Veronica Marziano is a violinist of Polish, Venezuelan and Italian descent and is a member of the 1st violin section of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Veronica has enjoyed a wide variety of freelance work with orchestras across the UK, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Arch Sinfonia, Orpheus Sinfonia and Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra. She has performed at various international festivals such as the Pacific Music Festival in Japan, the International Edinburgh Festival and the Proms in the UK, Davos Festival in Switzerland, Anghiari Festival in Italy, Sziget Festival in Hungary and has received coaching from leaders of the LSO, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, Royal Opera House, Metropolitan Opera, Academy of St Martin in the Fields and O/Modernt. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music where she studied with Giovanni Guzzo and Nicholas Miller as a recipient of the Derek Butler London Scholarship and Robert Rendell Memorial Prize, and obtained her First Class Bachelor of Music degree as well as a Master of Arts degree with Distinction. During her studies Veronica was a member of the Amanzi Quartet – prize winners at St Martin’s Chamber Music Competition who were selected as 2019/20 Concordia Foundation Artists. She has also enjoyed teaching and outreach work and she completed a Postgraduate Certificate of Education in Group Instrumental Learning with Music Masters and Birmingham City University, having previously been awarded the Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music in violin teaching with distinction. Following her graduation Veronica was part of the Glyndebourne Touring Opera ‘Pit Perfect’ Scheme as well as the Southbank Sinfonia fellowship where she has held the role of concertmaster on numerous occasions.
Veronica plays on a Joannes Maria Valenzano violin (1824) kindly on loan from the Harrison-Frank Family Foundation.
