Stringspace
is Perth's #1 String Quartet Booking Agency
Our musicians
are graduates of the UWA Conservatorium of Music, who perform in
Perth's highest profile orchestras:
WA Symphony Orchestra
Australian Chamber Orchestra
ACO2
Australian
Brandenburg Orchestra
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.
To listen to Stringspace
Live Classical & Pop mp3 recordings please click here.
2012:
Stringspace String Orchestra perform with Lily Dior
Solo harpist in Fosters tv advertisement filmed at Premier Studios,
Melbourne
2011:
Commonwealth Heads
of Government Dinner hosted by Prime Minister Julia Gillard at
Winthrop Hall, Perth. Stringspace were asked to perform by the
Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet
Commonwealth Heads of Government
Dinner hosted by the Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd
Celebration of leading
gene therapy scientist Professor Pamela Russell at the Prostate
Cancer Foundation dinner, The Hilton
Woman's Day "Royal
High Tea" Event in celebration of the Royal Wedding
Garvan Institute of Medical
Research Gala Fundraiser
Gourmet Travellers Awards
Night
Richard Mercer 2011 "Love
Song Dedications" CD Launch
Million Dollar Makeovers,
Claremont
Healthfirst Network launch
Inspirational collaborative
short film performance for a Melbourne Sales Conference
Jones Lang LaSalle Corporate
Cocktail Function @ Georges Terrace
NSW Cancer Research Award
Night at Doltone House
Jazz Trio's for Ticketek's
VIP Andre Rieu evenings throughout Australia.
Opening of the Inner
Worlds Exhibiton at the National Portrait Gallery for the Department
of the Prime Minister & Cabinet
Australian Hearing Association
Cocktail Party at the Duxton Hotel, Perth & Christmas Party, Sydney
Human Factors & Ergonomics
Australia Annual Conference
Hamilton Island event for the
Australian Hotels Association
Melbourne International
Flower & Garden Show Cocktail Party
100th Year of International
Women's Day launch at the Museum of Contemporary Art
Chanel Summer Fashion
Show
Private Birthday Party
for Microsoft General Manager in Fremantle
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
Competiton Winner: Australian
2007 ABC Young Performers Awards
Studied: 1st Class Honours
for Bmus in Violin Performance at UWA; National Academy Advance
Performance Program (Melbourne)
Prize winner: UWA Graduates
Prize for most outstanding music graduate & UWA Lady Callaway
medal for music
Solo: Soloist with WA
Symphony, Queensland Symphony & Tasmanian Symphony
Eve Silver:
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Studied: Cello at the
Victorian College of the Arts & the National Academy of Music
(Melbourne)
WA Symphony
Melbourne Arts Festival
Radio: ABC FM - Sunday
Live Concerts
Soloist with the Fremantle
Chamber Orchestra
Perth Festival
1998 - completed her
Piano L.Mus.A and A.Mus.A on cello in the same year
Christina Katsimbardis:
Born in Perth, Western
Australia
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, 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 James Tubbs bow.
In 2011 Christina returned
to live in Perth
Semra:
Current Concertmaster
of WA Symphony
Studied: WA Conservatorium
of Music & Post Graduate study at the Sweelink Conservatorium
(Amsterdam)
Solo Masterclasses: Dimitry
Sitkovetsky & the Australian Chamber Orchestra's Richard Tognetti
Performed with Amsterdam's
new music ensemble "Sizzle"
Musicals: Concertmaster
of Perth Rob Guest production of Phantom of the Opera
Pop & Jazz: Ben Folds,
Harry Connick Jr, Ray Charles, The Whitlams, Dionne Warwick, Burt
Bacharach, Dianne Reeves, James Morrison, Kate Ceberano & Augie
March
On the classical side
Semra has also performed with Rostropovich, Vladimir Ashkenazy & Nigel
Kennedy
String Quartet at the
Big Day Out backing Tex Perkins & Tim Rogers
Kylie Liang:
Born in Perth in 1984
Current Principal Violinist
with WA Symphony
Orchestras:Sydney
Symphony, Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra, WA Symphony
and Melbourne Symphony.
Competition winner: AJ
Leckie Award for best AMusA performance in Western Australia; Finalist
in the Kendall National Violin Competition; WA MTA Awards: winner
of both the Open Concerto and Open Recital awards; Winner of the
Geelong Advertiser Music Scholarship; Winner of the Gasgoine Silver
Jubilee Award at the National Open Competition
Studied: Academy Musician
at the National Academy of Music in Melbourne. Kylie studied with
Alice Waten (Head of Strings) on full Scholarship in the Advanced
Performance Program; Masters Degree at the Sydney Conservatorium
(2009)
Soloist: City of Fremantle
Symphony playing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, ANAM Orchestra
Radio: Rising Stars Concert
Series
TV: Dancing With The
Stars
Melbourne International
Arts Festival
Clare:
Clare Tunney completed
a Bachelor of Music degree at UWA before moving to Europe to pursue
studies in baroque cello and viola da gamba in Germany and Switzerland
She has performed with
numerous European orchestras and was a prize-winner at various
international music competitions including the 2000 International
Telemann Competition in Magdeburg, the Lenzewski Competition for
New Music in Frankfurt, and was finalist in the 2004 International
Bach Competition in Leipzig.
