Biography

Eleanor Hodgkinson studied piano at the Royal Northern College of Music with Renna Kellaway and graduated in 1996. Supported by a scholarship from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, she then specialised in piano accompaniment with Carole Presland on the RNCM’s postgraduate course. Subsequently, Eleanor was awarded a scholarship to study accompaniment with Malcolm Martineau at the Royal Academy of Music in London, completing her studies in 1998. During this time she was a finalist in the Birmingham Accompanist of the Year Competition and also gained scholarships to attend the International Musicians Seminar, Prussia Cove and the Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada.

Eleanor plays with several chamber groups; the Elgin Piano Trio, the Nimbus Ensemble and the period instrument Artaria Piano Trio and is in much demand as an accompanist and chamber musician. She has partnered a wide range of soloists and has performed at major venues throughout the UK including the Purcell Room, Symphony Hall Birmingham, the Barbican and St. John’s, Smith Square. Festival appearances include the London International Brass Festival, Lichfield, Bromsgrove, Guildford Festivals and the 2nd International Victor Hugo Festival in Guernsey. She has also performed in North America, Holland, France and Germany. Eleanor has worked with many leading British composers and since 2005 has been involved with the Vigani’s Cabinet project at Queens’ College, Cambridge where she has premiered and recorded several new chamber works.

Eleanor is a Visiting Tutor in Piano at Royal Holloway, University of London and also teaches piano and chamber music at the Junior Department of the Royal Academy of Music and the Lady Eleanor Holles School