Phoebe White

Born in Dublin in 1997, Phoebe White has been playing violin since the age of three. In their teens, they studied with Fionnuala Hunt at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. They studied under the tutelage of Mauricio Fuks at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, earning a Bachelor of Music Performance in 2019. In 2020, they moved to Berlin, where they studied at the Berlin University of Arts. In recent years Phoebe has established themselves as one of Ireland’s rising stars in classical music. They have been awarded the RDS Music Bursary, the Collins Memorial Award, the Aileen Gore Cup at the Feis Ceoil and the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival bursary. Previous awards include the National Concert Hall Young Musicians’ Award, the Dublin Philharmonic Award, the Maura Dowdall Award, and the Flax Trust Bursary. As a soloist, Phoebe has performed with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Esker Festival Orchestra, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Ireland, and the Midlands Youth Orchestra. Phoebe is a passionate chamber musician and has appeared at such festivals as the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, Blackwater Valley Opera Festival, Westport Chamber Music Festival, Encuentro Santander in Spain, the West Wicklow Chamber Music Festival, the Clandeboye Festival, the National Concert Hall Chamber Music Gathering, and Ortús Chamber Music Festival. Phoebe has been concertmaster of the Symphony Orchestra of the Encuentro Santander, the Esker Festival Orchestra, and the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland. They were a member of the Kurt Sanderling Akademie of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin during the 2022-2023 season. Further engagements for the coming months include the Roscommon Chamber Music Festival, and a solo performance with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland.