Gina McCormack is well established as one of Britain’s leading artists, with regular performances as a soloist and chamber musician at venues across the country and abroad. She made her recital debut in London at the Wigmore Hall at the age of 21 and studied with György Pauk at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has performed as soloist with the Hallé and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the former Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Solo tours abroad have taken her to France, Norway, Denmark, the Czech Republic, South Africa and South America, and most recently to Austria and Switzerland.
Gina has over twenty years’ experience as a quartet leader. For many years she was the leader of the Sorrel Quartet, with whom she was frequently heard on BBC Radio Three. She then led the Maggini Quartet for two years, leaving that group in March 2010 to focus on her solo work, continuing a long association with her duo partner, pianist Nigel Clayton. More recently, she spent two years as first violinist of the Brodsky Quartet.
Gina is also well-known as a teacher, having spent 11 years as Professor of Violin at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, followed by 7 years at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow. She is now well-established as a Professor of Violin at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, and gives regular masterclasses both in the UK and at summer festivals abroad.
