“An artist whose technique and musicality are matched by a broader artistic imagination” (Gramophone Magazine, 2025), Charlotte Spruit is a soloist and chamber musician acclaimed for her passionate and energetic playing.
In 2022, Charlotte won first prize, audience award and the Genuin Classics prize at the Leipzig International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition. She won the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) International Auditions at Wigmore Hall in 2023 and was named a Classic FM Rising Star in 2024. Most recently, in 2025, she was named ‘One to Watch’ by Gramophone following the release of her debut album Le Mercure Galant on Linn Records, which she recorded with Jonathan Manson and Sergio Bucheli.
In the 2025/26 season, Charlotte will make her recital debut at the prestigious Boulez Saal in Berlin and return to the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam with her duo partner Angus Webster. She will also make her debut with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, with whom she will perform Beethoven's Violin Concerto.
Charlotte is a passionate chamber musician and has played with renowned musicians such as Gidon Kremer, Rachel Podger, Tabea Zimmermann, Lawrence Power, Alina Ibragimova and Jean-Guihen Queyras. Charlotte regularly plays in chamber music festivals throughout Europe, including the Kronberg Academy's Chamber Music Connects the World festival, Heidelberger Frühling and the West Wycombe Chamber Music Festival, where she regularly returns and plays with artists such as Nicolas Altstaedt, Vilde Frang and Lawrence Power.
During the 2024/25 season, Charlotte gave recitals at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Wigmore Hall, and played Beethoven's Triple Concerto with Jean-Guihen Queyras, Kristian Bezuidenhout and the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century during the Cello Biennale. Other recent solo performances have included concerts with the Residentie Orkest, the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande Ecurie, the Pauliner Barockensemble and Ensemble Esperanza.
In addition, Charlotte likes to explore innovative ways of bringing music to audiences, such as by bringing together different art forms. She has collaborated with artist Jérémie Queyras, creating performances combining painting and music. Together they won first prize at the Goodmesh Competition in 2022.
Charlotte began her violin studies with Coosje Wijzenbeek and studied at the Guildhall School of Music with David Takeno, followed by the Royal Academy of Music where she was taught by Ying Xue. Charlotte recently completed her master's degree at the Royal Academy of Music with Rachel Podger and Pavlo Beznosiuk, supported by a Bicentenary Scholarship and an ABRSM Scholarship, and received the HRH Duchess of Gloucester Prize upon graduation. Charlotte is currently studying with Christian Tetzlaff at Kronberg Academy.
Charlotte plays an 18th-century anonymous Italian violin, on loan from the National Musical Instruments Fund.