Violist and bowmaker Emma Alter is described by Paul McCreesh as ‘one of the finest players of her generation,’ and has been saluted by Music and Vision for her “beautifully rich tone, and an almost gypsy earthiness”.

After completing her degree at the Royal Northern College of Music, Emma turned to early music and studied baroque violin and viola with Andrew Manze at the Royal College of Music and Lucy van Dael at the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten.