Amy Norrington - 'cello

Amy Norrington comes from London and studied the cello with Alexander Baillie at the Royal Academy of Music, where she won several prizes for her solo and chamber music playing before furthering her studies with Steven Doane at the Eastman School of Music in the USA.

Amy now lives in Brussels where she is established as a cellist in high demand. She is a dedicated chamber musician and is invited to play with chamber ensembles and at festivals all over Europe. She is also regularly invited by orchestras as a guest principal cellist, most recently by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the opera orchestra of Brussels 'La Monnaie' performing in le Palais des Beaux-Arts and the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. Amy is also frequently invited to work as a continuo-player.

She is the cellist of the Quince Quartet based in London, the Arioso Piano Quartet based in Cologne and a member of the Belgian chamber ensemble Oxalys with whom she has played to critical acclaim in the Philharmonic Society's series in Brussels. Amy can also be heard on Oxalys's CD in Metamorphosen and Capriccio by Strauss, which has received international praise. Amy performs at chamber music festivals all over Europe and is a regular guest at Steven Isserlis' 'Open Chamber Music' in Prussia Cove.

As a soloist, Amy has given performances of the cello concertos by Haydn, Brahms, Dvorak, Saint-Saens and Elgar.

Before moving to Brussels, Amy taught at the Junior Royal Academy of Music.