Background
Hanslip was born in Guildford, Surrey and has been playing the violin since she was two.
Hanslip was born in Guildford, Surrey and has been playing the violin since she was two.
When she was five she performed for Yehudi Menuhin and subsequently, at his invitation, studied with Natasha Boyarskaya at the Yehudi Menuhin School.
At the age of four she performed solo at the Purcell Room. By ten she had played in major concert halls throughout Europe and North America, including Carnegie Hall in New York and the Royal Albert Hall in London. In addition to her lessons with Professor Bron, she has taken part in masterclasses and received guidance from Shlomo Mintz, Ida Haendel, Salvatore Accardo, Ruggiero Ricci and Maxim Vengerov.
In 1997 Hanslip was featured in a television documentary in Germany with Igor Oistrakh and Professor Bron.
She was also featured in the British Broadcasting Corporation documentary Can You Make A Genius? screened in 2001 on BBC1 and played the child prodigy violinist alongside Ralph Fiennes and Liv Tyler in the film Onegin. At 13 she was the youngest recording artist ever to be signed to Warner Classics United Kingdom. Her debut album, recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra under Paul Mann, was released in September 2001 to great critical acclaim.
Her second Civil Defense, a recording of Max Bruch"s Concerti Number. 1 and Number. 3 with the LSO under Martyn Brabbins, was released in 2002.
Chloë Hanslip has received numerous awards for her playing, including first prize and four special prizes in the 2nd International Violin Competition in Novosibirsk, Russia, resulting in concerts in Russia, France and Japan.
In 2000 she was awarded a Scholarship by the Sibelius Foundation, one of Finland’s highest honours, presented by the Finnish Ambassador. In 2002 she was awarded the Echo Klassik Award for Best Young Artist for her debut album “Chloë”. In July 2001 Hanslip gave a private recital at Frogmore House, Windsor, for Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and performed at Saint James"s Palace in December 2001 before Princess Anne, the Princess Royal.
Chloë was invited to perform again for the Duke of Edinburgh at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in May 2002.
In October 2001 Hanslip performed at the Royal Albert Hall with the Philharmonia Orchestra and at New Year she gave two performances of Mendelssohn"s Concerto in East minor as soloist with the LSO at the Barbican. She performed the Bruch Concerto Number.
1 with both the London Mozart Players and the City of London Sinfonia to great acclaim and went on to perform with The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. She made her Japanese concerto debut with the Tokyo Philharmonic, in 2003.
Hanslip plays a 1737 Guarneri del Gesu violin.
