Daphne Godson

Daphne Godson, LRAM (16 March 1932 - 15 August 2022) was an international award winning violinist

Life and musical career Born Edith Muriel Daphne Godson in Edinburgh, at 7 Stanley Street, Portobello, she later lived in Bruntsfield. then studying with Canadian violinist, Frederick Grinke, and with a Belgian government scholarship to Belgian Conservatoire, under André Gertler. and was praised for her 'technical mastery, beauty of tone, and maturity of interpretation' of Hans Gál's concertino in Gateshead (1963). And was also a duet with pianist Audrey Innes given a very positive review in Musical Times (1962), saying that they 'deserve to be widely heard outside Scotland. Each couples a great sense of artistry with admirable technical accomplishment; each has an ardent musical personality that communicates enthusiasm and enjoyment to the listener’.

Sponsored by the Scottish Arts Council and Saltire Society in 1972, Godson and Leonard Friedman, with whom she had begun in the Scottish Baroque Ensemble, recorded for Scottish Records label, a range of 18th century music.

She was the leader of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (1974-76) and played solo with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Scottish National Orchestra and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

From 1959 to 1999, Godson performed concerts at the University of Edinburgh Reid Concert Hall, with the Reid Orchestra and others, for example, in 1984 with the Stodart Fortepiano Ensemble.

Between 1970 and 1995, she was also soloist with the Scottish Sinfonia.