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Oonagh Lee was
born in Glasgow
where she began her musical studies. In
2001 a scholarship took her to the Royal Academy of Music, where she studied
with Daniel Bruggen and Peter Holtslag, graduating from in 2005 with first
class honours. In 2006 she completed her
postgraduate studies at the Royal
Academy, passing with
Distinction, and receiving the DipRAM for her final recital, the Academy’s
highest postgraduate honour. During her time at the Academy Oonagh was awarded numerous
prizes and scholarships, including First Prize in the Friends of the Royal
Academy Early Music Prize, 2004, full postgraduate funding from the SAAS 2005, the
Craxton Memorial Trust, 2005 and a Foundation Award, 2006.
Oonagh is a
passionate and dedicated performer who is committed to performance on the
concert platform and in community settings. Previous recitals include concerto
appearances in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Tilford Bach Festival, on
Radio 3 and the Spitalfields Festival. She is a founding member of the ensemble
Consortium5 and in addition performs with other ensembles and orchestras,
including La Nuova Musica.
Previous
appearances include the City of London Festival,
the International Festival of Villa da Gaia, Portugal,
Newcastle Early Music Festival, York Early Music Festival, St Martin in the
Fields Early Music Festival, The London Handel Festival, Rüschhaus, Münster,
Germany, Leeds
International Concert Series, numerous special schools, hospitals and also
Brixton Prision. As a member of the quintet Consortium5 Oonagh is currently a
Junior Fellow at Trinity College of Music.
She has broadcast on Radio 3 in the BBC
Proms, A Bach Christmas and In Tune.
In addition to
performing Oonagh sees education as a vital element of contemporary musicianship.
She currently leads several Wider Opportunity programmes as well as teaching individuals
and ensembles.
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