Freya (violin):

Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony (current), Sydney Symphony, Australian Chamber Orchestra, & ACO2

Studied: Bachelor of Music majoring in Violin Performance (1st Class Honours), Sydney Conservatorium; Masters of Music at The Guildhall School of Music, London.

Awards: Sydney Symphony Fellowship and many scholarships for excellence in violin playing.

Festivals: Euro Arts Music Festival

Solo: Sydney Symphony at Angel Place, Sydney.

Freya Franzen has been performing with Stringspace since 2006 and is featured in our string quartet and duo on our YouTube channel StringspaceLive.

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Mia (violin):

Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra, Victorian State Opera, Canberra Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Australian World Orchestra, and the Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra.

Mia started playing piano at age five and violin at age nine after being inspired by her father playing jazz.

Studied: She recently completed her final year at Sydney Conservatorium, studying with Associate Professor Alice Waten. She is currently on full scholarship at the National Academy of Music, Melbourne (2020).

Awards: First prize winner at the Open Recital section of the Canberra String Festival.

Other projects: In 2016 and 2017, Mia was selected to participate in Sydney Conservatorium’s Estivo Chamber Music Summer School in Italy, where her love of chamber music has continued to grow. She has worked with Eberhard Feltz and members of the London Haydn, Kuss, and Goldner Quartets.

Stringspace Events: Solo Violinist for the Nespresso Vertuo launch; Prime Minister & Cabinet Christmas Party at the National Portrait Gallery (2019), Asia Pacific Forum event at the National Gallery Of Australia for the Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet (2020) – string quartet.

Mia has been performing with Stringspace since 2017 and is featured on our YouTube channel, StringspaceLive.

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Fiona (violin):

Studied: Bachelor of Music at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University (QCGU); full scholarship holder at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) with Dr. Robin Wilson.

Prizes: First prize-winner of the Ena Williams Award, Postgraduate Prize, Owen Fletcher Prize, Barbara Hebden Bursary, Matilda Jane Aplin Prize, Vada Jefferies Prize, Basil Jones Sonata Prize, Nora Baird Bursary, The German Violin Travel Bursary and the Griffith Award for Academic Excellence.

Masterclasses: Fiona has also performed in many masterclasses, including the 2018 Musica Viva masterclass series with world-renowned violinist Ray Chen.

Solo: featured on 4MBS Classic FM as the winner of the QCGU Brisbane Clubs Award and the Club’s Audience Choice Award. Fiona was also a violin soloist with the Queensland Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra and Kelvin Grove Orchestra.

Orchestra: Concertmaster of the Queensland Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra during their performance of Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben, where she enjoyed tackling one of the most challenging concertmaster solos in the orchestral repertoire. Fiona was twice the Concertmaster of the Australian Youth Orchestra’s (AYO) National Music Camp and attended the 2019 AYO International Tour and Chamber Players program.

Fiona also loves exploring other genres of music and has performed alongside singer and songwriter Katie Noonan.

Outside of music, Fiona is passionate about food photography and frequently blogs about Brisbane and Melbourne eats online.

Stringspace Events: Chanel + David Jones 100-year Celebration Dinner at the National Gallery of Victoria.

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Hana (violin):

Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, and a scholarship holder with the Australian Chamber Orchestra for the ACO Academy.

Studied: Bachelor of Music majoring in Violin Performance from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, studying with Professor Alice Waten; Currently studying on full scholarship at the National Academy of Music, Melbourne (2020).

Member of the Rising Star program at the Sydney Conservatorium. Hana has given concerts at cancer hospitals since the age of 10 and has won many eisteddfods – including Junior champion.

Awards: Winner of the Marcus Edward Violin Scholarship and semi-finalist at the Kendall National Violin Competition.

Stringspace Events: March Into Merivale (hosted by Justin Hemmes), Justin Hemmes private Stringspace Orchestra concert with Connie from Sneaky Sound System, Solo Violinist for Nespresso Vertuo product launch, Vivid Ideas – House of Cards theme at the Opening of the Beau Willimon interview hosted by Leigh Sales at the Sydney Town Hall.

Hana has performed with Stringspace since 2014 and is featured on our YouTube Channel, StringspaceLive.

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Peter (violin):

Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra, Tasmania Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Banff Festival Orchestra & ACO2.

Peter has performed in Carnegie Hall, New York, Walt Disney Hall, Los Angeles, and Australia with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

Studied: First Class Honours at Melbourne University, full scholarship holder at the Australian National Academy of Music.

