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Biography
Lucilla Rose Mariotti Banwell, born in 2001, is an internationally renowned violinist praised for her charismatic stage presence and the richness of her warm and profound sound, blending artistic sensitivity with technical virtuosity.
She had the honour of performing for Their Majesties, King Charles III and The Queen Consort, at Highgrove House and Gardens during an event organized by the Italian Embassy in the UK. In 2024, she toured Australia with Vivaldi Gala Night – Journey to Italy, performing as a soloist at Winthrop Hall in Perth, the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane, and the Sydney Opera House.
She is the First Prize & Audience Award winner of the 2023 Violins&Soul Salon Music Violin Competition at the AMADEUS Festival in Vienna, where she was awarded a two-year loan of a 1709 Antonio Stradivari violin from the Goh Family Collection. With this instrument, she recorded her debut album Lumière du Temps with Orchid Classics. Additionally, she was honoured with the Daniele Gay Award, established by violinist Francesca Dego.
From an early age, she has performed as a soloist with prestigious orchestras worldwide. In 2023, Lucilla represented Italy at the European Festival of Soloists in Venezuela, performing with the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar under Maestro Rodolfo Saglimbeni, in an event organized by the EU Delegation in Venezuela and El Sistema.
That same year, she performed as a soloist with the RCM Chamber Orchestra in a live-streamed masterclass led by Maxim Vengerov, later joining him to perform Sarasate’s Navarra at the celebration of his 40-year career at the Royal Albert Hall with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 2022, she captivated audiences as a soloist with the New English Concert Orchestra at the Battle Proms Concerts, held at iconic UK venues such as Blenheim Palace, Burghley House, Hatfield House, and Highclere Castle. The previous year, she revived Thomas Linley Jr.’s Violin Concerto in F Major in its Italian premiere. She has also collaborated with numerous orchestras, including the Bazzini Consort Orchestra under Aram Khacheh, the Kensington Philharmonic Orchestra under Claudio di Meo, the Haydn Chamber Orchestra, the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra under Tomáš Netopil, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, the Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Francigena Chamber Orchestra, the Strings of Maderna Orchestra, the Orchestra Classica di Alessandria, and many others.
As a recitalist, she has appeared at prestigious venues such as Wigmore Hall, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York, Sale Apollinee of La Fenice Theatre in Venice, Pitti Palace in Florence, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, Giardini La Mortella in Ischia supported by the William Walton Foundation, the Royal Palace of Gödöllö in Hungary premiering works by Alfredo D’Ambrosio, Villa Lante in Rome with Musicaimmagine and the Institutum Romanum Finlandiae, the Italian Institute of Culture in Budapest, the Brera Museum in Milan during EXPO 2015, and the Piaggio Museum.
She has also appeared at international festivals including the North Norfolk Music Festival, the Lerici Music Festival, the Amadeus Festival in Vienna, the Animando Festival, the Francigena International Arts Festival in Lucca, and the Bloomsbury Festival in London. She has performed several times aboard Royal Caribbean International cruise ships as part of the Cruising with the Classics concert series. Her performances have been broadcast by Vatican Radio, Czech Radio, and Venice Classic Radio. She has also appeared live on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune.
A passionate chamber musician, she was awarded scholarships to participate in the International Musicians Seminar Prussia Cove in Cornwall and the Keshet Eilon Summer Mastercourse in Altea, Spain. During the Amadeus Festival in Vienna, she also took part in the Janoska Ensemble Workshops, exploring innovative approaches to ensemble performance. A recent highlight includes leading Schönberg’s Verklärte Nacht at Wigmore Hall in 2024. She is also a founding member of the Vaughan Williams Ensemble.
Among her many awards, she won the Absolute First Prize at the 59th Kocian International Violin Competition in Ústí nad Orlicí in Czech Republic, the Josef Muzika International Violin Competition in Nová Paka also receiving the prize for the best performance of the contemporary Czech work Dža More, Gypsy Ballad for Solo Violin by Silvia Bodorova, and the 32nd ESO Young Soloist Competition in Eastbourne, where she was further awarded the St Cecilia Bequest Award for the best performance by a musician under 18. In 2019, she won the Maura Giorgetti Scholarship by winning the Young Musicians Competition organized by the Filarmonica della Scala.
Lucilla Rose is currently studying in the Solo Class at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover under Prof. Krzysztof Wegrzyn. She previously completed an Artist Diploma at the Royal College of Music (RCM) in London under Prof. Itzhak Rashkovsky, supported by a full scholarship as a 2023/24 Carne Trust Junior Fellow. She also earned a Master of Performance with distinction at RCM, supported by the Anne & Brian Wadsworth Scholarship, the Help Musicians’ Ian Fleming Award, and the Albert Cooper Music Charitable Trust. She was named a 2023 Boise Scholar. Additionally, she studied with Salvatore Accardo at the Stauffer Academy in Cremona and the Chigiana Academy in Siena. In 2020, she graduated summa cum laude with special distinction from the State Music Conservatory Bruno Maderna in Cesena, Italy, having studied privately with Marco Fornaciari from the age of 8. She also attended the Vaclav Hudecek Academy in Luhakovice under the guidance of Vaclav Hudecek and Jirí Fiser.
