Historical
Piano Concerts Series
About
the Musicians
Sharona Joshua
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Israeli-born Sharona Joshua
studied the piano with the late Professor Alexander Volkov and was
awarded numerous scholarships during her studies at the Rubin Academy
leading to a BMus degree in performance in 1995.
In 1993-4 she studied fortepiano in London with the late Christopher
Kite after being awarded a further scholarship to spend a year at the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
She took part in masterclasses at the Jerusalem Music Centre with
fortepianists Zvi Meniker and Malcolm Bilson and returned to England in
1996 to study early keyboards with David Roblou and Richard Egarr. She
also took tuition with fortepiano specialist Sally Sargent in Vienna.
Sharona now appears regularly as soloist, chamber musician and continuo
player on concert platform and radio. She has performed as
soloist at major festivals all over the UK as well as abroad – Belgium,
Poland, Spain, Germany, and in the USA. Sharona occasionally directs
from the keyboard playing with various orchestras. This will
be her third concert on the present series.
Sharona teaches fortepiano at Birmingham Conservatoire.
She has given numerous masterclasses in the UK and in the USA.
Sharona has worked regularly with such groups as the New London Consort
and the Musicians of the Globe. In 2001, she created her own ensemble,
Concerto Cristofori, specializing in period performance. The group has
performed extensively throughout the UK and abroad, and made its
recital debut at the Wigmore Hall in 2005.