Fra Rustumji – Musician

Fra Rustumji is a London-based violinist and violist. She performs variously as a soloist and chamber musician, and has a particular passion for multi-disciplinary projects. Her performances as principal violinist for Shadwell Opera have won critical acclaim and she is also a principal player in the Multi-Story Orchestra, a Peckham-based orchestra whose aim is to bring classical music into unexpected places.

Fra has recently finished touring the U.K. with Joss Arnott Dance Company, for whom she performed 'V' for solo viola and solo dancer by James Keane. Fra has recorded music for productions at the Royal Court, and the National Theatre for their production of 'Consent', as well as for BBC documentaries and such artists as Femi Temowo and Engines Orchestra. She has also covered the on-stage role of 'Cat' in Julian Philips' opera How the Whale Became at the Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House.

Fra also works closely with poets, and is curating a weekend of poetry and live classical music concerts in Peckham this season. The summer will also see her performing as guest violinist with the Tritium trio at Dartington International Summer School and Festival, as well as chamber music festivals across the U.K and Europe.

Fra read music at King's College, Cambridge before completing her Master's with Krysia Osostowicz at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London in 2013.