Laura Tivendale takes first prize at Broadwood

The contest, which took place last month, required participants play instruments from the Benton Fletcher Collection of Early Keyboard Instruments. A Royal Academy of Music graduate with first class honours, Tivendale played the 1600 Vincentius virginals, the 1664 Hatley virginals, and the 1761 Shudi harpsichord, winning first place. The judging panel, made up of BBC journalist Lucie Skeaping and Peter Thresh, plus harpsichordist Sharon Gould, placed Charlotte Wilson second, while also highly commending Bojana Dimkovic and giving a special mention to Nathaniel Mander.

Twenty-six-year-old Tivendale has previously won a number of prestigious awards, including the Harold Samuel Bach Prize for two years running, and the Howard Carr Memorial Prize in 2007. As the harpsichordist of the Little Baroque Company, Laura has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and won the Audience Price at the first Fenton House Ensemble Competition. She will also be performing in a series of engagements at the Cobbe Collection at Hatchlands in Surrey, Finchcocks in Kent and the Russell Collection in Edinburgh.

Broadwood Harpsichord Competition - Prize Winner's Concert
Thursday 13 August 2009, 8pm - Fenton House
Windmill Hill, Hampstead, London, NW3 6RT

Tickets: £22, Drinks and canapés, as well as access to the house and garden are included.

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