Concettina Del Vecchio - Violin

 

Concettina Del Vecchio plays Violin One with the Orchestra, joining the RLPO in 2004.

 

Q. How long have you been with the RLPO?
A. 2 years and 10 months

Q. What was your earliest musical experience?
A. Listening to members of my family play neapolitan folk songs from as early as I can remember

Q. Do you play any other instruments?
A. Piano accordion (badly out of practice) and piano badly

Q. If you could play a different instrument, which one would it be?
A. Percussion (Timpani)

Q. What would you most like to do if you weren’t a musician?
A. Many other career interests, but physiotherapist is one example

Q. If you could take a recording of one piece of music to a desert island, what would it be?
A. Difficult... Rachmaninov 2nd Piano Concerto

Q. Which piece of music do you most enjoy playing?
A. Mahler 2nd Symphony

Q. Which personality (historical, musical or otherwise – living or dead!) would you most like to share a bottle of wine with?
A. Salvador Dali

Q. Where’s your favourite place to eat/drink in Liverpool?
A. Carriage works for drinks

Q. What do you do to relax in your free time?
A. Read, go to the gym, salsa lessons, cook, consume plenty of good wine and food

Q. Where’s your favourite holiday destination?
A. Foiano Di Val Fortore (my family's origin in Italy)