Early Career Artists
IT&T‘s Early Career Artist scheme aims to support young professional baroque artists as they launch their careers, allowing opportunities to put into practice skills and knowledge learned while studying through working regularly with a professional ensemble. Early Career Artists perform alongside IT&T players as part of the ensemble and receive mentoring and coaching throughout the year.
Due to the generous support of the Harrison-Frank Family Foundation and the Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation, we‘re delighted to announce that IT&T will soon be announcing their new Early Career Artist.
ECA 2023:
Melanie Gruwez
Melanie Gruwez is a Belgian violinist, passionate about different music genres. She is an award-winning chamber musician, obtaining the St James Prize 2021 with Picea Quartet, who has performed internationally on the stages of the Barbican, Bozar, de Doelen and the Oriental Art Centre Shanghai in different formations. As a historical performer, she has played side by side the Academy of Ancient Music and Barokksolistene and she currently plays with the Theresia Orchestra across Europe, most recently performing an all Beethoven programme under Giovanni Antonini’s direction.
Melanie obtained her Artist Masters from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2022, having previously graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, and studied the violin with Ofer Falk, Guido De Neve and Shirly Laub and baroque violin with Oliver Webber and Chiara Banchini