Miranda Adams, violin
Miranda
Adams is one of New Zealand's leading performers. She was born in
Dunedin and studied violin with Pamela Bryce, Elsa Jensen, and Charmian
Gadd. She is currently associate concert master with the Auckland
Philharmonic Orchestra and has performed concertos with the Auckland
Philharmonic Orchestra, New
Zealand Symphony Orchestra and many Regional orchestras. She has vast
chamber music experience within NZ, leading the Nelson String Quartet,
Blue Quartet, Manifesto Trio, Tasman
Trio, Bravura
with Jonathan
Besser, and the successful Vivo
with Tatiana
Lanchtchikova. Miranda has commissioned several NZ compositions including
works by Eve de Castro, John Elmsly, Nigel Keay, and Jonathan Besser.
She enjoys innovating with the violin, whether through improvising or
premiering new music. Miranda also leads the Auckland
Gamelan group in traditional Indonesian music. She is dedicated to
the advancement of live performance in New Zealand.
William
Hanfling, violin
William Hanfling is acting Sub-Principal of the 2nd Violins for the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and has been a permanent member since 2002. He received his B Mus (hons) and M Mus with Mary O'Brien at The University of Auckland. He also received post graduate diplomas from The Royal Northern College of Music in the United Kingdom, studying under Dr Christopher Rowland. William has worked with a number of orchestras including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, London Soloists, New London Sinfonia and Chameleon Arts Orchestra.
Robert Ashworth, viola
Robert
Ashworth is currently Principal viola for the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
He has been principal viola for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and
the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, as well as assistant-principal
for the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. He is currently violist with the
Jade String Quartet in Auckland, and can be heard performing as soloist
and chamber musician throughout the country. Robert is a twice recipient
of the Canada Council for the Arts Award for Emerging Artists and has
performed with various groups at international chamber music festivals
in Europe, North America, and Japan. He has had the honour to study with
violists Thomas Riebl and Veronika Hagen at the Universitaet Mozarteum
in Salzburg, Austria and with Gerald Stanick at the University of British
Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
Claudia Price, cello
Claudia
Price was born in Germany into a musical family and at the age of 13 moved
to England where she completed schooling at the "Purcell School"
(specialist music school). Claudia continued her studies in cello performance
at the prestigious. Royal Academy of Music and Guildhall School of Music
and Drama. She completed her Postgraduate Studies at the Hochschule der
Kunste, in Berlin Germany. During this period she was busy as a teacher
and freelance member of various ensembles in Germany and England, performing
baroque to contemporary repertoire. Since coming to New Zealand in 1992,
she has been a member of the Auckland
Philharmonia Orchestra as well as Blue String Quartet, Manifesto Trio,
Vivo Baroque
and Ensemble Philharmonia.