Charlotte Spruit, violin

Charlotte Spruit was selected at the 2023 Young Classical Artists Trust international auditions, and has previously been a prize winner at numerous international competitions. Charlotte won the First Prize, Audience Prize, and the Genuin Classics Prize at the Leipzig International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in 2022. She was also selected as one of Classic FM’s ‘Rising Stars’ of 2024, and named ‘One to Watch’ by Gramophone Magazine in 2025 following the release of her debut album ‘Le Mercure Galant’ with Jonathan Manson and Sergio Bucheli.

The 2025/26 season sees Charlotte make her recital debut at the prestigious Boulez Saal in Berlin, and return to Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw with her duo partner Angus Webster. She will also make her debut with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with Beethoven’s Violin Concerto.

An avid chamber musician, Charlotte has performed chamber works with acclaimed musicians including Gidon Kremer, Rachel Podger, Tabea Zimmermann, Lawrence Power, Alina Ibragimova, and Jean-Guihen Queyras. Charlotte plays frequently at chamber music festivals across Europe, including the Chamber Music Connects the World festival at the Kronberg Academy, Heidelberger Frühling, and the West Wycombe Chamber Music Festival where she returns regularly to perform chamber works with artists such as Nicolas Altstaedt, Vilde Frang, and Lawrence Power.

During the 2024/25 season Charlotte performed extensively throughout the UK including in concerts at Wigmore Hall and Brighton Dome. She also made her recital debut at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and performed Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with Jean-Guihen Queyras, Kristian Bezuidenhout, with the Orchestra of the 18th Century at the Cello Biennale. Other recent concerto performances have included concerts with the Residentie Orkest, The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande Ecurie, the Pauliner Barockensemble, and Ensemble Esperanza.

Charlotte also enjoys exploring different ways of bringing music to the audience, for example by bringing together different forms of art. She has collaborated with artist Jérémie Queyras, creating performances combining painting and music. Together they won the first prize at the Goodmesh Concours in 2022.

She began her violin studies with Coosje Wijzenbeek and studied at the Guildhall School of Music with David Takeno, followed by the Royal Academy of Music with Ying Xue. Charlotte recently completed her Master’s degree at the Royal Academy of Music under Rachel Podger and Pavlo Beznosiuk, supported by a Bicentenary Scholarship and an ABRSM Scholarship, and was awarded the HRH Duchess of Gloucester Prize upon graduation. Charlotte is currently studying with Christian Tetzlaff at the Kronberg Academy.

Charlotte plays an 18th-century anonymous Italian violin, kindly on loan from the Dutch Musical Instruments Foundation. She is extremely grateful to The Stanley Picker Trust for their support during her time with YCAT.