Rachel Roberts

Rachel Roberts is one of Europe's leading violists, performing internationally as a soloist and chamber musician in venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Toppan Hall in Japan, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Musikverein Vienna, the Philharmonie in Berlin and London’s Wigmore Hall. Prizes and accolades for her chamber music recordings including three Diapason d’Or awards (2009, 2021 and 2023), BBC Chamber Choice, and Fonoforum CD of the month for Brahms Viola Sonatas with Lars Vogt.

She is a regular guest at international chamber music festivals such as Salzburg Festival, Wiener Festwochen, Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg, Heimbach “Spannungen” and Mecklenburg Vorpommern. She has recorded chamber music for Hyperion, Champs Hill Records, Signum Classics, cAVI, Deutsche Rundfunk, Alpha Classics, Orchid Classics and BIS Records. Her recording of Edward Gregson’s Viola Concerto ‘Three Goddesses’ with the BBC Philharmonic was released on Chandos Records in November 2025. Rachel is Professor of Viola at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.