Mollie Wrafter

Mollie Wrafter graduated with First Class Honours from the Royal Northern College of Music, studying with Leland Chen. During her time at RNCM she won the Norman George Violin Competition and the Nossek Prize for Chamber Music. She was awarded the Irish Heritage Performance Bursary for her Wigmore Hall debut performance in 2019. Since completing her undergraduate study at RNCM she has enjoyed a busy freelance career, balancing solo engagements and her quartet. In April 2022 Mollie won the Aileen Gore Cup & RTE Lyric FM Award at the Feis Ceoil in Dublin. Subsequently, she was awarded the RDS Jago Award and a professional solo engagement with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra which aired on RTÉ Lyric FM. Mollie features on Manchester Collective’s debut LP ‘The Centre is Everywhere’ and was named one of Golden Plec Magazine’s ‘PlecPicks’ in 2021. This year she has thoroughly enjoyed playing with the Hallé Orchestra through their Advanced Orchestral Strings Programme and was delighted to receive the Charles Hallé Award. Mollie sits on the Board of Directors of the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland.