She studied at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with Raphael Wallfisch and Steven Isserlis. From a very early age, she attended the International Musicians’ Seminars at Prussia Cove studying intensively with András Schiff for duo class and György Kurtág for chamber music, alongside the cello masterclasses with Steven Isserlis and Ralph Kirshbaum.
She made her debut at the Barbican Hall playing Witold Lutosławski’s Cello Concerto conducted by the composer himself. At this time, she also won the Frank Britton Award which resulted in her Wigmore Hall debut aged nineteen. Since then, she has continued to perform as a soloist and chamber musician and has developed an international career which has taken her all over Europe, USA, Australia,New Zealand and Japan.
A frequent participant at major festivals, she has regularly visited Aldeburgh, Cheltenham, Bath, Brighton, Harrogate, the Vertavo Quartet’s Festival at Elverum, Dijon, the Belgrade Cello Festival, Amsterdam Cello Biennale, the Irish Chamber Orchestra’s summer festival and Trondheim International Chamber Music Festival.
She has broadcast frequently on the BBC, RTE, WFMT, Suisse Romande, ABC, New Zealand Radio and Radio France to name but a few.
As a chamber musician, she has performed in venues from the Wigmore Hall to the Sydney Opera House. She has frequently appeared as a guest with the Takács Quartet and Thomas Adès with whom she has recorded his piano quartet Catch for EMI. She has been invited by Emmanuel Pahud to perform at the Wigmore Hall and at his festival in Salon de Provence and also performed at Australia’s Chamber Music Festival. She performs regularly with the pianist Aleksandar Madžar with whom she has recorded sonatas by Schnittke, Carter and Rachmaninoff for a CD for Intim Musik. Other collaborations have included those with András Keller, Anthony Marwood, Alexander Janiczek, Ferenc Rados, Dénes Várjon, Kathryn Stott, Alexander Melnikov, Piers Lane, Tamara Stefanovich, François Leleux and Steven Kovacevich.
She was one of the youngest teachers ever to join the faculty of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where she was appointed Head of Strings in 2011. Before that she also taught at the Yehudi Menuhin School until 2006. She has given masterclasses in France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Serbia, The Netherlands, Singapore, and throughout the UK. She is also professor at the Hochschule der Künste Bern.