Awards: Tasmanian Young Achiever of the Year Finalist, Rotary Club of Melbourne Young Achiever of the Year, Winner of the Melbourne University Concerto Competition.

Other projects: Chamber music performances throughout Denmark with Principal Violist of the Berlin Philharmonic.

Festivals: The International Chamber Music Festival

Peter has performed with Stringspace since 2014 and is featured on our YouTube Channel, StringspaceLive.

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Kristian (violin):

“Australia’s wunderkind of the violin, Kristian Winther, returns to both direct and perform the solo part in this much-anticipated premiere of Beethoven’s violin concerto in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall.”

Born in Canberra in 1984 to pianist parents, Kristian Winther studied violin and conducting.

Concerto debut: Sibelius Violin Concerto in 2000

Soloist: Melbourne Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonic, and the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra.

Kristian performed the Australian premieres of Brett Dean’s Violin Concerto “The Lost Art of Letter Writing”.

Guest Assistant Concertmaster: Adelaide Symphony, WA Symphony, & the Hong Kong Philharmonic.

Concertmaster: Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony, Guest Director and Leader of ACO2.

Competition Winner: Banff International String Quartet Competition. This was followed by critically acclaimed tours of the USA and Europe.

Other projects: Kristian is also a composer. He premiered his work for string quartet “…etude” at the Sydney Opera House.

Kristian has performed with many celebrated musicians, including Anne-Sophie Van Otter, Richard Tognetti, Brett Dean, and Piers Lane, and has conducted at the Canberra International Music Festival & the Melbourne International Arts Festival.

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Ioana (violin):

Ioana began learning the violin at age five in New Zealand after her family emigrated from Serbia. She has performed as a core member of the Australian String Quartet.

Her musical background is very much grounded in Romanian and Serbian folk music.

“I have always listened to folk, jazz and good popular music, as well as classical music.”

Studied: Australian National Academy of Music, Melbourne (scholarship)

Orchestra: Sydney Symphony, Melbourne Symphony, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, Victorian Opera Chamber Orchestra & Orchestra Victoria.

Solo: Sydney Symphony, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, Monash Academy Orchestra & Queensland Symphony Orchestra.

Ioana has been performing with Stringspace since 2015.

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Jessica (violin):

Studied: The Juilliard School (BMus in violin performance), Yale University (BA with distinction), Yale School of Music (Master of Music)

Awards: Yale Friends of Music Award Winner, Yale Concerto Competition Winner, Carl Wendling Kammermusik Wettbewerb Winner (Germany), Fontainebleau Chamber Music Award Winner (France)

Orchestra: Orchestra Victoria, Urban Camerata (Germany)

Soloist: Live solo broadcasts on National Public Radio (US), concerto performances with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Yale Symphony Orchestra, Fontainebleau Chamber Orchestra

Pop: Recorded string quartet backing tracks with singer Norah Jones (New York City), performed with Angelique Kidjo.

Film: Featured as a violinist extra for a film with Woody Allen. Recorded strings for films featuring Daniel Radcliffe

Other: Performed chamber music for former US President Bill Clinton and a private string quartet concert for the Prime Minister of Germany

Invited to play for Martha Stewart’s Wedding Expo in NYC

Festivals: Toronto Chamber Music Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, St Lawrence String Quartet Festival, Fontainebleau Festival, Lo Spirito Della Musica di Venezia.

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Natalia (violin):

Background: Violinist originally from Canberra. Member of the highly respected Harvey family.

Studied: Australian National University – combined degree of Bachelor of Music majoring in Violin Performance and Law; Scholarship holder at the Australian National Academy, Melbourne.

Orchestra: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, Canberra Symphony & Melbourne Symphony.

Solo: Melbourne Chamber Orchestra

Other projects: Selected to perform in a piano trio at Government House for the Australian Governor-General Quentin Bryce.

Natalia has been performing with Stringspace since 2011.

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Phoebe (violin):

Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra, WA Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Concertmaster of the UQ Pulse Chamber Orchestra, UQ Symphony Orchestra, & represented UQ at the New York University Winter Strings Conference.

Studied: Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance, graduating with First Class Honours at the University of Queensland; National Academy of Music Melbourne Scholarship holder with Dr Robin Wilson;

Awards: Finalist at the ANAM Chamber Music Competition in both 2018 and 2019. While at UQ, she was awarded the University Medal for outstanding academic achievement, the Sleath String Prize, the Richard Pollett Memorial String Prize, and the 4MBS Musica Viva Sid Page Chamber Music Memorial Prize.

