Nona Patricia Liddell MBE (9 June 1927 – 13 April 2017) was a British violinist.
She started playing the violin aged five, and studied with Jessie Grimson, a well-known violinist in the 1890s.
[1] Nona Liddell's first solo appearance was in 1947 at the Proms, playing Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Adrian Boult.
She first worked with the London Sinfonietta in 1969, and was appointed leader in 1970, remaining until 1994; she often appeared with them as a soloist.
In 1993 she was appointed MBE, and in 1994 she was awarded the Cobbett Medal for services to chamber music.