CREDITS

VIOLIN 1
Nanda Hong (Concertmaster – Britten and Tchaikovsky)*
Jackie Wong (Concertmaster – Prokofiev)*
Emma Amery
Athaya Anaduta
Harry Nguyen
Anna Bao En Sing
Jack Cross
Noah Coyne
Carmen Lui
Lachlan Frances Harris
Julia Parker
Keely Moggach
Euan Kant

VIOLIN 2
Nicholas Miceli*
Sara Barbagallo
Simon Song
Hina Sasuga
Phoebe Fan
Vessela Evrova-Wassenaar
Elizabeth Scarlett^
Ezra Uxó Williams
Julia Bernardi
Jessica Leigh
Samuel Ke
Jody Middleton
Richard Tsai

VIOLA
Katrina Filshie*
Indyana Kippin
Eugenie Lyons
Kiara Kim
Charlotte Parker
Lachlan McKie
Joo Young (Isabella) Lim
Young Jin (Katie) Ko
Flora Cawte (Tchaikovsky only)

CELLO
Caleb Wong*
Joseph Kelly
Vincent Wang
Katrina Wang
Fergus B Ascot
Alice Mountfort Hurwood
Alex Liu
Claudia Louise Kuner
Josiah Camargo
Charlotte Kube

DOUBLE BASS
Che Ioannou-Booth*
Samuel Nock^
Jude Angove
Jude Hill
Robert Nicholls^
Ella Evans (Tchaikovsky only)
Caitlin Bass (Tchaikovsky only)^

FLUTE
Ha Jeong (Jenna) Choi*
Matthew Mulherin*
Kathryn Ramsay
Wiki Chen

PICCOLO
Kathryn Ramsay*

OBOE
Oscar Gillespie*
Jiyou Yang
Anika Weibgen

CLARINET
Jes Broeren*
Kristopher Nash*
Georgia White
Tess Waller

BASSOON
Kina Xin Lin-Wilmoth*
William Hanna*
Mia Quist

HORN
Natalia Edwards*
Rosemarry Yang*
Stefan Grant
Emily Miers
Tom Allen

TRUMPET
Sarah Camm*
Timothy Reed*

TROMBONE
Jessica Gilham*
Joshua Dulfer
Max Castor

BASS TROMBONE
Jacob Dooley*

TUBA
Massimiliano Castor*

TIMPANI
Huon Bourne Blue*
Leah Columbine*

PERCUSSION
Huon Bourne Blue*

* Section Leader
^ Guest Musician

Richard Davis
Conductor

‘The authoritative and adaptive baton of Richard Davis…the listener was swept along with the sheer vigour and colour of the performance…Davis impresses as the maestro perhaps most finely attuned to the spirit of the composer’s music: his near balletic gestures drew out the radiance and coruscating resonances in the music in vivid display…impressive’.

Limelight

Richard Davis is Chief Conductor and Head of Orchestral Studies at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. He regularly conducts orchestras, such as the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Philharmonic, in concerts, recordings, radio broadcasts and on television. He has also directed operas and requiem masses with the BBC Singers.

‘Under the baton of Richard Davis, it was a triumphant evening of delight…an entertaining personality’

Stage Whispers

Recently, in the Royal Albert Hall (London), Richard conducted the BBC Philharmonic on television at the UK Proms:

‘Launching in with vibrancy and accuracy...conductor Richard Davis, virtually dancing on his podium, as he navigated his crew through yearning lines and briskly syncopated rhythms...his magnificently disciplined orchestra...superlative execution...rousing.’

Bachtrack

He is known for his wide-ranging repertoire, allowing him to conduct projects across many genres – from television soundtracks and Family Concerts to recording avant-garde world premieres and performing the symphonies of Shostakovich and Mahler.

‘The BBC Philharmonic, expertly conducted by Richard Davis’

RoyalAlbertHall.com

Richard is also in great demand, conducting the top professional orchestras, at major rock events – online, on television and on national radio – with chart-topping groups such as The 1975 and Clean Bandit. The former recently won the BBC Music Award for ‘Best Live Performance of 2016’ and the latter was subsequently made into a Warner Music CD and DVD (New Eyes) that stayed in the top 40 UK Album Charts for months.

Recent conducting collaborations have also included working with Oscar-winning and ‘Gravity’ composer Steve Price, on a WW1 tribute for BBC television shown every year, across the BBC network, on Remembrance Day. Poppies was nominated for a BAFTA in 2015.

‘The inspired leadership of Richard Davis...truly inspired, balletic conducting...Davis conducts with agility and verve’

Otago Daily Times

In 2010, Richard stepped into an indisposed conductor’s shoes and conducted the BBC Philharmonic with only a few hours’ notice. The live broadcasted concert resulted in praise from the press – being described as
‘an exemplary conductor’ in Ariel magazine – letters of admiration from listeners along with much additional conducting work.

‘Davis conducted a bracing overture...[he] inhabited the notes and arrangements with considerable panache...always sensitive to the vocalists... suggested rehearsal time well spent.’

Classical Source

Richard’s book: Becoming an Orchestral Musician – A Guide for Aspiring Professionals (published by Faber) sells world-wide and has been described as ‘an unbeatable-value master class’ (Classical Music Magazine) containing ‘Brilliance and honesty on every page’ (Pan Magazine) covering a ‘down- to-earth, informative introduction to life as a professional musician’ (Daily Telegraph).

‘dedicated expertise’

Opera Chaser

Richard is also known as a flute player – having played as principal flute with the BBC Philharmonic for over 30 years. He premiered flute concertos by Bernstein and Maxwell-Davies, recorded and performed solo recitals many times on national and international broadcasts, won 1st prize in international solo competitions and taught at the Royal Northern College of Music, in Manchester, for 25 years.

Hannah Shin
Soloist (Prokofiev)

Hannah Shin is a Bachelor of Music (Honours) student at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, studying with Glenn Riddle. She has won numerous prizes in international competitions, including 2nd prize in the Zhuhai International Mozart Competition and the Thailand International Piano Competition (where she also won the Audience Prize), top prize in the ASEAN International Chopin Competition, and 3rd prize in the Virginia Waring International Piano Competition in the United States. She also recently won the Prize for the Best Performance of a Work by Chopin at the Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition in Brisbane, Australia. In 2019 Hannah was the winner of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music's Concerto Competition.

Hannah has made numerous appearances as guest soloist with orchestra. She has performed concertos by Mozart (K. 467 and K 595), Beethoven (Nos. 1 and 5), Chopin (No. 2), Liszt (No. 2), Tchaikovsky (No. 1), Grieg, Prokofiev (No. 3), Gershwin (Rhapsody in Blue) with orchestras including the Salzburg Chamber Soloists, the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Ningbo Symphony Orchestra (China), as well as with numerous Australian orchestras. She has also collaborated with the Poland International Quartet.

Solo highlights include being the youngest pianist invited to participate in 3MBS’ Beethoven Marathon, performing before a capacity audience at Deakin Edge Auditorium. She has also been showcased at the Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia, broadcast live on both ABC FM and 3MBS FM. She was recently invited to perform as guest artist at the Herald Sun Aria, at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne.

She has been featured on Kansas Public Radio, as well as China Central TV, and has given recitals in the USA, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Russia, China, Thailand, Korea, Malaysia, and Indonesia.