Jaren Ziegler - Violist
About
Named a Classic FM Rising Star for 2025, 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.
Since, he has appeared as a soloist with the BBC Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, RCMJD Symphony Orchestra, Royal Orchestral Society, Opera North Youth Orchestra, Schubert Ensemble, Stamford Chamber Orchestra, Bishop Stortford Sinfonia, Albion Orchestra, Purcell School Orchestra, London International Concert Orchestra at the Last Night of the Proms at St Judes and has toured with the Northern Chamber Orchestra. Upcoming concerto performances include Bartok's Viola Concerto with Bristol Symphony Orchestra.
He has also been invited to perform at festivals such as Ryedale, Cheltenham, Bath, Chiltern Arts, Lammermuir, Aldeburgh, North Norfolk and Two Moors Festivals and at concert series including St George's Bristol, Oxford Coffee Concerts, Wethersfield Chamber Concerts, Richmond Concert Society and the 1901 Arts Club.
He is grateful to have performed alongside artists including with the Heath Quartet, Sini Simonen, James Baillieu, Ben Goldscheider, Elena Urioste, Radek Baborák, Ryan Wigglesworth, Mark Wigglesworth, Adrien Brendel, Will Duerden and Trio Concept.
Jaren has 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 international string ensemble, LGT Young Soloists and has performed at Wigmore Hall, Brahms-Saal Musikverein, Victoria Hall Singapore, Royal Festival Hall, Philharmonie Luxembourg and Snape Maltings Concert Hall.
Jaren began playing the viola at age 6 and moved to the Junior Royal Academy of Music two years later to study with Jacky Woods.
He is currently a second year undergraduate student at the Royal Academy of Music studying with Hélène Clément. He has participated in masterclasses including with Tabea Zimmermann, Antoine Tamestit, Nobuko Imai, Lawrence Power, Timothy Ridout and Amihai Grosz.
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 25/26 Season
September 30th
Richmond Concert Society
Trio Concept
Will Duerden
November 16th-19th
Two Moors Festival Duo Residency
Tomos Boyles
December 2nd
Wigmore Hall
Trio Concept
Will Deurden
December 14th
Beares Chamber Music Festival
Masterclass with Amihai Grosz
Tomos Boyles
January 8th
Royal Academy of Music
Brahms and Bridge Piano Quartets
Sherri Lun
Mio Takahashi
Danushka Edirisinghe
January 10th
St Luke's Music Society
Samuel Staples and Friends
January 24th
Private Chamber Music Concert
Joel Munday
Aurelien Pinchon
Tony Ingham
February 2nd
Chung Nung Lee Duo Prize Final
Royal Academy of Music
Brahms F Minor Sonata with Tomos Boyles
March 2nd
1901 Arts Club
Vaughan Williams Ensemble
March 5th
Beares x Verbier Festival Event
Beethoven Serenade with:
Marc Bouchkov
Maxim Calver
March 7th
North Norfolk Music Festival
Vaughan Williams Ensemble
March 19th
22 Mansfield Street
Chamber Music with:
Tim Horton
Mio Takahashi
Adrien Brendel
Danushka Edirisinghe
May 10th
Mill Hill Club - London
Kleio Quartet
May 11th
Norwich and Norfolk Music Festival
BBC Broadcast
Kleio Quartet
May 12th
Norwich and Norfolk Music Festival
Kleio Quartet
May 19th
Foundation Nicola Bulgari Concert
Franck Piano Quintet with:
Ruslan Talas
Julian Kainrath
Mark Prihodko
Luigi Carroccia
May 24th
Recital at St Mary's Church, Twickenham
Kasparas Mikužis
June 1st
Festival Trame Sonore, Mantova, Italy
Franck Piano Quintet
June 16th
Royal Academy of Music
Piano Festival
Dvorak Piano Quintet with:
Iohan Coman
Luca Kaufman
Riya Hamie
Herman Med Cerisha
July 11th
Ryedale Festival
Recital with Tomos Boyles
August 17th
Alderney Chamber Music Festival
Sam Staples
Louisa Staples
Eric Moon
Tbc...
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