Lauded by The Strad for her ‘beguiling… thrilling and exuberant’ Royal Festival Hall debut, violist Shiry Rashkovsky pursues an international and diverse career.
Her recording of Kate Whitley’s Viola Concerto with the Multi-Story Orchestra and conductor Christopher Stark for NMC Records was described as ‘fearless’ by the Guardian, and her latest EP, ‘Erl-King/Erlkönig’ was featured on BBC Radio 3’s New Music Show.
She has performed in the Royal Albert Hall, Cadogan Hall, Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, Paris Theatre Champs Elysee, Berlin Philharmonie, and broadcast live for BBC Radio 3, WQXR New York, RAI Italy and the Israeli Broadcasting Authority. Her performances have appeared on BBC 1, 2 and 4.
Shiry is the Artistic Director and founder of Up Close and Musical, a boundary-defying festival of intimate and artist-led performances which returns in 2022 with an all-female lineup.
A passionate chamber musician, Shiry is regularly invited to Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music, and has performed with Adrian Brendel, Ian Brown, Thomas Gould, Viviane Hagner, Pekka Kuusisto, Min Jin Kym and David Waterman. She has broadcast live for national radio in ensembles with Shmuel Ashkenasi, Atar Arad, Stephan Barratt-Due, Vadim Gluzman, Rudolf Koelman, Shlomo Mintz. She is a founding member of Trio Klein (‘Setting stratospheric standards… Trio Klein… epitomise the best in contemporary British’), with whom she tours internationally; their Italian debut was featured on RAI TV.
Shiry has taught at Royal Holloway, University of London since 2013, and is a member of the Board of New Virtuosi International Mastercourse, where she has been its Acting Executive Director. She has given masterclasses at Le Altre Note International Music Festival and the University of Transylvania in Brasov.
She read Social and Political Sciences at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, and completed a Masters with First Class Honours and Artist Diploma at the Royal College of Music, studying with Natasha Boyarska and Ian Jewel.