Zoe Tweed

Zoë Tweed grew up in Wells, Somerset and began playing Euphonium at age 6 before switching to the trombone, then settling on the French Horn at age 9. She was taught by Simon de Souza at Wells Cathedral School before moving to London in 2017 to study at the Royal Academy of Music.

Zoë was awarded her first trial at 20 years old with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra for their Principal Horn position, and won subsequent Principal trials with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. She continued to freelance with various orchestras throughout the UK during and after finishing her studies, including the Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia of London, London Sinfonietta, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. She accepted the position of 3rd Horn with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra a year after finishing her studies, in December 2023, becoming the youngest member of the orchestra. 

Zoë has recorded music for film and TV, and performed instrumentals on albums by artists such as Alison Sudol and Cody Fry. She enjoys a wide variety of musical genres and this is reflected in the music she writes and arranges for solo horn and piano, wind quintet, brass quintet, and for her chamber groups, Connaught Brass and Quartet Menine.

Faculties / departments: Brass

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