Who is Fearless Silk?
More about our founder Sonya PIgot
A seasoned performer, Sonya has given recitals in venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Steinway Hall, the Royal Albert Hall (Elgar Room), St Mary’s Perivale and in concert halls throughout Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Hong Kong, Romania and Australia. Sonya is a Mike Rimmer Scholar while studying a Masters of Performance at the Royal College of Music with Norma Fisher.
As well as having performed for members of the British Royal Family, Sonya has won many prizes in international music competitions across Australia and Europe; most notably the first prize in the Grand Prize Virtuoso International music competition, Gold Medal in the Berliner International Music competition, first prize in the Hephzibah Menuhin Memorial Award piano competition and first prize in the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Rising Star competition.
Sonya has had concert engagements with orchestras since she was 15, most notably the Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No. 2 with conductor Richard Gill AO. She has been a finalist in the 3mbs Young Performer’s Award which was broadcast on 3mbsFM, Australia and a semi-finalist in the Pianale International music competition, Stockport International music competition and in the ROSL music competition.
Sonya has participated in many International music festivals, such as the London Masterclasses, the AMALFI Coast Music Festival and the Virtuoso and Bel Canto music festival. She has worked with distinguished Professors including Boris Berman, John Perry, Jerome Lowenthal, Dimitri Alexeev, Ewa Pablocka, Ian Jones, Pavel Gililov, Grigory Gruzman, Ashley Wass, Shan Deng and Gordon Fergus-Thompson.
Alongside her piano performance, Sonya has recorded at the Abbey Road Studios as a violinist in the Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra and has had concerto engagements with orchestras, recitals and competition success as a solo violinist.
Sonya has always loved to paint and with experience in modeling and design she has always loved fashion and looks forward to exploring the possibilities of combining her disciplines to create Fearless Silk.
Our Mission:
As women we have all faced the harsh lights of the stage and the invariable judgement the audience loves to inflict on the appearance of our sex as women. From Mitsuko Uchida to Yuja Wang and khatia buniatishvili, we all face the question of how best to present ourselves on stage.
With so much controversy and judgement, this agency helps present women on stage in clothes that not only best represent them as an artist but are comfortable and practical to the needs of a performing pianist.
We work personally and in depth with our clients to make them feel like they are expressing all of who they are on stage; creating collaboration between the worlds of design, fashion and Classical Music. With a mission of pushing Classical Music to a younger, wider audience by making it more accessible visually to the 21st century.
Founder,
Sonya Pigot
