Regina Beukes

South African classical violist. In 1981, she toured Taiwan as Concertmaster of the Harmonia Juventia. She led the Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra on a tour culminating in a concert at Carnegie Hall. She then studied at the Juilliard School (1984-1989). She was appointed Principal Violin of The Cape Town Symphony Orchestra in 1990, and, in 1992, she became Concertmaster in the same orchestra until 1995. In 1994 she toured several times with The Chamber Orchestra Of Europe. In 1996, she was appointed solo second violinist of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, a position she held until 2002. In 2003, she was appointed Principal 2nd Violin with the London Symphony Orchestra; she left the LSO in 2017. Leader of the Barbican Quartet and Principal Viola in Orkest Koninklijk Ballet Van Vlaanderen.