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Described in The Strad magazine as “a talent to watch”, Alexandra Wood is fast establishing herself as one of the most dynamic, versatile violinists of her generation. She has given recitals for various international festivals including Brighton, Bath, Harrogate, Cheltenham, Huddersfield, Newbury, King’s Lynn, Deal, Windsor and Edinburgh, as well as appearing in prestigious venues such as London’s Wigmore Hall, the Purcell Room and in the BBC Proms.
Alexandra graduated with a starred double first from Selwyn College, Cambridge before going on to the Royal College of Music in London, where she was President Emerita Scholar and studied with Itzhak Rashkovsky. She was subsequently awarded the Worshipful Company of Musicians Medal and held both the Mills Williams and Phoebe Benham Junior Fellowships.
Amongst her many achievements on the competition platform she has become one of the first British violinists to win major prizes at prestigious International Violin Competitions, including the Wieniawski, Tibor Varga, Yampolsky and Rodolfo Lipizer competitions. She won 1st prizes in the International Young Musicians Platform and the Haverhill Sinfonia International Soloists Competition, and she is also a prize-winner of the Royal Overseas League Music Competition. Alexandra has received awards from the Countess of Munster, Emily English, Myra Hess and Craxton Memorial Trusts, the Hattori Foundation and Allcard Grant Fund, PO/Martin Musical Scholarships, Raymond Fox Bursary and the Emanuel Hurwitz Prize. She was selected for the Tillett Trust Young Artists Platform, was also an NFMS Recommended Artist and won a Wingate Scholarship.
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