"Stringspace are absolutely MAGNIFICENT!....Also, we are looking like being a feature wedding in Cosmo Bridal out in Feb 07. We have highlighted your services."

Michelle & Paul. Dec 2006.

"Thank you so much for being a part of our day, the girls were amazing and they set the tone like you wouldn’t believe… I hope they had fun cause everyone else did listening to them. Their rendition of fields of gold by Sting was beautiful – we wish we could’ve taped it!"

Amara - wedding @ Melbourne Town Hall.

" We have another event coming up for Christmas that we would really like you to do. I want to book you for everything, you are great." Alannah Hill. Oct , 2008.

" The CD is absolutely divine" - Alannah Hill management Chapel Street Store, Melbourne.

"The performance was brilliant! Thanks very much Lucie." Damien. Oct 2006

"The string quartet were beautiful! Thanks for your help in organising." Anita

"The musicians added so much to the garden atmosphere and the guests have since raved about their particularly polished performance. One guest was so impressed that he decided to get up a sing along with them! Thanks again."

Natalie & Simon. 2007

"Everyone had a wonderful time and are still raving about the Stringspace Quartet. Thank you so much for your assistance in setting this up and ensuring everything went smoothly and perfectly." Ains & Konrad. Feb 2007

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Ainslie & Konrad. Feb 2007

"We had a wonderful wedding and honeymoon. The music was beautiful. My mother just loved hearing them as did Michael and many other guests commented also. We will certainly hold onto your details for any further celebrations." Deborah. Botanic Gardens Restaurant. Oct 2006.

stringspace: the artists

Stringspace are Melbourne's leading classical musicians. They perform with many of Australia's most high profile orchestra's including the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria & the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

Our musicians have also performed on TV shows such as Australian Idol, Home & Away and Dancing With the Stars. They have shared the stage with singers such as Andreas Bocelli & Delta Goodrem and have recorded with musicians such as Kylie Minogue.

Latest news: Stringspace String Quartet performed for fashion designer Alannah Hill @ a VIP Soiree event held at her Chapel Street Store in Melbourne on Wednesday 8 October, 2008.

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 John Howard for the President of the People's Republic of China - His Excellency Hu Jintao at the Sofitel Wentworth. This event was also attended by Former Prime Ministers Bob Hawke and Gough Whitlam and the now current Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

Stringspace also provided 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. This event was also attended by PM Kevin Rudd

Madeleine:

• Australian Chamber Orchestra Tour (Nov, 2008)
• Performed as a violin soloist for Stringspace on Home & Away.
• Violin soloist with Orchestra Victoria in "The New Romantics" Australian Ballet program. June 2007.
• Performed the Bruch Violin Concerto as violin soloist with Orchestra Victoria in the Australian Ballets production of "Paquita" . June 2007
• Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Sydney Sinfonia (Concertmaster).
• Past Principal player of Australian Youth Orchestra.
• Performed as the violin soloist at a Paris Hilton product launch.
• Performed with Stringspace for the following companies: Escada, Estee Lauder, Sir Richard Branson (Virgin Home Loans Launch), Macquarie Bank, Ferrari Launch,Australian Stock Exchange, SwissRe and the Australian Performing Rights Association (APRA).
• Scholarship holder at the National Academy of Music.
• Gold Medal winner in the Brisbane Violin Competition 2007.
• Dancing With the Stars (2008).
• Tasmanian Symphony (2008).
• Performed in the 2008 Logies Award Night.
• Recipient of a full Scholarship to perform at the Lucerne Festival Academy with Pierre Boulez and Ensemble Intercontemporin. (July, 2008)


Australian Ballet - New Romantics Nov, 2007 review in the Melbourne Age:

"The music overall is superb, with wonderful playing from cellist Emma-Jane Murphy in Constant Variants, and from violin soloists Madeleine Boud and Evgeny Sorkin and piano soloist Stuart Macklin in After the Rain, well supported by Orchestra Victoria under the baton of Nicolette Fraillon".

