Pippa Rans graduated with Distinction in the Postgraduate Diploma in Performance from Trinity College of Music in 2005, where she was a scholar studying with Lowri Blake and Joely Koos. She was principal cellist of the Symphony and Chamber Orchestras and won many prizes including the Classical Concerto and the Solo Bach Competition.

Pippa gained her undergraduate degree with Andrew Fuller at the University of Birmingham, where she led all the orchestras, won the Concerto Competition and was invited to perform the Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto with the University Sinfonia.

Pippa is a freelance orchestral cellist and is currently on trial with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. She also performs with orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland (including trial), the Ulster Orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia and the BBC Concert Orchestra (mentor scheme).

Pippa’s chamber music performances include educational concerts with City of London Sinfonia and recitals at the Wigmore Hall, Greenwich Theatre and Lauderdale House, and as a member of Duo Cello and the Sonas Quartet she has played for the Duke of Edinburgh, Sir Nicholas Serota and Sir David Attenborough at prestigious venues such as Channel 4, The Gherkin, City Hall and the Reform Club. She most recently performed Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme with St Paul's Sinfonia, London, and Schubert’s ‘Trout’ Quintet with the Steinberg Ensemble.