Annelise Martinsen is originally from Copenhagen, Denmark where she studied the horn with Thomas Ekman of the Copenhagen Symphony Orchestra. She came to Britain for post-graduate study at the RNCM with Mike Purton and David Cripps and since then has had a varied freelance career with all the major orchestras in the North of England and in Scotland. Annelise is married to Ben Jones, currently a horn player with the Northern Ballet Theatre Orchestra, and they have a six year old son Rhys. 

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