Live Music Lunch Club: Charlotte Spruit (violin)

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Relaxing lunchtime concert with lunch

Norden Farm Centre for the Arts continues its new regular series of concerts. Its for lovers of live music who prefer their concerts in the daytime, alongside a little lunch, in a relaxed environment. Live Music Lunch Club: Charlotte Spruit (violin) is on Thursday 15 May at 12.30pm. Tickets are £30 and includes a two course lunch. 

Born in the Netherlands in 2000, Charlotte Spruit was a winner at the 2003 Young Classical Trust international auditions. She has previously been a prize winner at numerous international competitions. She was also selected as one of Classic FM’s Rising Stars of 2024.

Charlotte is a keen chamber musician and soloist, having performed at prominent locations such as the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall in London and the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. She has performed chamber works with acclaimed musicians including Janine Jansen, Rachel Podger, Gidon Kremer, Tabea Zimmermann, Lawrence Power, and Christian Tetzlaff. 

As a concerto soloist, Charlotte has played with numerous orchestras, including the Residentie Orkest, The Hague, The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Pauliner Barockensemble and Ensemble Esperanza. She began her violin studies aged four with Coosje Wijzenbeek, culminating with her studying at the Guildhall School of Music in London with David Takeno, followed by the Royal Podger and Pavlo Beznosiuk. 

Charlotte plays an 18th century anonymous Italian violin, kindly on loan from the Dutch Musical Instruments Foundation.

Performances take place in the Studio in a cabaret set up so you can come and go during the music if you want to.