Where sensitive, atmospheric playing is needed...Gowers can’t be faulted - these are lovely, delicate, enthralling performances. Gramophone

Katharine Gowers studied with David Takeno, Roland and Almita Vamos, and Joey Corpus. Her concerto appearances have included performances with the Royal Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic orchestras, and with the BBC Big Band and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble. She has also toured with Nigel Kennedy and the English Chamber Orchestra playing Bach's Double Violin Concerto. Katharine has collaborated in chamber music with such artists as Alfred Brendel, Imogen Cooper, Steven Kovacevich, Steven Isserlis, Denes Varjon and Lars Vogt. She has frequently been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and across many other European networks, and has recorded for EMI Classics and Somm. Her CD with Charles Owen of short pieces for violin and piano (Somm) was chosen as the Strad magazine’s selection of the month in June ’07. Katharine has appeared at many leading international festivals and venues, and regularly attends the Open Chamber Music seminar at IMS Prussia Cove.

Gowers...has the tonal splendour and controlled passion of a Kyung Wha Chung
The Sunday Times  

Gowers’s willingness to take risks pays dividends time and time again…
The Strad