Ben Hancox
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Ben Hancox is an English violinist, who is most famous for co-founding the Sacconi String Quartet
in 2001.
and Bonn
, before being accepted into the Royal College of Music
. There he also studied with Felix Andrievsky. At the RCM, he won both major violin prizes, before leaving with a first class honours degree. In his postgraduate diploma, he was awarded a distinction in performance.
During his undergraduate studies, Hancox received the Emily English Scholarship, before then receiving the Associated Board for his postgraduate studies.
along with its co-founders, Hannah Dawson, Robin Ashwell and Cara Berridge. The quartet started off playing in weddings, but rapidly grew as more and more people became aware of their existence.
Sacconi Quartet
The Sacconi Quartet is a UK based classical music string quartet founded in 2001 by four graduates of the Royal College of Music, London, UK. The Quartet has achieved widespread recognition, having given recitals in leading British concert halls and at music festivals in Britain and across Europe....
in 2001.
Pre-Sacconi life
Hancox started playing the violin at the age of four. In his late teens he studied with Serguei Fatkouline in MadridMadrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
and Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
, before being accepted into the Royal College of Music
Royal College of Music
The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire founded by Royal Charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, England.-Background:The first director was Sir George Grove and he was followed by Sir Hubert Parry...
. There he also studied with Felix Andrievsky. At the RCM, he won both major violin prizes, before leaving with a first class honours degree. In his postgraduate diploma, he was awarded a distinction in performance.
During his undergraduate studies, Hancox received the Emily English Scholarship, before then receiving the Associated Board for his postgraduate studies.
Founding the quartet
In 2001, Hancox founded the Sacconi QuartetSacconi Quartet
The Sacconi Quartet is a UK based classical music string quartet founded in 2001 by four graduates of the Royal College of Music, London, UK. The Quartet has achieved widespread recognition, having given recitals in leading British concert halls and at music festivals in Britain and across Europe....
along with its co-founders, Hannah Dawson, Robin Ashwell and Cara Berridge. The quartet started off playing in weddings, but rapidly grew as more and more people became aware of their existence.