Rebecca Hewes has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in concerts throughout the UK and abroad. Born in 1983, she studied at Chetham’s School of Music, the Royal Northern College of Music, and the Royal Academy of Music, where she graduated in 2005 with first-class honours. Her teachers have included Hannah Roberts, David Smith and Phillip Sheppard. During her time at the Royal Academy Rebecca also extensively studied Baroque Cello with Jennifer Ward-Clarke.
Rebecca has appeared in chamber music festivals and concert series’ throughout the country and overseas, performing in prestigious venues such as the Wigmore Hall and Bridgewater Hall, and abroad as Artist in Residence for the Indaba New Music Festival 2008 in South Africa. She has performed many of the major Cello Concerto works across the UK and throughout Europe, with concerto tours of Ireland, France and Spain.
In addition to her long-standing cello and piano duo with pianist Russell Hepplewhite, Rebecca performs regularly with a number 0f
distinguished ensembles. With the Nephele Ensemble, recent winners of the Tunnell Trust Awards, she has appeared in many prestigious venues including St. David's Hall Cardiff. As the cellist of Svyati Duo, of which Sir John Tavener is patron, she has a busy concert diary with organist Julian Collings, performing a wide range of unusual and exciting orginal repertoire for the rarely-heard combination of cello and organ. Their recording on the Regent Records Label was commercially released in February 2010.