Whitworth Art Gallery, the Bridgewater Hall, and at Salford University. In January 2007, Kathryn moved to London to play in the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Kathryn plays a fine Ruggieri violin of circa 1700.