Charlie Lovell-Jones and Charles Owen
Violin & Piano Recital

“Gorgeous violin solos from Charlie Lovell-Jones…” Gramophone Magazine

Britten: Suite for Violin and Piano, Op.6
Jennifer Higdon: Legacy
Szymanowski: Mythes, Op. 30   

INTERVAL

Poulenc: Violin Sonata, FP 119
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d’un Lieu Cher for Violin and Piano Op.42
Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo

Charlie Lovell-Jones debuted at a sold-out Royal Festival Hall aged 15. He has since
soloed with major orchestras internationally, broadcasting on radio and television. As concertmaster and soloist with the Sinfonia of London, he has garnered widespread critical acclaim, including from Gramophone Magazine, BBC Music Magazine, BBC Radio 3, and as a Classic FM 2026 Rising Star.

Charlie studied at Oxford University, the Royal Academy of Music, and the Yale School of Music. He learned for over ten years with Rodney Friend MBE, and for two years with Augustin Hadelich. He has enjoyed many masterclasses, with musicians such as Ida Haendel, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Vadim Repin, Menahem Praessler, Pinchas Zukerman, James Ehnes, and Leonidas Kavakos. He won awards from foundations including Hattori, Drake Calleja, and Countess of Munster, and is also a J&A Beare International Violin Society Artist. Charlie’s debut album released on Linn records in 2022, and in 2025, Chandos released  his recordings of the Walton Violin Concerto with the Sinfonia of London and John Wilson, and Ruth Gipps Violin Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic and Rumon Gamba. The former was nominated for a Gramophone Award in the Concerto category.

Charlie plays a 1777 G.B. Guadagnini violin, loaned by a generous benefactor.

Performing alongside Charlie will be Friday night’s recitalist Charles Owen who is as well known for his chamber music work as he is as a soloist.

“Charlie… was spell-binding with wonderful control and tone and technical ability” West Wight Arts Association

“…strings divided to create a textural haze, with elegant solos from the orchestra’s youthful leader, Charlie Lovell-Jones…”  Fiona Maddocks, The Guardian

“… not simply there to perform, but to be completely entwined with the whole piece and the whole orchestra … the mastery that Mr Lovell-Jones brought to [his solos] made them seem almost easy.”  Sally Perry, OnTheWight

“He never wavered, and he was outstanding. He had the orchestra and the audience in the palm of his hand throughout. The quality and clarity of his playing was so exquisite that I completely lost track of the time passing…” Jonathan Dodd, OnTheWight

ABOUT CHARLES OWEN