Eleanor Wilkinson

British classical violinist, born in Lurgarn, Northern Ireland, UK. She began playing the violin at the age of six. Whilst at school she was a member of the National Youth Orchestra Of Great Britain and led the City Of Belfast Youth Orchestra (CBYO). She went on to study at the Royal Northern College Of Music. She continued her studies at the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien. Whilst in Vienna, Eleanor led the Wiener Kammeroper Orchestra, was a member of the Ensemble Des Xx.Jahrhunderts as well as freelancing with other groups in particular the Wiener Symphoniker. She joined the Philharmonia Orchestra in the late 1980s.