Australian-born violinist Leanne McGowan is currently in demand internationally for her sensitive and creative musicianship. Her music has led her to live and perform all around the world, most recently being based in Berlin where she is studying with Prof. Stephan Picard at the Hanns Eisler Hochschule für Musik Berlin.
She has performed as a soloist and chamber musician all throughout Australia, Asia, Europe, Canada and the United States, being invited to festivals such as the Heidelberger Frühling, Kronberg Academy “Chamber Music Connects the World”, Gstaad Academy Festival, Marvão Academy, Kronberg Violin & Viola Masterclasses, Festival Academy Budapest, Keshet Eilon Mastercourse, Villars Music Academy, New York String Orchestra Seminar, Aspen Music Festival and Chisel Creek Classical. Her chamber music partners have included musicians such as Antje Weithaas, Gidon Kremer, Miklós Perényi, Nicolas Altstaedt, Henning Kraggerud, Tatjana Masurenko, Arnaud Sussman and Tessa Lark.
As a soloist, Leanne has performed with orchestras such as the Sendai Philharmonic, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Northern Rivers Symphony, Preston Symphony, South Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Melbourne Conservatorium's Camerata Orchestra.
Leanne's artistry has been acknowledged with many prizes, including 1st Prizes at the Dorcas McClean Travelling Scholarship for Violinists and Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s Young Instrumentalists Prize, 2nd prize at the Le Prix de la Fondation Maurice Ravel, and “Most Promising Player” at the Gisborne International Violin Competition, among others.
A keen and versatile chamber musician with varied artistic interests, Leanne plays regularly with ensembles such as the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Stegreif Orchester, Berlin Philharmonic and Australian Chamber Orchestra.
Leanne has previously studied at the Colburn Conservatory of Music with Robert Lipsett and the Australian National Academy of Music with Dr Robin Wilson. Her previous teachers also include Spiros Rantos and Yuri Djachenko. She has received other important musical impulses from Ana Chumanchenco, Christoph Poppen, Mihaela Martin, Kolja Blacher, Kristof Barati and Vadim Gluzman.
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