Known for their virtuosic performances of the violin and piano repertoire, The Glasgow Duo has performed throughout the UK and Europe, including at the Laidlaw Centre in St Andrews, the Kettner Society in London, and the Lake District Summer Music Festival.
Since studying together at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester, both musicians have achieved considerable success individually and as a duo, receiving numerous prizes and scholarships. Separately, they have performed in some of the most prestigious halls and festivals in Europe, including the Wigmore Hall, the Royal Albert Hall, and the Concertgebouw.
Violinist Fiona Robertson performs with a variety of chamber music ensembles, most notably with the Belinfante Quartet and Trio Jakob. She has appeared as soloist with the Glasgow Chamber Orchestra, the Scottish Festival Orchestra, and the Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra, and has given solo recitals at the Muziekkamer in Zaandam and the Papageno Huis in Laren. She has also premiered and performed works by leading contemporary composers such as Louis Andriessen, Simone Fontanelli, Maxim Shalygin, and Boris Bezemer and she was the winner of the inaugural Contemporary Music Competition at the Royal College of Music.
As a soloist, Philip Sharp has performed at venues including Wigmore Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, and St John’s, Smith Square, at international festivals including the ‘Festival Pianistico Bartolomeo Cristofori’ in Italy, and has given several live broadcasts on BBC Radio 3. In 2017, he was selected to be a Park Lane Group Artist, leading to several high-profile London recitals and has appeared with much-lauded contemporary music group Hebrides Ensemble. In 2018, his transcription of Nessun Dorma was featured by Classic FM and used in the French film L’amour à l’œuvre, which chronicles the romantic life of Gustav Klimt. The transcription was recorded and released in 2022 on the Decca label by pianist Niu Niu. Since April 2022, Philip Sharp has been a piano tutor at St Mary’s Music School in Edinburgh, a mentor for Future Talent, and a piano instructor at St Andrews University.
The Glasgow Duo has a particular interest in contemporary music and is also dedicated to promoting the work of underrepresented composers. Recent engagements include recitals at St Mary’s Music School in Edinburgh and the Laidlaw Music Centre in St Andrews, where they gave the world premiere of the 2024 commissioned work Melancholia and the Angel by Camden Reeves. In April 2025, with generous support from the Ralph Vaughan Williams Foundation, they made a film and CD recording of this work, along with other compositions by Reeves.
