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Bibi Redford studied the piano as a child with her mother, Kim Redford, who is also a professional pianist. From the age of 12, Bibi studied with Olena Shvetsova at Wells Cathedral School, under a full piano specialist music scholarship, gaining her ABRSM Grade 8 Distinction aged 13. In 2023, Bibi was fortunate to be supported by the “Awards for Young Musicians " scheme which enabled her to study piano with Vadim Gladkov, and chamber music with cellist Ben Davies at the Encore International Music Course at the Yehudi Menuhin School. During her 6 years at Wells, Bibi took piano Masterclasses with Ruth Gerald, Michael Young, Vanessa Latarche, Christopher Elton, Ian Fountain, and performed regularly at Quilter Hall and Cedar’s Hall, as well as playing outreach concerts in Residential Homes and house concerts. She has consistently won numerous first prizes at Mid-Somerset Festival, Longwell Green Festival, (2018-24), Newport Virtuosi (Rhode Island U.S.A, 2020,2022) and won first prize in the Grand Prize Virtuosi Competition, resulting in a solo performance in the Mozarteum in Salzburg in 2022 Most recently in March 2024, Bibi won the Taunton Young Musician Competition, performing Haydn’s D Major Piano Concerto with the Taunton Sinfonietta on December 1st 2024. She is currently in her 2nd year at the Royal College of Music, continuing her studies under the tutelage of Professor Gordon Fergus-Thompson, having had Professor Nigel Clayton the previous year. Bibi enjoys all genres of music but is particularly fond of works by Debussy and Ravel.
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