“Magdalena Loth-Hill’s first violin [was] beautiful in its decorations.”
About
British-Polish violinist Magdalena Loth-Hill is London-based and specialises in historically informed performance. She began her studies in Cumbria, went on to Chetham’s School of Music, and later trained at the Royal College of Music, where she also took up baroque violin and held the Mills Williams Junior Fellowship.
A passionate chamber musician, she is a founding member of the Consone Quartet, winners of major early-career prizes and now established festival and concert-hall artists. The quartet were BBC New Generation Artists (2019–21), later received a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship, and signed with Linn Records, alongside a high-profile debut trajectory including Wigmore Hall. Magdalena is the leader of Florilegium and principal violinist of Ensemble Hesperi.
Magdalena performs widely with leading ensembles including The English Concert, The Academy of Ancient Music, and Solomon’s Knot, among others. She has also recorded for the British Library and ABRSM syllabus releases, and remains a committed teacher and coach.
A passionate chamber musician, she is a founding member of the Consone Quartet, winners of major early-career prizes and now established festival and concert-hall artists. The quartet were BBC New Generation Artists (2019–21), later received a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship, and signed with Linn Records, alongside a high-profile debut trajectory including Wigmore Hall. Magdalena is the leader of Florilegium and principal violinist of Ensemble Hesperi.
Magdalena performs widely with leading ensembles including The English Concert, The Academy of Ancient Music, and Solomon’s Knot, among others. She has also recorded for the British Library and ABRSM syllabus releases, and remains a committed teacher and coach.
“…Magdalena Loth-Hill’s expressive violin is highly engaging…”
“…allowed recorder player Mary Jannet-Leith and violinist Magdalena Loth-Hill once again to sparkle…”
“There was again exuberant energy in both scherzo and finale in which Magdalena Loth Hill’s violin contrasted well with the agility of her partner violinist.”
“…the lively violin exchanges (Magdalena Loth-Hill and Gabriella Jones)…”
“Magdalena Loth-Hill’s baroque violin shines through in so many of the pieces.”
“Magdalena Loth-Hill and Elitsa Bogdanova form a well-blended duo in the middle… responsive to unfolding dialogues.”
“...an homage to Corelli, finding a purity of writing that invites in beautiful dialogue from the two violins (Solomon and Loth-Hill, on this occasion).”
“This was a fine performance with humour in the jazzy bits and great technical accomplishment in the breathless finale…beautifully clear tone and composure”
– John Upson, Carlisle Music Society
“The highlight of the evening for me was the Telemann Fantasia for solo violin, in which Magdalena drew such warmth of tone from the gut strings on her violin of 1680, while her bow skipped so lightly across the strings that I can only describe the result as virtuosic and thrilling.”
– Ian Wright and Douglas Cook, Cumberland News and Lancashire Telegraph