Gemma Rosefield

British cellist Gemma Rosefield trained with David Strange at the Royal Academy of Music and later completed her master’s degree at the Royal Northern College of Music in association with Ralph Kirshbaum. Her competition successes include first prize at the European Music Competition for Youth along with the Royal Over-Seas League String Competition, the Making Music Award for Young Concert Artists, the Kirckman Concert Society Award, and the Prix de l'Académie Ravel; she received the Pierre Fournier Award in 2007. Appearances have taken her throughout the U.K., Europe, Russia, Japan, Mexico, and the United States, where she has given chamber performances with György Pauk, Menachem Pressler, and Stephen Kovacevich. Rosefield appears often as a guest at music festivals and has toured under the New Masters International Recital Series. Recordings by the cellist have been issued on Toccata Classics, Naxos, and Hyperion.