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Meet the Brandenburg
Meet the Orchestra
Meet the musicians of the ARIA award-winning Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Discover more about your favourite Brandenburg musicians in a series of entertaining profiles. Click the image above of the orchestra or scroll down the page and slide across the video carousels to discover more.
AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, led by charismatic Artistic Director Paul Dyer, celebrates the music of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries with excellence, flair and joy. Comprising leading specialists in historically informed performance practice from all over Australia, the Brandenburg performs using original edition scores and instruments of the period, breathing fresh life and vitality into Baroque and Classical masterpieces – as though the music has just sprung from the composer’s pen. The Orchestra’s name pays tribute to the Brandenburg Concertos of J.S. Bach, whose musical genius was central to the Baroque era. The Brandenburg has collaborated with such acclaimed and dynamic virtuosi as Andreas Scholl, Philippe Jaroussky, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Emma Kirkby, Andreas Staier, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Genevieve Lacey, Andrew Manze and more.
The Brandenburg’s 20 recordings with ABC Classics include five ARIA Award winners for Best Classical Album (1998, 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2010). In 2015 the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra was the recipient of the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Group Award and in 2016 the Helpmann Award for Best Chamber Concert.
the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra is Australia’s finest period-instrument ensemble. Under their inspiring musical director Paul Dyer, their vibrant concerts and recordings combine historical integrity with electrifying virtuosity and a passion for beauty.
GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE UK
a concert with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra is like stepping back in time, as the sounds of period instruments resurrect Baroque and Classical works with reverence and authority.
THE AUSTRALIAN
Image Credit: Georges Antoni, 2019
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PAUL DYER
Co-founder & Artistic Director, Conductor, Harpsichord, Chamber Organ, Fortepiano
Artistic Director position supported by Mick and Lyndall McCormack
View an interview with Paul Dyer here.
SHAUN LEE-CHEN
Concertmaster, Baroque Violin
Concertmaster chair supported by Jacqui and John Mullen
Core Brandenburg Musician
MATT BRUCE
Associate Concertmaster, Baroque Violin
Core Brandenburg Musician
BEN DOLLMAN
Principal Second Baroque Violin
Core Brandenburg Musician
MONIQUE O'DEA
Principal Baroque Viola
Founding Member of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Monique O’Dea appears courtesy of Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Sydney (staff)
JAMIE HEY
Principal Baroque Cello
Principal Baroque Cello Chair supported by Mrs W.G. Keighley
Core Brandenburg Musician
ROBERT NAIRN
Principal Baroque Bass, Violone
Core Brandenburg Musician
TOMMIE ANDERSSON
Principal Theorbo, Baroque Guitar
Founding Member of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Principal Theorbo, Baroque Guitar Chair supported by the Alexandra and Lloyd Martin Family Foundation and friends in memory of Lloyd Martin AM
Core Brandenburg Musician
View an interview with Tommie Andersson here.
MELISSA FARROW
Principal Baroque Flute, Recorder
Principal Baroque Flute, Recorder Chair supported by Robyn Martin-Weber and Victoria Taylor
Core Brandenburg Musician
View an interview with Melissa Farrow here.
KIRSTEN BARRY
Baroque Oboe
Core Brandenburg Musician
JANE GOWER
Baroque Bassoon
LEANNE SULLIVAN
Baroque Trumpet
BRIAN NIXON
Timpani, Percussion
JAMES ARMSTRONG
Baroque Violin
Member of the Young Mentorship Program 2018 and 2019
AARON BROWN
Baroque Violin
RAFAEL FONT
Baroque Violin
MATTHEW GRECO
Baroque Violin
NATALIA HARVEY
Baroque Violin
SHANE LESTIDEAU
Baroque Violin
ANNA MCMICHAEL
Baroque Violin
LORRAINE MOXEY
Baroque Violin
Founding Member of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Lorraine Moxey appears courtesy of Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange (staff)
BIANCA PORCHEDDU
Baroque Violin
Bianca Porcheddu appears courtesy of Gold Creek Senior School, an International Baccalaureate World School, Canberra (Staff)
CATHERINE SHUGG
Baroque Violin
SIMONE SLATTERY
Baroque Violin
EMMA WILLIAMS
Baroque Violin
DEIDRE DOWLING
Baroque Viola
JAMES ECCLES
Baroque Viola
CHRISTIAN READ
Baroque Viola
KATHERINE YAP
Baroque Viola
MARIANNE YEOMANS
Baroque Viola
DAN CURRO
Baroque Cello
ROSEMARY QUINN
Baroque Cello
ANTON BABA
Viola da Gamba, Baroque Cello
LAURA MOORE
Viola da Gamba, Baroque Cello
LAURA VAUGHAN
Lirone, Viola da Gamba
LIBBY BROWNING
Baroque Bass, Violone
MIKAELA OBERG
Baroque Flute, Recorder
EMMA BLACK
Baroque Oboe
CHRISTOPHER PALAMETA
Baroque Oboe
CRAIG HILL
Period Clarinet, Basset Clarinet
Craig Hill appears courtesy of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (staff)
NICOLE VAN BRUGGEN
Period Clarinet
ASHLEY SUTHERLAND
Period Clarinet
LISA GOLDBERG
Baroque Bassoon
BROCK IMISON
Baroque Bassoon
SIMONE WALTERS
Baroque Bassoon
CHRISTINA LEONARD
Soprano Saxophone
DORÈE DIXON
Baroque Horn
MICHAEL DIXON
Baroque Horn
LISA WYNNE-ALLEN
Baroque Horn
Lisa Wynne-Allen appears courtesy of the Opera Australia Orchestra
RICHARD FOMISON
Baroque Trumpet
MATTHEW MANCHESTER
Baroque Trumpet, Cornetto
ALEX BIERI
Baroque Trumpet
NIGEL CROCKER
Sackbut, Period Trombone
ROSLYN JORGENSEN
Sackbut, Period Trombone
KEAL COUPER
Sackbut, Period Trombone
JESS CIAMPA
Percussion
NICHOLAS POLLOCK
Theorbo, Baroque Guitar
HANNAH LANE
Baroque Harp
JOANNA BUTLER
Harpsichord, Chamber Organ
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra (staff)
HEIDI JONES
Harpsichord, Chamber Organ
Heidi Jones appears courtesy of SCEGGS, Sydney (staff)
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Welcome to Brandenburg One
Brandenburg One is the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra's inventive new digital stage. Click the image above of Artistic Director Paul Dyer to hear about the stunning new Bach Series and more. After Paul's message, scroll down the page and slide across the video carousels to discover more.
About Period Instruments
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra specialises in historically informed performance of early music on period instruments. Click the image above of Joanna Butler tuning the harpsichord or scroll down the page and slide across the video carousels to discover more.
Meet the Choir
Meet the musicians of the critically acclaimed Brandenburg Choir. Discover more about your favourite Brandenburg singers in a series of engaging profiles. A short video about our choir will be available soon. For now, scroll down the page and slide across the video carousels to discover more.
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