Darwin Ensemble

Violin & Artistic Director

Alex Laing's musical education began at the Edinburgh Academy and at St. Mary's Music School where he studied violin with Warren Jacobs and worked closely with Lord Menuhin.

He then read music at Christ's College Cambridge, before going on to further his violin studies at the Birmingham Conservatoire.

Conductor

Philip Scriven studied at the Royal Academy of Music, and held organ scholarships at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, and St. John’s College, Cambridge.

Violin

Noriko is based in Elgar’s home town of Malvern.  She started playing the violin and piano from an early age, and attended the Junior Department at the Royal College of Music in London.  She gained a MusB (Hons) from the University of Manchester, followed by a Postgraduate Performance Diploma and MPhil in Performance from the Royal Northern College of Music.

Violin

Ali studied at the University of East Anglia, gaining a BA (Hons) in Music, before moving to Manchester to study Violin Performance at the Royal Northern College of Music where she was awarded a Post-Graduate diploma.