BIOGRAPHY
HEATHER TUACH lives in London, UK, where she performs, teaches and organises Wintertide Music Festival. Heather was cellist of the Fitzwilliam String Quartet from 2008 to 2016. During that time, she played in concerts throughout the UK, including at Wigmore Hall and Kings Place, 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 2017, Heather formed the Namara Piano Trio, along with violinist Colin Scobie and pianist Yoko Misumi. The Trio has since appeared in concerts in London and Newfoundland. Heather also regularly plays with the Roskell Piano Trio, which is in residence at London's Sutton House, and with Canada's Duo Concertante.
Heather can be heard on a number of recordings including the FSQ’s Bruckner String Quartet and Quintet (Linn Records, 2015), which received 5/5 stars from BBC Music Magazine. 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 most recently recorded Intricate Web (Metier, 2017), which includes the solo cello suite, Reflections of an Eccentric English Artist, by British composer Liz Johnson. She has since performed the Suite in concerts in Birmingham, UK and Newfoundland, Canada.
Heather has close ties with her home province of Newfoundland. For the 2016-17 season, she filled in as principal cellist of the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra and cellist of the Atlantic String Quartet. On the other side of the Island, in Corner Brook, Heather runs Wintertide Music Festival, an annual week-long festival of classical chamber music.
Heather studied at Memorial University of Newfoundland, with Antonio Lysy at McGill University, Montreal, at the International Menuhin Music Academy, Switzerland and with Colin Carr at Stony Brook University, New York, where she completed a Doctorate of Music in 2009. Heather's cello is by Yorkshire luthier Roger Hansell.
In 2017, Heather formed the Namara Piano Trio, along with violinist Colin Scobie and pianist Yoko Misumi. The Trio has since appeared in concerts in London and Newfoundland. Heather also regularly plays with the Roskell Piano Trio, which is in residence at London's Sutton House, and with Canada's Duo Concertante.
Heather can be heard on a number of recordings including the FSQ’s Bruckner String Quartet and Quintet (Linn Records, 2015), which received 5/5 stars from BBC Music Magazine. 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 most recently recorded Intricate Web (Metier, 2017), which includes the solo cello suite, Reflections of an Eccentric English Artist, by British composer Liz Johnson. She has since performed the Suite in concerts in Birmingham, UK and Newfoundland, Canada.
Heather has close ties with her home province of Newfoundland. For the 2016-17 season, she filled in as principal cellist of the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra and cellist of the Atlantic String Quartet. On the other side of the Island, in Corner Brook, Heather runs Wintertide Music Festival, an annual week-long festival of classical chamber music.
Heather studied at Memorial University of Newfoundland, with Antonio Lysy at McGill University, Montreal, at the International Menuhin Music Academy, Switzerland and with Colin Carr at Stony Brook University, New York, where she completed a Doctorate of Music in 2009. Heather's cello is by Yorkshire luthier Roger Hansell.