Other projects: Phoebe has performed in exciting and innovative festivals around the country with Dots + Loops, PlayOn, Momentum Ensemble, Musica Viva, and at the Bangalow Music Festival, Four Winds Festival and Huntington Estate Music Festival. She has also featured as a Next-Generation Artist with the Southern Cross Soloists.

Stringspace Projects: Solo Violinist at the Engineers of Australia World Conference (Melbourne 2019).

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Zoe (violin):

Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra: #2 (Assistant Leader to Richard Tognetti), Wiener Kammerorchester, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra & Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (Assistant Concertmaster)

Violin Soloist: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Tasmanian Symphony

Awards: National Youth Concerto Competition Winner, Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Trust winner, Major performance award of the Australian Musical Foundation in London, ABC Young Performers Prize Winner

Studied: Vienna Hochschule & The London Guildhall of Music with David Takeno. Chamber music with the Takacs Quartet

TV: Performs regularly on ABC Sunday Live

Film: Violin Instructor to Russell Crowe on the film Master and Commander

“The outshining violinist Zoë Black is an alluring and sensual musician with an appealing charisma” The Age.

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Will (viola):

Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, ACO2, The Victorian Opera Orchestra, and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

Studied: Bachelor of Music from Melbourne University.

Festivals: Perth International Festival, Musica Viva Festival, The Four Winds Festival, Perth International Festival & the Canberra International Music Festival

Other projects: An enthusiastic performer of new music, Will has premiered numerous Australian works as a soloist and chamber musician.

Will is a founding member of the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s Inspire Quartet education performances throughout Australia.

Will has performed with Stringspace since 2014 and is featured on our YouTube Channel, StringspaceLive.

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Matt (viola):

Studied: Bachelor of Music; National Academy of Music on full-Scholarship.

Orchestra: Australian World Orchestra, Victorian State Opera Orchestra, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra & Melbourne Symphony.

Other: Australian String Quartet member at the Dunkeld Festival.

Composition: Commissions from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & The Australian String Quartet.

Stringspace events: Saba Store Opening; StringspaceLive film shoot.

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Anthony (viola):

Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Principal violist at the Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra; Sydney Sinfonia; Australian Chamber Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

Prizes: The Elder Conservatorium Director’s Award for outstanding leadership.
Studied: Full scholarship holder and graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music; Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide – graduating with first-class honours.

Other projects: Anthony has performed chamber music with the Brodsky Quartet and regularly performs solo recitals around Melbourne and regional Victoria.

Stringspace events: Chanel + David Jones 100-Year Celebration Dinner at the National Gallery of Victoria.

In his spare time, Anthony enjoys cryptic crosswords and knitting and is a confessed cricket tragic.

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Cerid (viola):

Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Orchestra Victoria, Adelaide Symphony, Tasmanian Symphony, Australian Chamber Soloists, Melbourne Symphony Chamber Players

Festivals: Queenscliff Music Festival

Other Projects: Silo String Quartet (including a string quartet performance at Carnegie Hall, New York City), Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa (Japan) & The Black Arm Band (music of the Australian Indigenous Experience).

Musicals: Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Love Never Dies & Phantom of the Opera

Pop: Ben Folds, Harry Connick Jr. & Paul Kelly, John Butler Album – “Sunrise Over The Sea” & Clare Bowditch’s “The Moon Looked On”

Stringspace Events: Alannah Hill private VIP event at the Alannah Hill Chapel Street Store. Myer VIP night.

Cerid has been performing with Stringspace since 2006.

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Lauren (cello):

Studied: Master of Music at the University of Melbourne.

Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Opera, and the Sichuan Symphony Orchestra.

Awards: Otti Veit Violoncello Scholarship, The Liselotte ‘Lilo’ Nassau Cello Scholarship, and 1st Prize Winner at The Melbourne Conservatorium Chamber Music Competition.

Festivals: Mimir Chamber Music Festival (Melbourne and Texas) and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Cello Festival.

Lauren has been performing with Stringspace since 2017.

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Mee Na (cello):

Studied: Masters of Music at Sydney Conservatorium and the Royal Academy of Music, London. After graduating from ANAM’s Professional Performance Program in 2014, Mee Na completed a 2015 ANAM Fellowship (Melbourne).

Awards: ABC Young Performers Award Finalist (2015); E.V. Llewellyn Memorial Award for Overseas Study; and an Australia Council for the Arts Development Grant for Affinity Collective’s 2016 European Tour.

