Charlie Lovell-Jones | Violinist
Charlie Lovell-Jones
"Leader and violin soloist Charlie Lovell-Jones' playing is rapturous..."
- Ralph Moore, MusicWeb International
"Gorgeous violin solos from Charlie Lovell-Jones..."
- Edward Seckerson, Gramophone Magazine
About Charlie
Since his solo debut at the Royal Festival Hall aged fifteen, Welsh violinist Charlie Lovell-Jones (b.1999) has established himself as an international soloist, chamber musician, and leader of John Wilson’s Sinfonia of London (SoL).
Charlie is a Classic FM Rising Star. He has topped the Specialist Classical Charts twice with his recordings of violin concertos by William Walton (SoL, John Wilson) and Ruth Gipps (BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba) for Chandos; his ‘unobtrusive mastery’ (Geraint Lewis, Gramophone Magazine) in the former earned him a nomination for Gramophone’s 2025 Concerto Award. He was specially selected by the Sir George Dyson Trust to record Dyson’s Violin Concerto (BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andrews) for SOMM Recordings, to be released November 2026.
"Charlie... was spell-binding with wonderful control and tone and technical ability"
- West Wight Arts Association
Updates
Concerto Recording Reviews
Debut Concerto Recording: Walton Violin Concerto
All Videos
All Videos
Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 2 in d minor Op. 121, i. Ziemlich langsam - lebhaft
Charlie Lovell-Jones: Jean Sibelius, Violin Concerto in d minor Op. 47, i. Allegro moderato
Charlie Lovell-Jones: Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin BWV1001, ii. Fugue
Discography
Solo
Concertmaster and Assistant Concertmaster
"...strings divided to create a textural haze, with elegant solos from the orchestra’s youthful leader, Charlie Lovell-Jones..."
- Fiona Maddocks, The Guardian
"... not simply there to perform, but to be completely entwined with the whole piece and the whole orchestra ... the mastery that Mr Lovell-Jones brought to [his solos] made them seem almost easy."
- Sally Perry, OnTheWight
"The slow movement [of Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 3] is beautifully done...with Charlie Lovell-Jones’s violin solos later especially enticing."
- Colin Anderson, ColinsColumn
"He never wavered, and he was outstanding. He had the orchestra and the audience in the palm of his hand throughout. The quality and clarity of his playing was so exquisite that I completely lost track of the time passing..."
- Jonathan Dodd, OnTheWight