In 2006 Clare returned
to Perth
Jasmine:
WA Symphony 1st Violinist
Studied: Bachelor of
Music @ the University of Western Australia
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 | Chifley Plaza and Aurora Place (ABN
Amro) Christmas Entrance Foyer music | Westpac Christmas
Party | 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 at Athol Hall, Mosman | Australian
Grand Prix event @ Ferrari Maserati | Molton
Brown Product Launch @ Grandiflora,
Potts Point |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 LearOpening
Night & 20th Anniversary Gala at the Sydney Opera House.
Subiaco Business Awards Night
@ The University Club, Crawley
Electorate Office Official Opening
@ Rockingham
Farewell Afternoon Tea @ SJGH,
Subiaco
R2G Launch for Fluor
SKM Iron Ore Venture - FAST JV at the Railway Museum
Korean
Airline Commercial for Sky Film Productions - Stringspace Violinist
Stringspace
String Quartet performed for fashion designer Alannah Hill @
a VIP Soiree event held 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.
2009:
String Quartet private
lunch recital hosted by the Australian Film Director Peter
Weir at the Sound Stage.
"We loved
the Stringspace recital last Friday, thank you so much
for your help in organising this for Peter and the crew." Kerry
- Post Production Assistant for "The Way Back.
Other 2009 Stringspace Events: Optus
| Rio Tinto | MCG Grand Final |South Australian
Tourism Commission: Penfold's Winery, Adelaide | RAAF Spring
Ball, Perth | BAE
Systems Awards |Australian
Institute of Management, Melbourne | Directioneering Client
Christmas Party: Collins Street, Melbourne
Music for 11 Andre
Rieu VIP Ticketek events throughout Australia
Rio Tinto
Annual Ball @ Burswood Grand Ballroom
RAAF Spring Ball @ Rendezvous
Observation City Hotel, Scarborough Beach
Andre
Rieu backstage VIP Ticketek backstage events at Burswood
2008:
Andrea
Bocelli Pre-Show Ticketek VIP Events @ Burswood
Sunset Coast 10 Year Celebration
@ The Perth Exhibition and Convention Centre
Andrea Bocelli VIP
Events for Ticketek throughout Australia | Delta Goodrem Concerts
@ The Studio, Sydney Opera House | Melbourne Fashion Week | Oroton Product
Launch: Fraser's Restaurant, Perth |BHP |IBM event
@ New Parliament House, Canberra| Phillips Fox -
Private Viewing of Monet & The Impressionists @ The Art
Gallery of NSW
2007:
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. This
event was also attended by Former Prime Ministers Bob Hawke and Gough
Whitlam and formerPrime Minister Kevin
Rudd
Stringspace also provided
music for the APEC luncheon hosted by then 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 former PM Kevin Rudd.
We also performed for APEC's
Tourism NSW event.
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 | Melbourne
Fashion Week: Gwendolynne Fashion Show
2006: Escada Cocktail
party| APRA (Australian Performing Rights Association) Cocktail
Party at Government House| Sir Richard Branson Launch
of Virgin Home Loans | Macquarie Bank | Stringspace
featured on the Christmas Special of Australian Women's Weekly
TV show | UBS - Sponsorship launches in Sydney and Melbourne
| Camilla Done's wedding @ artist Ken Done's house
| Australian Republic Movement | Russell Investment
Group | APEC Australia Security Conference | Landcare
Australia Event@ the Melbourne Convention
Centre| Jane Hutcheon's wedding & reception
| Estee Lauder launch
of Pure White Linen
2005:SwissRe | Zspace ABC
TV Promo | Australian
Stock Exchange | Album
launch for the Captain's Package at the Mandarin
Club. Stringspace performed pop & rock songs as their
support act | Australian
cricketer Shane Lee's wedding and reception | De
Lorenzo Hair Expo | Home
and Away | Wedding & reception
for event co-ordinator of Aria Restaurant | Wedding
music for Hopscotch Films Founder & Producer
Troy Lum at the Paper Bark Camp | ABN AMRO
2004: Maserati
| Ferrari | Home & Away | Coca Cola Christmas party | The Australian
Labour Party event at the MCA | Sydney
Theatre Company's launch of the Sydney Theatre at Walsh Bay.