Victoria Stolte

A young violist with a warm, expressive sound and a growing international performance profile.

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"Victoria began her musical journey on the violin at the age of 7 in Cornwall and soon added piano to her studies."

Victoria Stolte

Victoria is currently studying the viola at the Yehudi Menuhin School. She began violin at the age of seven and discovered her passion for the viola during the COVID-19 pandemic, studying initially with Tim Boulton. At fourteen she was admitted to the Junior Royal Academy of Music in London, where she studied with Mickey Posner before beginning her full-time studies at the Menuhin School in 2025. Victoria is rapidly establishing herself as an expressive and dedicated young musician with growing solo, chamber, and orchestral experience across the UK and Europe. She is a prize-winning performer with strong academic achievements and is regularly invited to leading international summer academies, festivals, and masterclasses. Her recent engagements include performances in Germany, Italy, Austria, and the UK, including appearances at the Mattheiser Summer Academy, Mozarteum Summer Academy, Summer String Academy Pienza, and the Two Moors Festival Winners Concert.

Performances, Academies & Masterclasses

She has played for renowned musicians including Louise Lansdown, William Coleman, Lucy Nolan, Matthew Jones, Dorothea Vogel, Gary Pomeroy, Sarah-Jane Bradley, and Rokas Valuntonis. Victoria has a particular love for chamber music and has performed in ensembles at Pro Corda, IMS Prussia Cove Young Musicians Programme, Cadenza at Purcell, and MusicWorks Bournemouth, as well as leading school and regional orchestras.

Competition successes include Winner of the RNCM New Talent Festival Prize (2025), Winner of the Two Moors Young Musician Competition (2025), and Semi-Finalist at the Gregynog Young Musician Competition. She completed her ARSM Diploma with Distinction and has received scholarship offers from the Royal Northern College of Music, the Yehudi Menuhin School, and the Purcell School.

Victoria currently performs on an 1802 Guiseppe Guadagnini viola, kindly on loan through the Beare’s International Violin Society, and a bow generously loaned by the Benslow Music Trust.

Training, Studies & Achievements

Early Musical Training

  • Began violin at age 7 in Cornwall and later added piano
  • Developed a strong connection to the viola in 2020, studying with Tim Boulton
  • The viola quickly became her principal instrument

Current Studies & Development

  • Studying at the Yehudi Menuhin School with Professor Louise Lansdown
  • Former Junior Royal Academy of Music student
  • Chamber and orchestral experience through NYO, NCO, Pro Corda, Cadenza and IMS Prussia Cove
  • Coaching received from Sarah-Jane Bradley, Robert Max, Dorothea Vogel, Tim Boulton and others

Awards & Performances

  • ARSM Diploma with distinction
  • Prize-winner at Cornwall Music Festival and Two Moors Festival
  • RNCM Entrance Scholarship (International New Talent Festival)
  • Performances including the Hoffmeister Viola Concerto and appearances at Golowan Festival, Cornish Proms and Truro Cathedral
A selection of performances

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Teleman Fantasia no. 10

Bowen Sonata in c minor

Suite Hébraïque for Viola and Piano, B. 83

Viola Concerto in D major (Hoffmeister, Franz Anton)
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