Jennifer Pike’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro British violinist
Is Musician 
Violinist 
From United Kingdom 
Type Music 
Gender female
Birth 9 November 1989
Age: 30 years
Star sign Scorpio
Education
University of Oxford
Instruments:
Violin

Jennifer Pike (born 9 November 1989) is a British violinist. In 2002, she became well known for winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition, and for six years she held the record of being the youngest winner, at twelve years of age.

Musical career

Pike began playing the violin at the age of five, and after auditioning at the age of eight she gained a place at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester. At the age of ten she was chosen to play at a concert attended by the Prince of Wales at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. She soon made her concerto debut, playing Haydn’s Violin Concerto in G with her school orchestra. She has studied with David Takeno in London, and was awarded a scholarship to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She graduated with First Class Honours in Music from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford in 2012, where she is now the Artist-In-Residence.

Her extensive discography includes recordings with Chandos, Sony and ABC Classics. She has recorded with the Bergen Symphony and Sir Andrew Davis, the BBC Philharmonic and Rumon Gamba, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and the City of Birmingham Symphony and Edward Gardner.

BBC Young Musician of the Year

In 2002 Pike became the thirteenth person to win the BBC Young Musician of the Year Award, following her performance of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis. Aged twelve at the time, she was the youngest winner of the competition for six years. Earlier the same year she also won fourth prize in the Junior Section of the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition.

Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme

Pike was a member of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme from 2008–2010.

Further events

Following her success in the BBC Young Musician of the Year, Pike has played in concerts and recitals in major venues all over the world. In July 2005 she took part in the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, and in November 2005 she made her evening recital debut in the Wigmore Hall, both to great critical acclaim.

On 19 April 2012, she took part in a live concert in Glasgow, accompanied by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Andrew Manze. The programme, which was aired through BBC Radio 3, included music of Bach and Vaughan Williams.

On 4 August 2014, Pike performed Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending at the service of commemoration for the 100th anniversary of World War One at Westminster Abbey.

Highlights from her 2015/16 season include a tour of Mexico with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, performing with the Oslo Philharmonic as part of the Sibelius festival 150th year celebrations and performing as a director and soloist with the BBC Philharmonic. She also took part in a broadcast performance of Schindler’s List as part of BBC Two’s Holocaust Memorial Day tribute, as well as a live broadcast on Classic FM for the Queen’s 90th Birthday celebration concert.

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