Aaron:

• Gold Medal for Most Outstanding String Player - Dandenong Festival of Music and Art.
• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
• Most Outstanding Violinist - Dandenong Festival of Music and Art
• Performed as a soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of Cologne (Germany). Including a duo solo encore at the Sydney Opera House and numerous concerts in Europe & Canada.
• Westpac Bank Scholarship for Most Promising Student at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music.
• Most outstanding Violinist of Competition - Manningham Eisteddfod.
• Featured Artist on ABC FM's Young Australia.
• Has completed the Advanced Performer Program at the National Academy of Music on Scholarship.
• Concertmaster of the Australian Pops Orchestra.
• Completed a Masters in Violin Performance degree from Melbourne University.

Helen I:

• Erica Haas award for Chamber Music
• Completed the Advanced Performer Program at the National Academy on Scholarship.
• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
• Performance on The Panel with Alex Lloyd.
• Orchestra Victoria.
• Performed on the John Butler CD.
• Commonwealth Games closing ceremony.
• Principal Viola of the Camerata.
• Performed with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
• The Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra.
• Performed on stage with Pavarotti

Svetlana:

• Sydney Symphony
• Melbourne Symphony
• Guest lead cellist with Orchestra Victoria. (2008)
• The Cologne Cello Sextet (Germany)
• The Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Germany)
• Singapore Symphony
• North German Radio Orchestra
• Melbourne International Festival
• Musik Triennale Koln - Festival
• Performed with Jon Bon Jovi
• Performed with Il Divo
• Studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatorium of Music (High School for gifted students)
• Peabody Conservatorium
• Cologne Hochschule of Music where she graduated with a Soloists Diploma.

"Well it’s been nearly 7 months and still people talk about the music. Again I must thank you (belatedly) for the professional service your company provides. You are an absolute delight to deal with and have no hesitation in recommending you in the future." Alex

Kylie L:

• Broadcast on radio as part of the Rising Stars Concert Series performing Shostakovich's String Quartet (violin 1)
• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
• Performs in the string section of Dancing With the Stars
• Winner of the Geelong Advertiser Music Scholarship
• Winner of the Gasgoine Silver Jubilee Award at the National Open Concerto Competition
• Awarded best violin AMUSA performance in Western Australia.
• A full scholarship holder at the Australian National Academy since 2004. Kylie studies with Alice Waten, Head of Strings, in the Advanced Performance Program.
• Kylie has performed as a soloist with the ANAM orchestra & the Fremantle Symphony Orchestra.
• Performed in the 2006 Melbourne International Arts Festival.

Helen A:

• Helen performed as a violinist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for 5 years.
• Schoenberg Festival in Vienna.
• Has performed with KISS, Andrea Bocelli, Dionne Warwick & Meatloaf!

Erkki V:

• Australian Chamber Orchestra
• Melbourne Symphony
• Orchestra Victoria
• Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Ensemble Moderne (Frankfurt)
• Ensemble MusikFabrik(Dusseldorf/Koln)
• Live Broadcast as a soloist with Melbourne Symphony
• Melbourne Festival
• Composed and performed multimedia works at various venues around Melbourne, including the Melbourne Museum.
• Exhibited as a cross-media artist in Finland, Spain and Melbourne.

Zoe:

• Graduate of the Victoria College of the Arts
• Studied at the Vienna Hochscule
• Studied at the Guildhall School of Music (London) - Australia Council Grant
• Soloist with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
• Soloist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
• London Symphony Orchestra
• Melbourne Symphony
• Violin instructor to Russell Crowe on Master and Commander#2 in the Australian Chamber Orchestra (Assistant leader to Richard Tognetti)
• Assistant Concertmaster in Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Edwina:

• 1st Class Honours Graduate from the Adelaide Conservatorium.
• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2008)
• Performed for a Sydney Theatre Company production.
• Has performed with Hugh Jackman
• Scholarship holder at the National Academy for 2 years
• Selected to perform in the Young Australian Concert Artists String Quartet program.

Jennen N-K:

• Born in Melbourne in 1983
• Winner of the 16th International Gisbourne Music Competition.
• Studied at the National Academy of Music on full scholarship.
• Toured Europe as Concertmaster of the Australian Youth Orchestra.
• Guest Principal Violinist with Orchestra Victoria.(OV)
• Has performed as a violin soloist with the Melbourne Symphony, Tasmanian Symphony and Christchurch Symphony. (New Zealand
• Violin Soloist in Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia.
• Guest Concertmaster for the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.
• Has performed on commercials, feature films and tv including Dancing With the Stars.
• Broadcasted on Channels 2, 7, 9, 10 and 31 and on many radio stations including ABC Classic FM and ABC Radio National.
• Winner of the 8th Kendall National Violin Competition
• Toured the USA with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. (2007)

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Caleb:

• Bachelor of Music Graduate of the Elder Conservatorium, Adelaide.(2003)
• Honours Degree, Elder Conservatorium.
• Studied at the Australian National Academy of Music in Melbourne with Alice Waten. (2006)
• Full time member of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra since 2006.
  

