We are the preferred String Quartet of the National Portrait Gallery and are also recommended by the Windsor Hotel, Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (St Kilda), The Carousel (Albert Park), Daylesford Inn, Aria Restaurant, Melbourne Crown & Ferrari Maserati.

Stringspace has an extensive repertoire list which includes both stylish classical and more modern pop music. Our musicians all have an artistic approach and are extemely experienced and professional. We are perfect for your wedding, corporate event or party.

Please note a range of pricing options are available to help fit within most budgets. Please view our Costs & Bookings page.

Stringspace have performed at many venues in Melbourne. To see if Stringspace have previously performed at the location you are interested in booking, please click on our venues page.

To listen to Stringspace Classical & pop mp3 recordings please click on our repertoire page.

2012:

• Stringspace String Orchestra perform with Lily Dior
• Solo harpist in Jimeoin Guinness tv advertisement filmed at Premier Studios, Melbourne

 

2011:

• Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Dinner hosted by Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
• Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Dinner hosted by the Foreign Minister, Kevin Rudd, at the Museum of Western Australia
• Celebration of leading gene therapy scientist Professor Pamela Russell at the Prostate Cancer Foundation dinner, The Hilton
• Australian Hearing Association Cocktail Party, Perth & Christmas Party, Sydney
• Human Factors & Ergonomics Australia Annual Conference
• Million Dollar Makeovers - Store Launch
• Hamilton Island event for the Australian Hotels Association
• Woman's Day "Royal High Tea" Event in celebration of the Royal Wedding
• Gourmet Travellers Awards Night at Vue de Monde
• Garvan Institute of Medical Research Gala Fundraising Evening (String Quartet + Jazz Trio)
• Richard Mercer 2011 "Love Song Dedication" Album Launch
• Healthfirst Network launch
• Wedding Proposal @ Southbank
• Grand Chapitre Dinner @ Crown Melbourne
• Inspirational collaborative short film performance for a Melbourne Sales Conference
• Jazz Trio's for Ticketek's Andre Rieu VIP nights throughout Australia
• Opening of the Inner Worlds Exhibiton at the National Portrait Gallery, for the Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet
• Athelstan launch @ Camberwell
• Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show Cocktail Party @ the Royal Exhibiton Building
• NSW Cancer Research Awards at Doltone House
• Jones Lang LaSalle Corporate Cocktail Function
• 100th Year of International Women's Day at the MCA
• Chanel Summer Fashion Show
• Private Birthday Party for Microsoft General Manager

 

2011: CHOGM - Stringspace perform at 2 dinner events

"Thank you so much for your ongoing assistance, you are the best contact we have stumbled on!" - The Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet (2011)

 

SINGING FOR SUPPER: Stringspace musicians Bianca Hurley and violinist Kathryn Shinnick perform at the Prime Minister's dinner at CHOGM. Picture: Jackson Flindell. Source: PerthNow Nov 17, 2011

 

2011: CHOGM

Dearest Stringspace,

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your team for the impressive, professional, memorable and outstanding contribution you provided for CHOGM 2011.

Our expectations were not only met but were exceeded by your professionalism, creativeness and dedication to the event.

We thank you kindly and hope to work together again in the future.

Kind Regards,

The Official Hospitality Events Team

Jessica Sweaney | Manager Official Hospitality Events

CHOGM 2011 Taskforce -Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet

 

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Stringspace Musicians

Include:

Kristian Winther -Violin.

• Current Guest Director and Lead Violin of ACO2

"Australia's wunderkind of the violin, Kristian Winther, returns to both direct and perform the solo part in this much anticipated permiere of Beethoven's violin concerto in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall."

