The violinist Claire Duff is in constant demand as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Ireland and the UK. She has played as leader with Florilegium, I Fagiolini, English Touring Opera and The Kings Consort and has regularly performed with The English Concert, Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and English Baroque Soloists. She is leader of the Irish Baroque Orchestra with whom she regularly performs as a soloist. She has an extensive discography, including a highly acclaimed recording of Bach’s Double Violin Concerto with Monica Huggett and the IBO. She has given masterclasses in historical performance at the Royal College of Music and Trinity College of Music, London. Claire Duff graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a BAHons Degree in Music and French, received a distinction in the Postgraduate Diploma in Baroque Violin from the Royal Academy of Music, London, and graduated from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with a Masters in Performance.