Biography
Naomi Wright is one of the most exciting young cellists in the UK. A graduate of The Royal Academy of Music in London, and of The Eastman School of Music in Rochester, USA where she studied with the renowned Steven Doane. She has worked with everybody from The London Mozart Players to Björk and Kylie Minogue, and appears regularly with the National Symphony Orchestra of London, often as principal cello. Naomi has played on numerous film sessions from Harry Potter to Almodóvar's Talk to Her.
Naomi has a well-established duo partnership with pianist Robert Hunter, and performs regularly with pianists Annabelle Lawson and Mari Sakata, as well as a number of chamber ensembles, at prestigious venues including St Martin-in-the Fields and St James' Piccadilly. Future plans include a recital tour of Austria and Germany, and a number of crossover projects involving dance and electronics.
Passionate about education, she teaches for a number of organisations across London, and in 2003 founded a pioneering early years music project in Mumbai, India, which thrives to this day.