Jenna Sherry
violin
A musician deeply shaped by her roots in the bohemian city of New Orleans, violinist Jenna Sherry is based in London and Brussels. A versatile chamber musician with a special interest in historical performance, Jenna has recorded for BBC broadcast, and collaborated with composers Unsuk Chin and Julian Anderson. Selected as a Marshall Scholar by the British government, Jenna's significant musical influences include David Takeno (Guildhall School), Mark Kaplan (Indiana University), and Ferenc Rados.
In 2020 she released a disc of the Brahms Op. 120 & Dohnányi sonatas with pianist Dániel Lőwenberg on BMC records. Jenna is solo violin/viola with the SWR EnsembleExperimental (Freiburg), regularly tours with John Eliot Gardiner's ensembles, and has recently led chamber music tours with the Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra. She teaches violin and chamber music at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague's School for Young Talent.
Jenna was Founder & Artistic Director of Birdfoot Festival, praised for its "youthful, rule-bending style", and now directs Ensemble Échappée.