Eleanor Hodgkinson

Pianist Eleanor Hodgkinson divides her time between performing, teaching and writing. A versatile chamber musician, she has been part of numerous cross-genre projects, having performed and recorded with Mid Wales Opera, Southern Sinfonia, Orchestra of the Swan and Nevill Holt Opera. Hodgkinson has long-standing duo partnerships with cellist Nick Stringfellow and pianist Jakob Fichert, and as writer she has devised many educational projects.

In 2014 she founded BabyGigs C.I.C., which presents musical events for under sevens and their adults. The company is frequently commissioned for community projects, and its musical story shows have featured in many UK festivals. Hodgkinson is the keyboard coordinator at the Junior Academy of the Royal Academy of Music, where she has taught piano and chamber music for over 20 years; additionally, she is the specialist piano tutor for the LRAM teaching qualification. She is a principal lecturer in piano at Leeds Conservatoire and an external examiner at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the Royal College of Music. Hodgkinson is regularly invited to give masterclasses and adjudicate competitions in conservatoires and schools, and is also a trainer and examiner for the ABRSM.

An award-winning student, Hodgkinson studied with Renna Kellaway and Carole Presland at the Royal Northern College of Music. She undertook the postgraduate course in accompaniment at the Royal Academy of Music with Malcolm Martineau, with further study at IMS Prussia Cove and with her piano trio at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Canada. In 2013 she obtained an MA in music psychology from the University of Sheffield.

www.eleanorhodgkinson.co.uk