Jaren Ziegler - Violist
About
Jaren Ziegler won the BBC Young Musician Strings Final in 2022 aged 16, becoming the first violist in the competition’s history to do so. In the Grand Final, he performed Walton’s Viola Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Mark Wigglesworth. This led to concerto performances with the London Mozart Players, Northern Chamber Orchestra, Royal Orchestral Society, Stamford Chamber Orchestra, Purcell School Orchestra, Schubert Ensemble, Bishop Stortford Sinfonia, Albion Orchestra, Opera North Youth Orchestra, Bristol Symphony Orchestra, Oxford Chamber Orchestra and the London International Concert Orchestra as well as recitals including Cheltenham Festival, Bath Festival, Lammermuir Festival, Oxford Coffee Concerts and St Georges Bristol.
In 2023, Jaren participated in the Verbier Festival Academy Soloist Programme and the Kronberg Academy Festival Masterclasses, where he was chosen by Tabea Zimmermann to perform in the ‘Entdeckungen-Konzert’. He is a member of the renowned international string ensemble, LGT Young Soloists and has performed at Wigmore Hall, Brahms-Saal Musikverein, Victoria Hall Singapore, Royal Festival Hall and Philharmonie Luxembourg. Jaren has had the pleasure of working with artists including Elena Urioste, Ben Goldscheider, Callum Smart, Ryan Wigglesworth and the Heath Quartet.
Recent competition first prizes include the Peter Morrison Concerto Competition at the Junior Royal College of Music and Bromsgrove Young Musicians’ Platform. Jaren was also the youngest participant in the 2021 Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition.
Jaren is currently a first year student at the Royal Academy of Music with Hélène Clément as well as taking lessons with Tabea Zimmermann. He has participated in numerous masterclasses including with Timothy Ridout, Antoine Tamestit, Nobuko Imai and Lawrence Power.
Jaren is grateful to YCAT for their generous support in their aftercare scheme for BBC Young Musician finalists. He plays a Stefano Scarampella viola, kindly loaned to him by the Beare’s International Violin Society.
Concerts 24/25 Season
October 1st
Brahms - Piano Quintet
Isla Quartet and Sherri Lun
Royal Academy of Music Lunchtime Concert
October 3rd
LGT Young Soloists
Zurich
October 27th
Walton - Viola Concerto
Albion Orchestra
Conductor - Stone Tung
St John's Smith Square
October 31st
Brahms - Piano Quintet
Isla Quartet and Ryan Wigglesworth
St John's Smith Square
November 2nd
Brahms - Piano Quintet
Isla Quartet and Ryan Wigglesworth
Dorchester
November 14th
Recital
Clifford Chance Law Firm
November 21st
Recital
St George's Bristol
December 8th
Walton - Viola Concerto
Opera North Youth Orchestra
February 27th
Bruckner - String Quintet
Mozart - String Quintet in G Minor
Heath Quartet
Chichester Chamber Concerts
March 25th
Bruch - Double Concerto
Clarinet - Alex Buckley
Oxford Chamber Orchestra
June 16th
YCAT 40th Anniversary Concert
Aldeburgh Festival
Sini Simonen
Nathan Amaral
Maciej Kułakowski
Will Duerden
Armand Djikoloum
Jonathan Leibovitz
Amy Harman
Ben Goldscheider
James Baillieu
June 29th
Berlioz - Harold en Italie
London International Concert Orchestra
Proms at St Jude's - Last Night
July 12th
JAM on the Marsh Festival
Septet Concert
Igor Yuzefovich
Will Duerden
TBC...
Concerts 23/24 Season
November 12th
Beethoven and Telemann Horn Sextets:
Ben Goldscheider
Radek Baborak
Elena Urioste
Braimah Kanneh-Mason
Nina Kiva
January 27th
Bruch Romanze and Howells Elegy
Stamford Chamber Orchestra
Conductor - Mark Austin
March 7th
Tabakova - Suite in the Old Style
Northern Chamber Orchestra
Director - Callum Smart
March 8th
Tabakova - Suite in the Old Style
Northern Chamber Orchestra
Director - Callum Smart
March 9th
Tabakova - Suite in the Old Style
Northern Chamber Orchestra
Director - Callum Smart
March 16th
Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola
Royal Orchestral Society
Conductor - Rebecca Miller
Violin - Aki Blendis
Concerts 22/23 Season
March 18th
Walton Viola Concerto
Royal College of Music JD Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Jacques Cohen
June 24th
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola
Forde Abbey
Schubert Ensemble
Violin - Aki Blendis
June 25th
Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola
Crambourne Farm
Schubert Ensemble
Director - Simon Blendis
Violin - Aki Blendis
July 2nd
Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola
St Jude's Proms
London Mozart Players
Director - Simon Blendis
Violin - Aki Blendis
July 28th
Solo Performance at the Verbier Festival
1st Movement - Brahms F Minor Viola Sonata
4th Movement - Hindemith Solo Sonata Opus 25
July 30th
Chamber Performance at Verbier Festival (Eglise de Verbier)
Schumann Piano Quartet
Violin - Ayaan Ahmad
Cello - Benett Tsai
Piano - Ethan Loch