Gemma Rosefield is an internationally active British cellist who established herself at an early age as one of the leading musicians of her generation. She won the prestigious Pierre Fournier Award in 2007 and made her concerto debut at the age of sixteen after winning First Prize at the European Music for Youth Competition in Oslo, performing Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto with the Norwegian Radio Symphony Orchestra in a televised concert.
She has been acclaimed by international critics including The Strad, the London Evening Standard, and BBC Music Magazine, and has appeared as a soloist in major concert halls such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Wigmore Hall in London. She has also made several critically praised recordings, including releases on Hyperion with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Manze.
Gemma Rosefield performs regularly worldwide and has appeared with orchestras such as the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, as well as participating in numerous premieres of contemporary works. A dedicated chamber musician, she is the cellist of Ensemble 360 and a member of the Leonore Piano Trio, with whom she has made several award-winning recordings. Alongside her performing career, she is Professor of Cello at the Royal College of Music in London and plays a cello made in Naples in 1704 by Alessandro Gagliano.