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Hatty Haynes violin and Charlie Woof-Byrne piano

  • Ascension Church 134 Timbercroft Lane London, England, SE18 2SG United Kingdom (map)

Schubert Violin Sonata Op.137 No.3 in G minor D.408
I Allegro giusto
II Andante
III Menuetto
IV Allegro Moderato

Clara Schumann Three Romances Op.22
I Andante Molto
II Allegretto
III Leidenschaftlich schnell

Brahms Sonata No.2 in A major Op.100
I Allegro amabile
II Andante tranquillo
III Allegretto grazioso (quasi andante)

Hatty Haynes is a violinist enjoying a varied musical life performing as a recitalist, chamber musician and orchestral player on both modern and historical instruments.

She has performed extensively throughout the UK at venues and festivals including Wigmore Hall, Barbican, Royal Festival Hall, BBC Proms, IMS Prussia Cove, Salzburg Festival, Berlin Philharmonie, Lake District Summer Music, Buxton and Highgate Festivals. She has played with artists such as Alexander Melnikov, Andrew Marriner, Levon Chilingirian and Milos Karadaglic.

Hatty is a member of the 1st violin section of the London Mozart players, and regularly plays with ensembles including La Serenissima, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jess Gillam Ensemble, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. She is also the violinist in Trio Cordiera, a piano trio studying with Catherine Manson and Christoph Richter on the Chamberstudio scheme. 

From 2020-21, Hatty held a fellowship at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she completed her Masters degree with Distinction in 2020. Prior to this, Hatty gained a 1st Class Bachelor of Music (Honours) from the Royal Academy of Music. Her studies have been generously supported by Help Musicians UK, the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, the Tillett Trust, Thompson Educational Trust and the Craxton Memorial Trust.

During her studies, Hatty was awarded the J&A Beare Bow prize which is awarded annually to the most promising graduating student in the strings department. She was also the recipient of numerous awards including the Waddell Prize, John Waterhouse Prize, Amadeus Prize, Sir John Barbirolli Prize and the Wolfe Wolfinsohn String Quartet Prize. 

Hatty has studied with Krysia Osostowicz, Stephanie Gonley, So-Ock Kim, and Nicolette Moonen and Pavlo Beznosiuk (baroque violin). She is incredibly grateful to the Albert Cooper Trust, Lumbs Foundation, Kathleen Trust and the Stephen Bell Trust for their support.

Charlie Woof-Byrne is an acclaimed chamber pianist based in London. He is in demand playing with both instrumentalists and singers, and has performed at many prestigious UK venues including Kings Place, St Martin-in-the-Fields, The Purcell Room, St Georges’ Bristol, St James’ Piccadilly, Milton Court, and the Bristol Beacon.

In 2024 he was invited by Iain Burnside and Rebecca Nicholls to be a Chamber Soloist at the St Endellion Summer Festival in Cornwall where he performed with esteemed instrumentalists including Thomas Bowes (Maggini Quartet, LMP), Joely Koos (ESO) and Lynsey Marsh (Hallé Orchestra Principal). He also performed Lied and English Song with highly acclaimed singers including Elizabeth Watts (ROH), Gareth Brynmor John (WNO), Felicity Buckland (ENO) and Isabelle Peters (ENO). He has subsequently been invited back for the 2025 season, and has also been invited to play with the London Conchord Ensemble.

Charlie was invited by Graham Johnson to be part of the Song Guild 2024, and was the sole recipient of the Paul Hamburger Award for Outstanding Pianism, for his interpretation of Wolf Lieder at Milton Court Hall, London. Other recent awards include the Dennis Horner Accompanist Prize at the Kathleen Ferrier Society 2024.

He was a scholar at the Royal Academy of Music where he received a First Class Bachelor of Music and was taught by Christopher Elton and Carole Presland. He then pursued his postgraduate studies as a scholar at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where he studied with Julius Drake. Charlie has worked with many other acclaimed musicians including Alasdair Beatson, Ralf Guthoni, Amandine Savary, Michael Dussek, Alistair Hogarth, Andrew West, Garfield Jackson, Ronan O’Hora, Annabelle Lawson, Catherine Manson and Tessa Nicholson. He is very grateful to Help Musicians UK and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust for their support.