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Concertmaster

Amalia Hall

Noted by The Strad for her "blazing insight and dazzling virtuosity", New Zealand violinist Amalia Hall is the Concertmaster of Orchestra Wellington, a member of NZTrio, and regularly performs internationally as a soloist.

Amalia's international career blossomed from winning the top prize at five international competitions. She is also a major prize winner at numerous others, including the Joseph Joachim International Competition and International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians. As a teenager she won all of the major national music awards in New Zealand before completing studies at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music with Pamela Frank and Joseph Silverstein.

Since making her solo debut aged 9 with the Auckland Philharmonia, Amalia’s solo appearances have included I Virtuosi Italiani, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, United Strings of Europe, NDR Radiophilharmonie, National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan, Mexico State Symphony Orchestra, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Filarmónica de Querétaro and Filarmónica de Acapulco.

Performances have taken Amalia throughout Europe, Asia, USA, South Africa, Australia, Mexico, Argentina, Uzbekistan, Cuba, Honduras, Lebanon and NZ. She has performed as Guest Concertmaster for l’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the Macao Orchestra, and recorded for Atoll, BIS, Bridge and Rattle Records.