Annette Isserlis

Annette Isserlis is a Professor of Baroque Viola and Tutor in Baroque Viola at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM). She is renowned for her contributions to historical performance practice, blending her academic role with extensive professional experience as a musician.

• Founding member of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
• Guest Principal Viola with Sir John Eliot Gardiner's English Baroque Soloists
• Active chamber musician and participant in IMS Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music

Her professional activities span masterclasses, adjudication panels for the Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS), musicological discussions, and roles in record production. She studied at the Royal College of Music, where she now teaches historical performance practice.