Chamber Music: Winner of the Melbourne International String Quartet Competition.

Stringspace Projects: StringspaceLive Film Shoots;

Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, and Principal Cello of Australian Youth Orchestra. Mee Na also performs with the Victorian Opera, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, and Sydney Chamber Opera.

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Lily (cello):

Studied: Royal College of Music, London. Lily is now based in Melbourne.

Recordings/film: BBC & Sony PlayStation. Lily has recently worked as a cello double to Kaya Scodelario in the 2017 film The King’s Daughter.

TV: Dancing With the Stars, X-Factor Australia, and Sunrise.

Pop: Rod Stewart, John Farnham, The Veronica’s, Guy Sebastian, Cinematic Orchestra, Andrea Bocelli and many more.

Theatre: Fiddler on the Roof, Funny Girl, and Kinky Boots.

Lily is an in-demand acoustic/electric cellist with a multi-faceted career and mastery in many genres.

On electric cello, Lily performs regularly as a soloist for events throughout Australia.

Previous Stringspace events include MYER, Melbourne Cup Day Festival at Flemington, Victorian State Government event at Parliament House, State Library of Victoria event at the State Library, Bvlgari Exhibition – NGV solo performance – feature solo cellist with backing-track, Bursaria launch of The Refectory, Hugo Boss Store Opening, SABA opening at The Melbourne Emporium.

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Svetlana (cello):

Orchestra: Orchestra Victoria (Guest lead cellist), Sydney Symphony, Cologne Chamber Orchestra & Cologne Sextet, North German Radio Orchestra, Musik Triennale Koln & Singapore Symphony

Studied: Tchaikovsky Conservatorium of Music (High School for Gifted Students), The Peabody Conservatorium & Cologne Hochschule of Music

TV: Soloist on the ABC Arts Show

Festivals: Melbourne International Chamber Music Festival

Stringspace Events: Alannah Hill private VIP event at the Alannah Hill Chapel Street store.

”Bogosavljevic’s fine bow control and use of vibrato made for a moving performance.” Herald Sun

Svetlana has been performing with Stringspace since 2006.

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Edwina (cello):

Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria & Melbourne Chamber Orchestra

Studied: The Elder Conservatorium – 1st Class Honours, baroque cello in Edinburgh, National Academy of Music, & the Young Australian Concert Artists String Quartet program

International Orchestral Experience: The English Baroque Soloists and the Orchestra Revolutionnaire et Romantique

Other Projects: Sydney Theatre Company (show starring Hugh Jackman)

Edwina has been performing with Stringspace since 2006.

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Lucie Miller | Stringspace Founder & Director:

Stringspace Director: Establishing Stringspace in 2003, Lucie has organised music for U2 (at the Sydney Opera House), Tiffany & Co., Alannah Hill, the Sydney Opera House, The Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet, Australian Film Director Peter Weir, Hopscotch Films, Bell Shakespeare, Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Fashion Week, Sir Richard Branson, Ferrari Maserati, Sydney Writers’ Festival, Sydney Fashion Week & Global TV. She has collaborated with Melbourne band Architecture in Helsinki on a string quartet performance project of their songs and provided recording musicians to the Australian band The Presets.

Most recently, Lucie performed as part of the Stringspace String Quartet at Parliament House for Their Royal Highnesses William and Kate – the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. This event was hosted by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Other Stringspace events for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet include string quartet lunch music for the President of France, a jazz band for the Prime Minister of Japan in Perth, The Prime Minister’s Christmas Party at Kirribilli House, a string quartet lunch music for Russian President Putin at Guillaume’s – The Sydney Opera House, a string quartet for Chinese President Hu Jintao, a jazz band for the PM’s Australia Day party at Parliament House, a solo guitarist for Australia Day at The Lodge (2017) and many other events hosted by PM John Howard, PM Tony Abbott, PM Kevin Rudd, PM Julia Gillard & PM Malcolm Turnbull.

Lucie has organised private orchestra concerts for Sir Richard Branson, Justin Hemmes, an orchestra for the Sydney preview of the James Bond movie “Spectre“, an outdoor public orchestra concert for Claremont Council in Perth, an in-store orchestra for IKEA, an acclaimed year-long public chamber music concert series for The Prince of Wales Lodge in Adelaide, and many simultaneous jazz bands & string quartets throughout Australia for MYER.

She has booked string players to perform on episodes of the TV show Home & Away. She regularly organises musicians for the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of NSW and the National Portrait Gallery.

