The Fibonacci Sequence / UK
March 10, 2005
PASYDY Auditorium, Nicosia

The Fibonacci Sequence is now well established as one of the foremost chamber ensembles in Britain. Composed of musicians of international repute it enjoys warm receptions from its audiences, whether playing at music clubs across the country or at London venues such as the Wigmore Hall and the SouthBank. The Fibonacci Sequence is distinguished by the quality and high profile of its players and by the variety and imagination of its programming, making full use of the range and versatility of the chamber music repertoire. The ensemble has a busy concert and recording schedule: CDs of chamber music by Ned Rorem for Naxos, and John McCabe for Dutton Epoch, were released last year to considerable critical interest. The first in a series of chamber music CDs for the recording company Deux-Elles has just been released. The ensemble is named after Leonardo of Pisa, known as Fibonacci, a great mediaeval mathematician. The series of numbers named after him occurs throughout the natural world in the most extraordinary way, appearing as if by magic in petals of flowers, branches of trees, spirals, and many more complex ways.

Stephanie Gonley (violin) studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and at the Berlin Hochschule. Winner of the 1986 Shell LSO Competition, she has appeared as soloist with most of the leading UK orchestras as well as many orchestras abroad. Until 2002, Stephanie was leader of the Vellinger String Quartet, winners of the 1994 London International String Quartet Competition. She is leader of the English Chamber Orchestra and has both directed the orchestra and appeared as soloist with them throughout the world.

Winner of the 17th Budapest Viola Competition, Yuko Inoue (viola) has performed as soloist throughout Europe and Japan and with many orchestras, including the Hungarian State Philharmonic, the Halle Orchestra and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, and performs frequently with Britain's most eminent string quartets and chamber ensembles. Inoue is a professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London and gives masterclasses throughout Europe and Japan. Inoue plays on a viola by J.B. Vuillaume.

Andrew Fuller (cello) is Principal cellist with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, the New Queen's Hall Orchestra and the Primavera Chamber Orchestra, with which he also appears as soloist. He was Associate Principal Cello with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from 1990-1997. He was a founder member of the York Piano Trio, has been a guest with many chamber groups and has also been in much demand as guest principal cellist with orchestras - including the Royal Philharmonic, the Halle and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

Since winning the Isle of Man International Double Bass Competition, Duncan McTier (double bass) has appeared in major festivals and concert halls throughout Europe and Japan as a recitalist and as soloist with many orchestras, including the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, the Sjaellands Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Julian Farrell (clarinet) studied the clarinet at the Royal College of Music and at the Akademie fur Music und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna. Since entering the profession in 1971 he has become recognised as one of London's foremost clarinettists, playing with most of the leading orchestras and ensembles. He currently plays principal clarinet with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (a position he has held since the early 1980s) and with the Orchestra of St John's Smith Square often appearing as a soloist with both these orchestras. He has been on the staff of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama since 1985.

In addition to his work with the Fibonacci Sequence, Richard Skinner (bassoon) divides his time between chamber groups such as Lontano and the Almeida Ensemble. In 2002 he joined with the English String Quartet for their London Festival of Chamber Music. Skinner also works as an orchestral player and is a member of the Academy St. Martin-in-the-Fields Future plans include tours to Germany and the USA.

Stephen Stirling (horn) is a renowned chamber musician and soloist. He has played concertos with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, the City of London Sinfonia, and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. In addition to the Fibonacci Sequence he is a member of several chamber ensembles including Endymion and Capricorn with which he has made numerous CDs and appearances on radio and television.

Kathron Sturrock (piano) was twice the winner for Best Pianist at the Sofia International Opera Competition. She is a founder member and Artistic Director of the chamber ensemble the Fibonacci Sequence, and records frequently for BBC Radio 3. As a soloist she has appeared with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Concert Orchestra, making her Proms debut in 1994. In September she took up a teaching position at the Royal College of Music, London.