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. 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 held the position of Assistant-Principal viola with the Calgary
Philharmonic Orchestra in Canada and has been Guest Principal viola with
the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House. 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 has previously held contract positions with the New Zealand Symphony
Orchestra and has been a player with the contemporary ensemble Stroma.
He 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. Robert 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.