Early Career Artists
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 accepting applications for the Early Career Artist Scheme 2025-26. We are looking to appoint up to two Early Career Artists for the 2025-26 season, and will accept applications from baroque violinists, violists, and cellists.
Early Career Artists perform alongside IT&T players as part of the ensemble and receive mentoring and coaching throughout the year. The 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.
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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