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Hugo Svedberg

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Instrument
Cello
Age
16

Hugo comes from Bournemouth and began playing the cello aged six. He currently studies cello with Adrian Brendel and has been a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. Hugo has won several competitions, including the Two Moors Festival Competition, the Bromsgrove Young Musicians Senior Platform and the 2024 Swedish ‘Pole Star’ Prize. He is a music and academic scholar at Canford School in Dorset. In his free time he enjoys playing tennis and paddleboarding.

Hugo plays a fine Tecchler cello on loan from a generous sponsor through the Beare’s International Violin Society.