Program
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto: first movement
BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1: second movement
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto: third movement
Duration: 75 minutes with no interval
Conductor
NICHOLAS BOCHNER
After training in Adelaide and London, Nicholas spent 3 years as Artist-in-Residence at the University of Queensland as part of the ensemble Perihelion, forging a strong reputation as an exponent of contemporary music. He joined the MSO as Assistant Principal Cello in 1998. Since then he has appeared as a soloist, chamber musician and recitalist. He has also taught cello and improvisation at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM). Nicholas has always had a strong commitment to music education and community engagement. In 2010 he was awarded the Dame Roma Mitchell Churchill Fellowship to study the LSO’s iconic Discovery program and the use of improvisation in training classical musicians at the Guildhall School of Music.
In 2016, Nicholas’ considerable experience as an orchestral musician and his passion for communication led him to undertake a fellowship at ANAM where he developed, conducted and presented educational concerts for primary school children. During the fellowship he was mentored by Paul Rissmann, Graham Abbott and the legendary Richard Gill AO. Since then he has presented educational concerts for children and adults for MSO, ANAM and the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra.
In 2020 he was named the MSO’s Cybec Assistant Conductor for Learning and Engagement. He is also the conductor of the Melbourne University Biomedical Students’ Orchestra. In support of his work as an education presenter, Nicholas has been studying conducting with Benjamin Northey and won a coveted place at the TSO’s 2019 Australian Conducting Academy.
CARLO ANTONIOLI
Carlo Antonioli is one of Australia’s most dynamic young conductors and is currently the Cybec Assistant Conductor Fellow at the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. He was previously the Assistant Conductor at the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Rapidly establishing himself both with Australia’s leading symphony orchestras, and with vibrant, cutting-edge ensembles, some of Carlo’s most recent and upcoming engagements include working with the Queensland, Tasmanian and Canberra Symphony Orchestras, Orchestra Victoria, the Australian Contemporary Opera Company, the Australian, Sydney and Melbourne Youth Orchestras, the Australian National Academy of Music, Ensemble Apex, Australian Doctors Orchestra and the Stonnington Symphony. Carlo is also a composer and member of the Sydney-based Dreambox Collective.
Carlo has assisted many prominent conductors in Australia including Vasily Petrenko, Sir Mark Elder, Sir Andrew Davis, Asher Fisch, Karina Canellakis, Mark Wigglesworth and Jaime Martín, as well as Vladimir Ashkenazy and Chief Conductor Simone Young at the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Carlo holds a Master of Music Studies (Conducting) from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and is a member of the Australian Conducting Academy.
The Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) is dedicated to training the most exceptional young classical musicians from Australia and New Zealand. It is the only professional performance training institute of its kind in Australia, and one of few in the world.
ANAM musicians fly between the stage and the studio; performing in over 180 events each year and receiving more than 60 hours of one-on-one training and hundreds of hours of coaching from an esteemed Faculty and impressive list of national and international guest artists. From taking meditation classes, singing Bach chorales, laying down a concerto, or building a buzz around their forthcoming gig, to learning how to work a scale, work a fugue, work a room, or work towards securing a vibrant future for classical music. They find themselves sitting crosslegged on the floor with a class of local third graders one day, to performing with the world’s finest artists on stages all across the country the next.
With an outstanding track record of success, ANAM alumni work in orchestras and chamber ensembles around the world, performing as soloists, contributing to educating the next generation of musicians, and winning major national and international awards.
ANAM aims to inspire these future music leaders and encourages audiences to share the experience.
Harry Egerton is a violinist completing his second year at ANAM in 2023 under the guidance of Sophie Rowell. In 2022, Harry studied with Dr Robin Wilson, and was awarded the St Silas Prize for Most Outstanding First Year Performance at an ANAM Recital. Earlier in the year, Harry progressed to the national finals of the Australian Youth Classical Music Competition and later won the Joyce Campbell Lloyd Scholarship held by the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. He also performed at the Tyalgum Festival in 2022 and 2021 with the Limpinwood Ensemble, and in 2021 as a casual musician with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Harry completed a Bachelor of Music at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music (QCGU), studying violin performance with Michele Walsh in 2021. Notable solo performances at the Conservatorium include Waxman’s Carmen Fantasy with the QCGU symphony orchestra (conducted by Peter Luff), and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with the Apollo orchestra (alongside violist Jeremy Egerton and conductor Julian Duthoit).
HARRY EGERTON violin
Natalie is a Sydney-born violinist, who has been playing the violin since the age of six. Growing up in a family who performed in a cabaret act, Natalie began her musical journey with an inspiration to learn and perform.
Natalie completed a Bachelor of Music (Performance) in 2020 at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where she studied with Associate Professor Goetz Richter. She has performed in the Modern Music Ensemble, Sydney Conservatorium Chamber ensembles and Symphony Orchestra, and Ensemble Apex.
In 2019, Natalie was a member of the Reverie Quartet, who were awarded the Henderson Travellers Scholarship. Also in 2019, Natalie led the Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s Modern Music Ensemble on their tour to Chengdu, China. In 2020, Natalie was awarded the Dean’s List of Excellence in Academic Performance, and the University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize.
Natalie is studying with Zoë Black in her second year at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM). She looks forward to playing all kinds of orchestral and chamber music in 2023, and to begin her new musical chapter in Melbourne.
Louise Turnbull was introduced to the violin at age 3 and has studied with Lesley Quatrough, and then Ivana Tomaskova 2015. She was welcomed into the Frankston Symphony Orchestra at age 8, then performed as soloist in 2019, and 2023. Louise participated in the Melbourne Youth Orchestra ensemble programs since age 7 on various instruments, and in 2022 Louise returned as an alumnus to perform Sibelius Violin Concerto with MYO’s Percy Grainger Youth Orchestra. Louise has also participated in the Melbourne Conservatorium Young Artist Academy, the Australian Chamber Orchestra Academy, and is a current member of the Australian Youth Orchestra.
Louise was awarded the R&M Dipnall Memorial Trophy for best instrumentalist 2022 at the Ringwood Eisteddfod, as well as second prize in 3MBS The Talent series 1. Louise is also the recipient of the Mornington Peninsula Shire Bursary and Monash Emerging Artist Award.
Louise is now working towards a Bachelor of Music Performance at the University of New England (Armidale NSW) whilst commencing her first year at ANAM in 2023.
NATALIE MAVRIDIS violin LOUISE TURNBULL violin
