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 23/24 Season

September 16th

Recital 

Lammermuir Music Festival 

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October 1st

Kronberg Academy Festival - "Entdeckungen-Konzert"

Le Soir - Vierne

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November 5th

Walton Viola Concerto 

Bishop's Stortford Sinfonia

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November 12th

Beethoven and Telemann Horn Sextets:

Ben Goldscheider 

Radek Baborak 

Elena Urioste 

Braimah Kanneh-Mason 

Nina Kiva 

 

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January 27th

Bruch Romanze and Howells Elegy 

Stamford Chamber Orchestra

Conductor - Mark Austin 

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March 7th

Tabakova - Suite in the Old Style 

Northern Chamber Orchestra 

Director - Callum Smart 

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March 8th

Tabakova - Suite in the Old Style 

Northern Chamber Orchestra

Director - Callum Smart 

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March 9th

Tabakova - Suite in the Old Style 

Northern Chamber Orchestra

Director - Callum Smart 

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March 16th

Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola 

Royal Orchestral Society 

Conductor - Rebecca Miller

Violin - Aki Blendis 

 

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July 9th

Recital 

Cheltenham Music Festival 

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Concerts 22/23 Season

September 29th

Walton Viola Concerto 

BBC Philarmonic 

Conductor - Mark Wigglesworth 

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October 28th

Private Recital 

Spencer House 

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March 18th

Walton Viola Concerto 

Royal College of Music JD Symphony Orchestra 

Conductor - Jacques Cohen 

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March 26th

Recital 

Oxford Coffee Concerts 

Holywell Music Room - Oxford 

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April 2nd

Recital 

Wethersfield Chamber Concerts 

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May 13th

John Woolrich - Ulysses Awakes 

Purcell School Orchestra 

Conductor - Paul Hoskins 

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May 17th

Recital 

Bath Festival 

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June 24th

Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola 

Forde Abbey

Schubert Ensemble 

Violin - Aki Blendis 

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June 25th

Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola 

Crambourne Farm 

Schubert Ensemble 

Director - Simon Blendis 

Violin - Aki Blendis 

 

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July 2nd

Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola 

St Jude's Proms 

London Mozart Players 

Director - Simon Blendis 

Violin - Aki Blendis 

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July 28th

Solo Performance at the Verbier Festival 

1st Movement - Brahms F Minor Viola Sonata 

4th Movement - Hindemith Solo Sonata Opus 25 

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July 30th

Chamber Performance at Verbier Festival (Eglise de Verbier) 

Schumann Piano Quartet 

Violin - Ayaan Ahmad 

Cello - Benett Tsai 

Piano - Ethan Loch 

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