Biography
Heather Tuach is cellist of the Greenwich Trio and also Artistic Director of Wintertide Music Festival in Newfoundland. She is also a Trustee of the The Susanne Beer Cello Corner Foundation, which supports young musicians through instrument loans and more.
Heather was a member of the Fitzwilliam String Quartet from 2008 to 2016. During that time she performed throughout the UK, including at Wigmore Hall and Kings Place in London, and toured North America, Europe and South Africa. She appeared live on BBC Radio 3's ‘In Tune’ and was in residence at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and Bucknell University, Pennsylvania.
In 2018, Heather joined the acclaimed Greenwich Trio, with violinist Lana Trotovšek and pianist Yoko Misumi. The Greenwich Trio performs regularly in London, including at Conway Hall Sunday Concerts and at the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe. They are recording the complete Brahms Piano Trios in 2021.
Heather can be heard on a number of recordings including the Greenwich Trio's Beethoven Piano Trio Op 97 (Hedone Records, 2020). The Fitzwilliam Quartet's Bruckner String Quartet and Quintet (Linn Records, 2015) received 5/5 stars from BBC Music Magazine and her recording with pianist Patil Harboyan, Music from Armenia for Cello and Piano (Divine Art Records, 2014) has been called ‘A delightful disc of discoveries’ (Jeremy Nicholas, Gramophone Magazine). In 2015, the duo performed Music from Armenia at Carnegie Hall, New York. Heather also recorded the solo cello suite, Reflections of an Eccentric English Artist, by British composer Liz Johnson, which appears on Intricate Web (Metier, 2017).
Heather studied at Memorial University of Newfoundland; with Antonio Lysy at McGill University in Montreal; at the International Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland; and with Colin Carr at Stony Brook University in New York, where she completed a Doctorate of Music in 2009.
Heather's cello was made by Yorkshire luthier Roger Hansell.
Heather was a member of the Fitzwilliam String Quartet from 2008 to 2016. During that time she performed throughout the UK, including at Wigmore Hall and Kings Place in London, and toured North America, Europe and South Africa. She appeared live on BBC Radio 3's ‘In Tune’ and was in residence at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and Bucknell University, Pennsylvania.
In 2018, Heather joined the acclaimed Greenwich Trio, with violinist Lana Trotovšek and pianist Yoko Misumi. The Greenwich Trio performs regularly in London, including at Conway Hall Sunday Concerts and at the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe. They are recording the complete Brahms Piano Trios in 2021.
Heather can be heard on a number of recordings including the Greenwich Trio's Beethoven Piano Trio Op 97 (Hedone Records, 2020). The Fitzwilliam Quartet's Bruckner String Quartet and Quintet (Linn Records, 2015) received 5/5 stars from BBC Music Magazine and her recording with pianist Patil Harboyan, Music from Armenia for Cello and Piano (Divine Art Records, 2014) has been called ‘A delightful disc of discoveries’ (Jeremy Nicholas, Gramophone Magazine). In 2015, the duo performed Music from Armenia at Carnegie Hall, New York. Heather also recorded the solo cello suite, Reflections of an Eccentric English Artist, by British composer Liz Johnson, which appears on Intricate Web (Metier, 2017).
Heather studied at Memorial University of Newfoundland; with Antonio Lysy at McGill University in Montreal; at the International Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland; and with Colin Carr at Stony Brook University in New York, where she completed a Doctorate of Music in 2009.
Heather's cello was made by Yorkshire luthier Roger Hansell.