• Born in Canberra in 1984, Kristian Winther studied violin and conducting
• Concerto debut: Sibelius violin concerto in 2000
• Soloist:Melbourne Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, the Auckland Philharmonic (NZ) and the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra.
• Kristian has also been Guest Assistant Concertmaster of Adelaide Symphony and WA Symphony and the Hong Kong Philharmonic
• Competition Winner: 2007 Banff International String Quartet Competition. This was followed by critically acclaimed tours of the USA and Europe.
• Kristian is also a composer and premiered his work for string quartet …etude at the Sydney Opera House in 2008
• In 2009 Kristian gave the Australian premieres of Brett Dean's Violin Concerto "The Lost Art of Letter Writing" and of Andriessen's string quartet Facing Death.
• 2009 also saw Kristian conduct Gubaidulina's Seven Words for the Melbourne International Arts Festival and the Australian premiere of Andriessen's De Stijl during the Canberra International Music Festival.
• In 2010 Kristian is leader of ACO2, and will be soloist, conductor and leader of the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra. He will also perform the complete Bartok String Quartets with six different groups at the Australian National Academy of Music

Zoe Black - Violin:

• Australian Chamber Orchestra: #2 Violinist (Assistant Leader to Richard Tognetti)

"The outshining violinist Zoë Black is an alluring and sensual musician with an appealing charisma" The Age

• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
• London Symphony Orchestra
• Wiener Kammerorchester - Vienna
• Soloist: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Tasmanian Symphony
• Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra - Assistant Concertmaster
• National Youth Concerto Competition Winner
• Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Trust winner
• Major performance award of the Australian Musical Foundation in London
• Studied chamber music with the Takacs Quartet
• ABC Young Performers Winner of the String Section
• Performs regularly on ABC Sunday Live
• Studied: Vienna Hochscule & The London Guildhall of Music with David Takeno
• Violin Instructor to Russell Crowe on Master and Commander

Cerid Davies:

• Australian Chamber Orchestra
• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
• Orchestra Victoria
• Adelaide Symphony
• Tasmanian Symphony
• Australian Chamber Soloists
• Queenscliff Music Festival
• Melbourne Symphony Chamber Players
• Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa (Japan)
• String Quartet performance at Carnegie Hall, New York City
• Pop Concerts: Ben Folds, Harry Connick Jr & Paul Kelly.
• Musicials: Les Miserables, Miss Saigon & Phantom of the Opera
• Pop CD's: John Butler Album - "Sunrise Over The Sea" & Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set "The Moon Looked On"

Christina Katsimbardis:

Studied: Bachelor of Music (Honours) from UWA; Academy Musician at the National Academy of Music in Melbourne, on full Scholarship in the Advanced Performance Program; Masters of Music at Melbourne University graduating with High Distinction.

• Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra (2011), West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Victorian Opera, Orchestra Victoria, Royal Melbourne Philharmonic, The Orchestra Project (Melbourne), the ANAM Orchestra and the Collegium Orchestra (Perth)
• Principal player in the Mozart 250th Anniversary Concert as part of the Festival of Perth, and performed in contemporary music concerts at BMW Edge as part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival.
• In 2009 Christina was the leader of the ANAM Chamber Ensemble in the production Im Wunderschönen Monat Mai, performed at the Malthouse Theatre. This performance was repeated at the 2010 Perth Festival.
• Has performed in masterclasses for Richard Tognetti and was selected for the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s Emerging Artist Program under the mentorship of Helena Rathbone. She regularly performs and tours with the ACO’s development orchestra, ACO2.
• One year in London studying privately with Professors David Takeno and Simon Standage with the assistance of the Tait Memorial Trust Scholarship.
• Christina plays on a 1958 A.E. Smith violin and an 1890 Jame Tubbs bow

Helen Ayres:

• Australian Chamber Orchestra

"Pleasing was the 18-year-old Debussy product, Helen Ayres' violin bonding persuasively". The Age

• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
• Orchestra Victoria - Acting deputy Concertmaster
• Tasmanian Symphony
• Competiton: Piano Trio Winner & Audience Choice Winner of the Austrlian National Chamber Music Competition

Aaron Barnden:

• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
• Chamber Orchestra of Cologne - Violin Soloist
• Recent String Quartet debut at Carnegie Hall, New York City
• Prizes: Gold Medal for Most Outstanding String Player & Most Outstanding Violinist (Dandenong Festival of Music and Art). Most Outstanding Violinist of Competition (Manningham Eisteddfod).
• Awards: Scholarship for Most Promising Student at the QLD Conservatorium of Music
• Australian Pops Orchestra - Concertmaster
• Radio - Featured Artist on ABC FM's Young AustraliaStudied: Advanced Performer Program at the National Academy of Music on Scholarship and Masters in Violin Performance from Melbourne University

