We are excited to announce violinist Tabitha Appel will be joining us in Tenby this summer! Tabitha is in her second year at St John’s College, Cambridge, reading music, whilst studying violin with David Takeno in London. She performs regularly as a soloist and chamber musician and in recent years has participated in masterclasses members of the London Haydn, Brodsky, Doric and Castalian String Quartets. In 2023 she won the Oxford Philharmonic Junior Concerto Competition. She has performed numerous concerti with local orchestras in Oxford and joint led the NYO in its 2021 season. This year in Cambridge she was the assistant musical director of a newly translated Yiddish play called Stempenyu. Her musical development has been hugely influenced through participation in Festival Resonances Academy, MusicWorks, and Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival summer residency and Kuhmo Festival. She is a member of the Telyn Quartet, formed in 2023. Together, they have been awarded a place on ChamberStudio’s residency and Mentorship scheme, and were invited to attend Tunnell Trust’s Music Coll Course. Her interest in historically informed Baroque performance has been enhanced through the mentorship of Margaret Faultless, Nicholas Mulroy, Rachel Podger and John Butt in Cambridge and at Dartington summer school. #timf #tenbyinternationalmusicfestival #Wales #cymru

We’re looking forward to welcoming Australian violinist/violist Felix Pascoe to Tenby this summer! From Melbourne, Felix Pascoe has performed throughout Australia and extensively overseas including concerts in the U.S.A, U.K, China, Singapore, Israel, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Finland, Tunisia and New Zealand. He has performed with highly-regarded orchestras such as, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and is currently on trial for Assistant Principal 2nd Violin of the London Mozart Players. As a violist of the Karelia Quartet, Felix has both won and placed in several competitions in the UK including a recent debut at Wigmore Hall and an intimate performance for His Majesty King Charles the III at St James’s Palace. A graduate of The University of Melbourne and the Australian National Academy of Music, Felix received a full scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, completing his Master’s of Arts under the esteemed tutelage of Dr. Robin Wilson. Felix has enjoyed acting as concert master of the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra on multiple occasions as well as performing in several masterclasses with esteemed soloists such as Vilde Frang and Veronika Eberle. #timf #tenby #music #tenbyinternationalmusicfestival #Wales #cymru

📣 Announcing our Wales-Wyoming-Workshops (W3) winners 📣 After listening to dozens of pieces submitted to us, we are thrilled to announce Simon Pearson as our selected Welsh composer! Simon’s piece, “The Day We Were Butterflies In The Physic Garden”, will be performed on August 2nd at @tenbyfestival and on August 13th at @wyoming.music.fest 🥳 Congratulations @simonpearsonmusic Directed by @kianravaei W3 is a unique international partnership between Wales and Wyoming in which two composers are selected to have their pieces workshopped, performed, and recorded by leading musicians at both festivals. #tenbyinternationalmusicfestival #timf #wicmf #composer #Wales #tenby #laramie #wyoming