Christine Anderson

Christine Anderson grew up in Glasgow, where she studied at both the junior and senior departments of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, before completing her Masters at the Royal College of Music with Simon Rowland Jones.

Christine joined the Hallé in 2016, and enjoyed several years with the orchestra; highlights included Wagner’s Siegfried at the Edinburgh Festival, playing with Bjork at Bluedot Festival, and premiering chamber music by Dobrinka Tabakova. Last year, she left Manchester and joined the London Mozart Players as No. 4 Viola. She enjoys a busy freelance career, touring with orchestras such as Aurora and the RPO, and playing guest co-principal with the Philharmonia and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.  Christine often performs with ground-breaking chamber collectives, such as the United Strings of Europe, Manchester Collective, and Her Ensemble. She is passionate about the importance of the classical music world being a place where everybody can feel included and represented. Christine was recently asked to write an article by the MU for Women’s History Month, with some thoughts on the experience of women in classical music - she called it “Campaign for Female Mediocrity” and it is published on the MU website.

When she’s not playing the viola, Christine can usually be found drinking delicious coffee, running around the parks of North London, and trying to get through her ever-growing collection of unread books.