Young Classical Music Artists Agency and Promoter

About Bartholomew LaFollette

Born in Philadelphia in 1984, from 1997 Bartholomew LaFollette was a pupil at the Yehudi Menuhin School. In 2003 he won a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music & Drama where he continued his studies with Louise Hopkins, graduating in 2008. He was selected by Young Concert Artists Trust (YCAT) in 2007 and is now a Fellow at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

During his studies Bartholomew won numerous prizes including the Guilhermina Suggia Gift which led to performances of Tchaikovsky‘s Variations on a Rococo Theme with orchestras throughout Europe and the USA. In 2007 he was the first recipient of the Irish Chamber Orchestra’s prestigious Ardán Award which offers a young emerging international soloist a platform.

As a concerto soloist highlights have included Haydn with the Irish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Gábor Takács, Dvorák with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Jugend Sinfonie Orchester des Landes Hessen, Brahms Double with Daniel Stabrawa and the Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra in Poland, Elgar with Sian Edwards in Helsinki and a performance of the Walton at the Barbican. He has appeared at major venues and festivals throughout the UK including an IMS Prussia Cove Ensemble tour, and concerts at Wigmore Hall, Bridgewater Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, King‘s Place, St. George’s Bristol, the Brighton, Paxton, Sheffield and Ravinia Festivals.

During the 2010/11 season Bartholomew returns to Wigmore Hall, gives recitals in Aldeburgh and the Leeds International Concert series and appears as soloist with the City of London Sinfonia and Southern Pro Musica. He regularly collaborates with the Doric String Quartet and in 2011 records with them for Chandos.

In 2007 Bartholomew participated in workshops with the Emerson Quartet in New York culminating in a performance of Dvorák's Piano Quintet in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. He has appeared in masterclasses at IMS Prussia Cove and with Steven Isserlis, and elsewhere with Mstislav Rostropovich, Alexander Rudin and Natalia Gutman.

He is grateful for support from the Musicians Benevolent Fund, the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund and the Hattori Foundation.

Bartholomew Lafollette - Elgar Cello Concerto 1st mvt

Bartholomew Lafollette - Beethoven Cello Sonata in A Op 69 1st mvt

To engage Bartholomew LaFollette for a concert please call us on 020 7379 8477 or contact us using the enquiry form.

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