Helen Ireland:

• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

"While the two violin lines showed agility, just as impressive work came from the viola of Helen Ireland" The Age

• Orchestra Victoria - regular guest associate Principal
• Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra
• Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
• Camerata Orchestra - Principal
• Pop: John Butler CD & Dancing In The Street - Human Nature Motown CD

Svetlana B:

• Melbourne Symphony

"Bogosavljevic’s fine bow control and use of vibrato made for a moving performance." Herald Sun

• Orchestra Victoria - guest lead cellist
• Sydney Symphony
• Melbourne International Chamber Music Festival
• The Cologne Chamber Orchestra & Cologne Sextet
• North German Radio Orchestra & Musik Triennale Koln (Festival)
• Singapore Symphony
• ABC Arts Show
• Studied: Tchaikovsky Conservatorium of Music (High School for Gifted Students), The Peabody Conservatorium & Cologne Hochschule of Music

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Lucy (harp):

Matt H: (cello)

• Masters Degree at Manhattan School of Music on full Scholarship

"Matthew Hoy accompanies the three acts with well-judged and subtle incidental music on both cello and piano" - Curtainup.com. Cloudstreet directed by Neil Armfield - Review

"Cloudstreet is gorgeous... and along with the illustrative music, performed on piano and cello by Matthew Hoy, shows off the artful ingenuity of Mr. Armfield and his team of designers." The New York Times

• WA Symphony
• Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra
• Sydney Conservatorium of Music - BMUS
• Big Brother Scholarship for studies in the UK
• Pop: Birds of Tokyo CD
• Australian World Orchestra (2011)
• Performed with string principals of the New York Philharmonic in New York City

 

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Previous Events

 

2010:

• Stringspace performed at the Sydney Opera House Marquee, for the lighting of the Sydney Harbour Bridge on the eve of World Aids Day. This event was hosted by Bono (from U2), PM Julia Gillard and Premier Kristina Kenneally. Governor General Quentin Bryce and U2's The Edge also attended.

• 2010: Mercedes Prize Draw - VIP Event at Crown| Chifley Plaza and Aurora Place (ABN Amro) Christmas Entrance Foyer music | Westpac Christmas Party @ Leonda By The Yarra | Volvo VIP client event | HSBC Corporate Event @ the National Portrait Gallery | NSW Treasury Department evening @ Government House | Martin Rotsey's (guitarist from Midnight Oil) daughters wedding | Australian Grand Prix event @ Ferrari Maserati | Molton Brown Product Launch |Ferrari Maserati client event | ANZ Archibald Prize Dinner - Art Gallery of NSW | Christian Dior Product Launch at Darling Point | R2G Launch for Fluor SKM - FAST JV | Australian Guild of Screen Composers Awards - Government House

We also provided a Jazz band to perform at the 2010 Bell Shakespeare King Lear Opening Night & 20th Anniversary Gala at the Sydney Opera House.

Stringspace String Quartet performed for fashion designer Alannah Hill at a VIP Soiree at her Chapel Street Store.

"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

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

 

2007:

• Shane Warne Modern Masters Dinner at The Hilton. Hosted by English talk show host Michael Parkinson | Australian Federal Election TV ad for the Federal Government | Special event for Vogue editor at Aria Restaurant| Carrick Institute Awards at The Hyatt, Canberra| Press launch concert of Delta Goodrem's album at the Studio, Sydney Opera House | Performance with Delta Goodrem on Australian Idol of her single "Believe Again" |Live Strings performance on the ABC tv show "The Sideshow" | Chifley Tower entrance foyer music for Christmas |Store opening, Nunawading
• Melbourne Fashion Week: Gwendolynne Fashion Show

 

APEC Summit:

Stringspace were the feature String Quartet at the APEC summit luncheon hosted by then Prime Minister John Howard for the President of the People's Republic of China - His Excellency Hu Jintao. This event was also attended by Former Prime Ministers Bob Hawke, Gough Whitlam & Kevin Rudd

Stringspace also provided music for another APEC luncheon hosted by former Australian Prime Minister John Howard and attended by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.