Concettina Del Vecchio

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Concettina Del Vecchio

Concettina Del Vecchio

First Violin

Adopted by Richard Bryson in memory of Jenny, and Emma & David Harris

Connie first picked up a piano accordion at three years of age and by the time she was seven began to learn the violin and later piano. Connie’s early earliest musical experience come from her Italian family play Neapolitan folk songs, she was taught the accordion by her grandfather who was his village accordionist in Italy and used to play at all the town weddings and parties. Connie’s sister and cousins are also musical and they often used to busk together as a family. Connie considers herself lucky to have the peripatetic teaching system at her school which enabled her musical education.

Connie went onto study at the Royal Northern College of Music with Bendict Holland and prior to that Peter Thomas (leader of CBSO) and Sally Hobbs.

She has been a First Violinist for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra for twenty years. One of her favourite moments was performing Shostakovich Symphony No.14 with bass soloist Alexander Vinogrado conducted by Vasily Petrenko.

Connie has taught violin at Chethams School of Music since 1999 and is in a band called Klezmer-ish which is four classically trained musicians who met at Liverpool Philharmonic and play music of bygone travellers from gypsy jazz, tango, klezmer, Irish folk, tango via Kurdish and Balkan tunes. Outside of music she enjoys gardening and home DIY, walking, being outside in nature, cooking, eating and drinking!

Fun Fact:

If Connie wasn’t a musician, she would be a linguist, doctor or an investigator.

What was your earliest musical experience?
My parents are from Italy, and my earliest musical experience was listening to members of my family play Neapolitan folk songs from as early as I can remember. I started out playing the accordian when I was 3 and a half years old, and I remember falling over with it on occasion! My sister plays the cello and my cousins are also musical, so we used to busk together as a family.Who is your biggest musical influence and why?
My grandfather was the village accordianist back in Italy and used to play at all the town weddings and parties. He was entirely self-taught and he has had a great influence on my musical life as it was because of him that I began to learn the accordian.What is the best thing about being a member of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra?
When it all comes together, it's really thrilling! Before I joined the Youth Orchestra in Sandwell, I heard them play and was absolutely blown away by the sound. I love being part of a really good team and making a great sound all together.