​BMus (Hons), MA (Dist.), DipRAM, LRAM, Konzertexamen (Dist.)

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British violinist Madeleine Pickering loves to use her performances as a way to bless people with music. Her playing reveals her delight in the rich depth and aching sweetness of the violin, and her passion is to use this versatile instrument to offer audiences experiences of imagination and reflection.

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In 2021, Madeleine was named a Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artist for Making Music UK. She has given recitals at concert series across the UK and performed many of the major violin and viola concertos. She was recipient of the Len Lickorish Memorial Prize in the strings category of the Royal Overseas League Annual Music Competition 2022, and has been a member of the Musicians’ Company Young Artist Programme since 2019 when she received the Biddy Baxter and John Hosier Music Trust Special Award. As a student of the Royal Academy of Music in London, she won all the major internal prizes for her instruments, including the Theodore Holland Viola Prize, the Winifred Small Prize for Solo Violin, and the Martin/Hooton Violin Concerto Prize. In 2023, she was selected to perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in the Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal as winner of the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz, Köln’s concerto prize.

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In September 2024, Madeleine completed her Konzertexamen degree with distinction under Prof. Michael Foyle at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz, Köln. She previously studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London as a scholar, under professors Maureen Smith (violin), Garfield Jackson, and Martin Outram (viola).

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Alongside her studies and solo performing, Madeleine enjoys collaborating with other musicians in diverse settings. She worked with Welsh National Opera as a guest (No.2 Second Violin) for their Il Trittico production in summer 2024 and their autumn 2024 tour. She also participated in the Glyndebourne Sinfonia Pit Perfect scheme in autumn 2024. Madeleine plays regularly as a guest with the London Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Collegium, and Fantasia Orchestra.

As a chamber musician and artistic collaborator, Madeleine has performed with the Salome String Quartet as a deputy second violinist/violist, and from 2020 to 2023, she was co-artistic director and leader of Seida Ensemble, an exciting young unconducted string orchestra formed of musicians from London and Europe. She has worked as an assistant teacher and chamber music coach at the Primary and Junior departments of the Royal Academy of Music, where she herself spent her Saturdays as a young musician.

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Madeleine is grateful to play a violin by Giovanni Pistucci of Naples, dating from c.1920, generously loaned to her by the Harrison-Frank Foundation in association with J&A Beare.