Stringspace Testimonials:

"The musicians added so much to the garden atmosphere and the guests have since raved about their particularly polished performance. One guest was so impressed that he decided to get up and sing along with them!" Natalie & Simon -

"The music was fabulous! I was extremely pleased with the overall presentation of the performance". Marie

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"Just wanted to write a quick note of thanks – the performers were fantastic, great musicians and very professional. Would gladly recommend Stringspace for other functions of events." Raoul

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"I’ve been meaning to write to give yourself and the Stringspace team a HUGE thank you for providing such beautiful music at our wedding on November 5th. The musicians were absolutely fantastic and extremely professional!! All our guests particularly loved ‘Bittersweet Symphony’. We had so many comments about how beautiful the music was. The whole process was incredibly hassle free, which was a huge relief considering we gave you such short notice. We can’t thank you enough! We will definitely be recommending you." Emma & Keith

Previous Stringspace Melbourne Bookings have included the following venues:

• Kellybrook Winery
• Gardens House Restaurant, Botanic Gardens
• The Waterfront Restaurant, Port Melbourne - Wedding Proposal.
• St Johns Lutheran Church, Southbank
• SuMac @ Southbank
• St Peters Church, Epping.
• Private residence @ Kew - Surprise Party.
• St Joseph's Church, Port Melbourne
• The Park Hyatt @ Parliament Square
• Maroondah Reservoir Park
• Tatra Receptions, Mt Dandenong
• Presentation Chapel, Windsor
• UBS - Exhibition Street, Melbourne
• Pioneer Gardens - Kings Domain
• Landcare International Convention @ the Melbourne Exhibition & Convention Centre (2006)
• Butleigh Wooton, Kew (July, 2007) - wedding.
• Stones of The Yarra Valley, Coldstream.(July, 2007) - wedding
• Potters Cottage, Warrandyte  (Aug, 2007) - wedding
• Stones of the Yarra, Coldstream (Aug, 2007) - wedding
• Melbourne Town Hall - The Yarra Room (Sep, 2007) - wedding
• Inverloch - private residence (Sep, 2007) - wedding
• Glen Iris - private residence (Sep, 2007) - Private Birthday Party.
• Templestowe - private residence (Oct, 07) - Wedding
• Ballara Receptions - Eltham (Oct, 07) - wedding reception.
• St Brigid's Catholic Church - Fitzroy North (Oct, 07) - wedding
• St Peter's Church - East Melbourne - (Oct, 07) - wedding
• Grossi Florentino's - East Melbourne - (Oct, 07) - reception
• St Peter's Anglican Church - Jamieson (Nov, 07) - wedding
• Riverbank @ Howqua Dale - (Nov, 07) - wedding canapes.
• St Joan of Arc - Brighton - (Nov, 07) - wedding
• Como House - South Yarra - (Nov, 07) - wedding
• The Windsor Hotel - Spring Street, Melbourne. (Nov, 07)
• Taxodium Lawn - Botanic Gardens (Nov, 07) - wedding
• Roundstone Vineyard - Yarra Glen (Dec, 07) - wedding
• Roselyn Court Homestead - Essendon (Jan, 08) - wedding
• Windmill Gardens Chapel - Rockbank (Jan, 08) - wedding
• St Augustine's Church - Bourke Street, Melbourne. - wedding
• St Mary's Catholic Church, St Kilda (Jan, 08) - wedding
• Willow Creek Winery, Merricks North (Feb, 08)
• Somerville - Private residence ( March, 08)
• Chateau Yerring (March, 08)
• Hardy's Jewellery Store, Collins Street, Melbourne.(Melb. Fashion Week)
• National Gallery of Victoria - Gardens Restaurant (March, 08)
• St Joan of Arc Catholic Church, Brighton. (March, 08)
• The Sebel Heritage, Yarra Valley (March, 08)
• Bulnarring - Private residence (April, 08)
• Alowyn - Yarra Glen (April, 08)