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Nicola Loud
Background information
Born	1975 (age 49–50)
Occupation	Violinist
Years active	1990–present
Labels	EMI Classics
Website	www.nicolaloud.com

Nicola Loud (born 1975) is a British violinist who, in 1990 at the age of 15, became BBC Young Musician of the Year.

She studied at the Royal Academy of Music with her principal tutor György Pauk who described her as: "Very musical, with fantastic flair and presence - one of the most talented British violinists I had ever come across.".^{[citation needed]}

From London she went to study in New York City with Cho-Liang Lin at the Juilliard School of Music. Loud has performed as a soloist with most of the major UK orchestras and also performs chamber music. In 2001 she created her one-woman show which features a wide range of repertoire including classical, jazz and film music.^{[citation needed]}

In 2003, Nicola Loud was awarded an ARAM by the Royal Academy of Music and in 2008 became a television presenter for the BBC, co-hosting the concerto final of BBC Young Musician of the Year in Cardiff. As a past winner, she was also featured in a documentary celebrating 30 years of the competition, and provided the commentary for the Eurovision Young Musicians 2008 program on BBC Four.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, Loud married former MP Rupert Allason, who writes about espionage under the pen name Nigel West.^[1]

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