Claire Horáček
Cello, Viola da Gamba, Viols
Claire gained a Master of Music degree in performance on the viola da gamba with distinction in 2017, studying with Elizabeth Kenny and Jonathan Manson at Southampton University. She did her first degree in Fine Art at Oxford University but spent a good deal of time there playing the ‘cello and furthering her love of early music and interest in historical performance practice.
She is a member of the Linarol Consort of Renaissance Viols, founded by David Hatcher, which specialises in the repertoire of 16th century middle Europe, Ensemble Échos, a baroque chamber group formed by postgraduate students from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the Spinacino Consort. She recently performed in the UK premiere of a newly attributed cantata, Ariane Consolée Par Bacchus by François Couperin on his 350th birthday.