Lucie has provided numerous jazz bands for Tiffany & Co. – in Sydney, Melbourne & Adelaide, and a jazz band in-store for Louis Vuitton. She has organised a solo violinist to perform throughout Australia for M.A.C Cosmetics – including an event for M.A.C at Vogue Fashion Night Out and a string quartet for the Harpers Bazaar Woman of the Year Awards.

Lucie has booked orchestras to perform music in popular Final Fantasy concerts in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane and music at the State Theatre for Disney.

She has staged a string orchestra performance of House of Cards at the Sydney Town Hall for Vivid Festival. This event was an on-stage Leigh Sales interview of Beau Willimon, the House of Cards director.

In 2017, Lucie organised an orchestra for the Sydney Opera House so final decisions on the new acoustics being installed in the Joan Sutherland Theatre at the Sydney Opera House could be made.

Lucie has organised musicians to record string parts for acclaimed arranger Jessica Wells of Jigsaw Music at Sonar Studios and Fox Studios, musicians for pre-show entertainment concerts for the TV show Q & A, and has programmed and directed two concert series for the Sydney Opera House in 2017.

Lucie has toured extensively, performing in hundreds of concerts throughout France, Germany, and Australia with The New Philharmonic Orchestra of Cologne (1999 – 2002), and has performed in many opera and ballet seasons with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra (2003 – 2024). She has directed, edited & produced all the Stringspace film clips featured on our YouTube Channel StringspaceLive, and comes from a family of third-generation professional musicians and artists.

Other Stringspace clients include: Macquarie Bank, Herbert Smith Freehills, Sotheby’s, Property Council of Australia, Australian Medical Association, Bvlgari, Sydney Writers’ Festival, The Living Edge, Bentley, Law Council of Australia, AFTRS, Marais Australia, Jigsaw Music, the ACT Government, The NSW Treasury Department, Estee Lauder, The Garvan Institute, the Australian Performing Rights Association, Aria Restaurant, Grandiflora, Australian Guild of Screen Composers, Armadillo & Co., Jones Lang LaSalle, The State Library of Victoria, UNSW, Foxtel, Australia Square, Allphones Arena, AFTRS, BHP Billiton, Chanel, Coca-Cola, BMW, Sonar Music, Dion Lee, Omega, Gourmet Traveller, Merivale, QANTAS, Mercedes, Optus, Rolex, Flying Fish Restaurant, Westfield, SABA, Rio Tinto, SwissRe, Ticketek, Volvo, Westfield, Hardy Brothers Jewellers & Porsche.

Studied: Bachelor of Music (ANU – Distinction) & Graduate Diploma in Violin Performance from the Sydney Conservatorium (scholarship) – with a major in painting from Sydney College of the Arts. Many High Distinctions in chamber music (Sydney Conservatorium & ANU).
Orchestra: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, New Philharmonic Orchestra of Cologne, Canberra Symphony, Sydney Philharmonia & The Sydney Opera House Orchestra.
Awards: ANU Chamber Music Competition 1st Prize winner – String Quartet, and many awards & prizes from the Sydney Conservatorium.
Collaborations: Sydney International Spring Festival – Ensemble Offspring, Artistic Residence with CODA at the Australian painter Arthur Boyds’ Bundanon, Architecture in Helsinki.
Concerts:  Liza Minelli, Delta Goodrem, Anthony & The Johnsons, Harry Connick Jr., Andrea Bocelli (national tour), Tina Arena, Anthony Callea, Dennis Hopper & Guy Sebastian.
Movies: The Night We Called It A Day (starring Dennis Hopper, Rose Byrne, and Joel Edgerton).
Recordings: Delta Goodrem, Guy Sebastian, Human Nature, Architecture in Helsinki.
TV: Australian Idol, ABC “The Sideshow”, X Factor, Young Talent Time, Women’s Weekly Christmas Special, Home & Away
Video clips: Human Nature
Film Soundtracks: Australia, Happy Feet 1 & 2, December Boys, P.S I Love You
TV Commercials: Telstra (solo), Qantas & Westfield Worldwide Advertising Campaign
Festivals: Shostakovich String Quartet #8 in nightclubs as part of the Sydney & Canberra Fringe Festivals, Grandmaster Beats Festival at the Hordern Pavilion
High School: Sydney Conservatorium High School
Other: Stringspace Nightclub Performances at The Mandarin Club & The Midnight Shift; Sydney Fashion Week

• Lucie arranged almost all the Stringspace pop songs for the string quartet listed on our repertoire page.

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