"Hannah Perowne's exquisite violin tone is projected wistfully over gossamer string textures. Her arabesques float effortlessly in the huge Cambridge acoustic...... I cannot recommend this recording highly enough". Malcolm Riley on the release of Hannah's recording with the Choir of King's College Cambridge and Britten Sinfonia of John Rutter's "Visions" in 2024.
Hannah performs throughout the UK and internationally as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral leader.
Her numerous concerto performances include both the Brahms Concerto and Brahms Double Concerto in the Philharmonie, Berlin. Other performances include concertos by Elgar, Prokofiev, Samuel Barber, Philip Glass, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Bruch and Mozart as well as the much loved Vaughan Williams "The Lark Ascending". She has been broadcast as a soloist and chamber musician by the BBC and Classic FM in the UK, ABC Radio Australia and SWR and NDR Radio, Germany.
A passionate chamber musician, she has performed worldwide with the internationally acclaimed Henschel Quartet, the Mozart Piano Quartet and Camerata Salzburg. She has performed as soloist/director with a number of ensembles, including the Britten Sinfonia, the Deutsche Kammerorchester Berlin and as co-director of the Kammerphilharmonie Potsdam, together with Steven Isserlis.
Hannah appears regularly as guest leader with orchestras internationally including the BBC Philharmonic and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestras, the Hallé Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Philharmonia, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic and Odense Symphony Orchestra. Between 2003 and 2009 she was a member of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig, where she was not only the first British musician to win a position but also the first woman to sit on the position of co leader.
Born and educated in Norwich, Hannah began her violin studies with the late Michael Badminton, whose trust fund now generously supports young musicians in the county. She concluded her studies at the Royal Academy of Music under the guidance of professors Howard Davis and Maurice Hasson and was a frequent participant in masterclasses given by eminent soloists including Joshua Bell and the late Lord Menuhin. She was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2016 in recognition of her contribution to the music profession. Hannah has lived in London, Vienna, Leipzig and Berlin, but returned to her roots in Norfolk in 2019, together with her family, from where she continues to work widely as an artistic director, soloist, chamber musician, freelance leader and teacher.
