Lucy Gijsbers
“Gijsbers’ impressive power … and rich, sweet tone sung through with wonderful artistry. The beautifully crafted phrases and full throated, rich sound she drew from the lower register of the cello … showed immediately what an accomplished musician she is.”
About
Lucy Gijsbers is an award-winning New Zealand-Dutch cellist, classical pianist, and entrepreneurial director based in London. Known for her rich, expressive tone and elite ensemble agility, she maintains a versatile career spanning major symphonic appointments, international chamber festivals, and high-profile commercial session tracking.
Lucy graduated with a prestigious Artist Diploma from the Royal College of Music, London (RCM), where she was an RCM Scholar and graduated top of her class under the tutelage of Thomas Carroll. Prior to her London training, she completed her Bachelor of Music with First-Class Honors and her Master of Musical Arts at the New Zealand School of Music. Demonstrating rare dual-instrument mastery at the highest institutional level, she holds dual DipABRSM distinctions in both cello and piano performance. Her competitive accolades include being a primary prizewinner at the RCM Cello Competition and reaching the finals of the Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL) Chamber Music Competition.
A mainstay of the UK’s premier orchestral rosters, Lucy is a contract tutti player with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) and an alumna of the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) Future Firsts program. Her expansive symphonic portfolio includes regular section appearances with the English National Opera (ENO), BBC Concert Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Her performances have taken her to iconic venues worldwide, including the Royal Albert Hall, Cadogan Hall, and a featured appearance at the World Expo in Dubai. Alongside her stage work, Lucy is a prominent fixture in the British recording industry, tracking commercial scores directly out of Abbey Road Studios.
Projects
Symphonic Contract Performance & Studio Tracking
Lucy is a highly reliable, rhythmically sharp section player and principal asset for professional symphonic orchestras, opera pits, and recording studios across the UK and Europe. Backed by her extensive experience leading sections—including serving as principal cellist for the NZSO National Youth Orchestra—she offers absolute technical precision and stylistic fluidity across core classical, heavy romantic, and complex contemporary symphonic writing. A seasoned session tracking recording artist, she is fully vetted for high-pressure commercial film, television, and media orchestral dates.
Lucy provides elite, mainstage-ready classical chamber music packages for international festivals, classical concert series, and heritage venues. Her primary chamber project is The Ortus Trio, an established, highly sophisticated piano trio boasting a vast, performance-ready repertoire of standard and contemporary masterpieces. A dedicated champion of living music, Lucy frequently collaborates with and premieres new commissions from celebrated modern composers such as Jeroen Speak and Edwin Hillier. Her recital presentations leverage her profound background as both a cellist and a distinction-level classical pianist, bringing deep structural insight to complex chamber architectures.
Classical Recitals & The Ortus Trio
Commercial Entertainment & Crossover Duos
As the founder and managing director of several boutique commercial brands, including String Musicians London and London Strings, Lucy curates high-end acoustic and electric string configurations for premium corporate clients, luxury private events, and entertainment synchronised media. Her ensembles are highly trusted by major global entities, with recent high-profile credits including custom arrangement performances and branding partnerships with Netflix's Bridgerton and John Lewis. For unique event bookings, Lucy offers London Two Cellos—a powerful, genre-defying cello duo that strips away traditional performance boundaries to deliver high-impact, modern pop/rock arrangements designed for large-scale corporate celebrations and featured entertainment slots.
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