Benjamin
Kopp, piano
Pianist Benjamin Kopp has performed as soloist with
the Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Western Australian
Symphony Orchestras, and Orchestra Victoria, and has
collaborated with conductors Vladimir Verbitsky, Brett
Kelly, Marco Zuccarini, John Harding Nicholas Braithwaite
and James Judd. Benjamin is now a member of the Streeton
Trio, an Australian piano trio. Currently based in Berlin,
Benjamin has recently completed his postgraduate studies
with Pascal Devoyon at the Haute Ecole de Musique de
Geneve. During his time in Switzerland, Benjamin has
performed as soloist with several orchestras, including
Ensemble Contrechamps, l'Orchestre du HEM Geneve and
Ensemble Namascae. In 2007, Benjamin was the winner of the
ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year in the
keyboard category. From 2004-2006 Benjamin was a
full-scholarship holder at the Australian National Academy
of Music, with teacher Rita Reichmann. Benjamin completed
his Bachelor of Music at the Sydney Conservatorium, with
teacher Daniel Herscovitch, and previously studied with
Jennifer Hammond. Benjamin’s solo and chamber music
performances are regularly broadcast on Radio Suisse
Romande, ABC Classic FM, 2MBS FM and 3MBS FM
Emma
Jardine, violin
"Eloquent,
silver-toned violinist" (The Strad magazine), Emma Jardine
has performed as recitalist and chamber musician across
Europe, UK, Scandinavia, Asia and Australia. Born in
Australia, Emma has played for several years with the
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, and also as soloist with
the Camerata Menuhin (Switzerland). She has been engaged as
Guest Principal and also Guest Associate Principal Second
Violin of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and also performed
with the Melbourne and West Australian Symphony Orchestras.
Her solo performances have been broadcast on ABC FM, 3MBS
and 2MBS FM radio stations, as well as on Australian
television. From 2004-2005, Emma was an Academy Musician at
the Australian National Academy of Music and was selected
as one of the “Best Concertos of 2004”. Emma also holds a
Bachelor of Music Performance from the Victorian College of
the Arts. She completed her Masters degree in 2011 at the
Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève, Switzerland, in the class
of Mihaela Martin. Previous teachers include Pierre Amoyal,
Gyulla Stuller, Nelli Scholnikova, Igor Osim, Miwako Abe
and Alice Waten. Emma has been winner of numerous
competitions and scholarships, including awards from the
Australia Council, Ian Potter Foundation, Victorian College
of the Arts, IMS Prussia Cove, Siena Accademia Musicale
Chigiana and Salzburg Mozarteum.
Martin Smith, cello
Australian cellist Martin Smith began Cello at the
age of 8, studying with Uzi Wiesel in Sydney and is
currently studying with Natalia Gutman in Florence, Italy.
Martin has appeared as orchestral soloist and recitalist
throughout Australia, Europe and North America with recent
performances including appearances with the Plymouth
Symphony, the Orchestre de Chambre de Lyon, and a tour of
Denmark with the Esbjerg Ensemble. He has appeared in
concert with such artists as Leon Fleisher and Kolja
Blacher and has given broadcasts for BBC3, Danish Radio,
Deutsche Rundfunk Koln and ABC-FM.
Recently, Martin performed recitals in Holland and Germany,
including the Concertgebouw [Amsterdam] and Konzerthaus
[Berlin], a tour of Japan and China as soloist with the
Orchestre de Chambre de Lyon as part of the Olympic Arts
Festival, a recording for MDR Radio [Leipzig] of works by
Giacinto Scelsci, and a tour of Japan and Indonesia
performing chamber music with Midori, as part of the
International Community Engagement Program.
