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Stringspace -
The Artists
Stringspace
Adelaide String Quartet players are ideal for your wedding, corporate
event or party. Our musicians
are selected from the Adelaide Symphony, Australian Chamber Orchestra,
Conservatorium and National Academy graduates
.Graeme Norris:
- 25 year old Associate Concertmaster
of Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
- Studied at the National Academy with Alice Waten.
- VCA Graduate
- Violin Soloist
with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
- Violin Soloist
with Orchestra Victoria
- Young Artist Award
- Recorded Saraste's Carmen Fantasie with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
- Prize Winner in the Gisborne International Music Competition (New Zealand).
- Prize Winner in the ABC Australian Concerto and Vocal Competition.
- A featured interview guest on ABC Classic FM's "Rising Stars.
- Performed in a Delta Goodrem video clip.
Imants Larsens:
- Current Associate Principal Viola in Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.
- Studied in
Lucerne Switzerland at the Musikhochschule Zentralshweiz.
- Recipient of many
awards & prizes at Adelaide Eistedfords
- Soloist with orchestras
in France, Switzerland and Australia.
- Soloist in the Recitals
Australia subscription series.
- Soloist in the Adelaide
Bach Festival
- Soloist in the Barossa
Festival Academy
- Masterclasses
in Europe for Pinchas Zukerman & The Vermeer String Quartet
- Adelaide Symphony
(violin & viola).
- Adelaide Art Orchestra.
- Semi-finalist in the
International Violin Competition in Munich, Germany.
- Imants has also performed
in musicials such as The Mikado, South Pacific, Boy from Oz, Porgy
& Bess, Pirates of Penzance & Miss Saigon.
- Has performed with the band the "Cat Empire"
Misa Yamamoto:
- Currently
based in Adelaide where she is studying towards a PhD in Performance
at the Elder Conservatorium.
- 1st Class
Honours from Queensland Conservatorium.
- University
Medals for Highest Achieving graduate.
- Graduate
of Melbourne's National Academy of Music.
- Brisbane
Club Award
- Sydney May
Memorial Scholarship (AMEB).
- Finalist
in the Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards (2007)
- Finalist
in the Sydney Performing Arts Challenge.
- A National Finalist
in the 2004 National Piano Awards
- Finalist in the 2002 Australasian Kawaii Concerto Competition
- Numerous recitals throughout Australia and has been broadcast on ABC
Classic FM and on ABC Radio Melbourne.
Adelaide venues where Stringspace have previously performed include:
- St Lawrence Cathedral,
City. (Dec, 07)
- Silvestri's of Clarendon
(Jun, 08)
- Adelaide Uniting Church
in Halifax Street, City. (Jun, 08)
- Paringa Park. (Apr,
08)
- Miele Showroom, Hilton
(Jul, 08)
- BHP Billiton, North
Adelaide (Aug, 08)
Previous
Stringspace Clients include:
APEC Summit
Stringspace
were chosen by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
to be the feature
String Quartet at the APEC summit luncheon hosted by Former Australian
Prime Minister John Howard for the President of the People's Republic
of China - His
Excellency
Hu Jintao at the Sofitel Wentworth on Thursday 5 September, 2007.
This event was also attended by other Former Prime Ministers Bob
Hawke and Gough Whitlam and Prime Minister Kevin
Rudd.
Stringspace
also provided the music for the APEC luncheon hosted by the former
Australian Prime
Minister John Howard in honour of His Excellency Vladimir Putin
- President of the Russian Federation at Guillaumes - Sydney Opera
House on Friday 7 September, 2007. This event was also attended
by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
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