Rebecca Hewes has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in concerts throughout the UK and abroad. Born in 1983, she studied at Chetham’s School of Music, the Royal Northern College of Music, and the Royal Academy of Music, where she graduated in 2005 with first-class honours. Her teachers have included Hannah Roberts, David Smith and Phillip Sheppard. During her time at the Royal Academy Rebecca also extensively studied Baroque Cello with Jennifer Ward-Clarke. Rebecca has appeared in chamber music festivals and concert series throughout the country and overseas, performing in prestigious venues such as the Wigmore Hall and Bridgewater Hall, and abroad as Artist in Residence for the Indaba New Music Festival 2008 in South Africa. She has performed many of the major Cello Concerto works across the UK and throughout Europe, with concerto tours of Ireland, France and Spain.
In addition to her long-standing cello and piano duo with pianist Russell Hepplewhite, Rebecca performs regularly with a number of distinguished ensembles. With the Nephele Ensemble, recent winners of the Tunnell Trust Awards, she has appeared in many prestigious venues including St. David's Hall Cardiff. As the cellist of Svyati Duo, of which Sir John Tavener is patron, she has a busy concert diary with organist Julian Collings, performing a wide range of unusual and exciting orginal repertoire for the rarely-heard combination of cello and organ. Their recording on the Regent Records Label is due to be commercially released in February 2010, and is available now from www.svyatiduo.co.uk Website: www.rebeccahewes.co.uk
	Cello and Piano Duo Rebecca Hewes (cello) Russell Hepplewhite (piano) Rebecca Hewes and Russell Hepplewhite formed their cello and piano duo seven years ago, and have since accumulated a vast repertoire which they have performed together in many concerts and masterclasses. They are regularly invited to appear in prestigious concert series' and festivals, and have performed extensively throughout the UK. In 2004 were selected to appear as featured artists in the Concordia Foundation's International Concert Series, which resulted in a number of prestigious recitals and collaborations with other artists. More recently they were shortlisted for the Park Lane Group series at the Southbank Centre. In addition to their concerts in the UK, their overseas engagements have taken them to Poland and Portugal. Rebecca and Russell also perform together in larger ensembles, with recent concerts including Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire, Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time, and the Brahms piano trios and clarinet trio.
	Nephele Ensemble Nicola Smedley (flute), Samantha Wickramasinghe (violin), Jessica Beeston (viola), Rebecca Hewes (cello) Formed in 2007 the Nephele Ensemble has established a reputation for fine performances, with engagements together taking them to venues and concert series' such as St. David's Hall, Cardiff and the Leeds International Concert Season. They recently commissioned a new work 'Aerial' for flute quartet by the distinguished composer Timothy Salter. In October 2009 the Nephele Ensemble won the Tunnell Trust Awards, and now look forward to giving numerous recitals througout Scotland.
	Persephone Duo Klio Blonz (flute) Rebecca Hewes (cello) Klio and Rebecca founded their flute and cello duo in 2006, and have since performed together as a duo and as part of a larger ensemble in venues throughout the UK and abroad. They are in continuing demand for high-profile corporate events, promotions, recordings and receptions, whilst their recent concert engagements include performances at the Drill Hall, Lincoln, Burgh House, the Hellenic Centre and St. James's Church, Piccadilly. Klio Blonz studied at the Paris Conservatoire and Trinity College of Music, and has performed extensively both as a soloist and ensemble player in France, Greece, Bulgaria, Ireland and the UK. She has appeared with numerous orchestras and ensembles, and recent performances include concerts at the St John's Smith Square, the Royal Festival Hall, Burgh House, the Foundling Museum, London, and the American College of Thessaloniki, Greece.
	Svyati Duo Cello and Organ duo Rebecca Hewes (cello) Julian Collings (organ) Patron: Sir John Tavener Formed in 2009, Svyati Duo take their name from their first collaboration as cellist and conductor in a performance of Tavener's masterpiece Svyati for choir and cello solo. Since then Rebecca Hewes and Julian Collings have established a tremendous rapport as the only regular cello and organ duo in the UK, gaining an outstanding reputation for their innovative concerts. Sir John Tavener became their patron in 2009, and the duo now pursue a busy concert schedule, taking their seldom heard instumental combination to venues across the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States of America. Their tireless search for repertoire has rewarded them with many unjustly neglected works, some of which they have now recorded on a disc for Regent Records.