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Francesca Barritt was born in 1986 in London and began learning the violin at the age of 9. When she was 15 she entered the Junior Academy of Music in London where she studied with Susan Collier.

A year later she won a place in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. With the NYO she performed under eminent conductors such as Marin Alsop, Sir Roger Norrington and Andrew Litton in many of England’s major concert halls. Francesca is now in her third year at London’s Royal College of Music where she studies with professor Yossi Zivoni.

In 2005 Francesca formed the Marcel Piano Trio. The trio has since played recitals in London, Hertfordshire and Munich, Germany. In 2006 the group were invited to participate in the renowned chamber music course at Prussia Cove, Cornwall, where they took part in Masterclasses with Valeria Schervansky.

As a soloist Francesca has performed Mozart’s violin concerto number 5 with the Junior Academy chamber orchestra, the Bach Double Violin Concerto in York Minster with the York Young Soloists and Vivaldi’s Seasons with Chiltern Youth Chamber Orchestra. Future plans include Prokofiev’s 2nd Violin Concerto with Aylesbury Youth Orchestra in 2007.