Adele Anthony (born 1 October 1970) is an Australian-American violinist. In 1984, at age 13, she was the youngest winner of the ABC Instrumental and Vocal Competition; she later won other international competitions and studied in New York. She is now based in the United States, where she lives with her husband

Gil Shaham Gil Shaham (Hebrew: גיל שחם; born February 19, 1971) is an American violinist of Israeli Jewish descent. Biography Gil Shaham was born in Urbana, Illinois, while his Israeli parents were on an academic fellowship at the University of Illino ...

, and tours and records.

Biography

Adele Anthony was born in Singapore as the daughter of Alphonse Jivaras Anthony, the founding concertmaster of the

Singapore Symphony Orchestra The Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) is a symphony orchestra based in Singapore. Its principal concert venue is the Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay. The orchestra also gives concerts at the Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall, and performs about ...

. She began to play the violin at the age of two and a half when the family settled in Tasmania. She subsequently attended Dernancourt Primary School,

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

, and studied violin in Adelaide with Lyndall Hendrickson and

Beryl Kimber Beryl Kimber (3 June 1928 – 25 November 2022) was an Australian violinist. In addition to her performing career, she taught violin at the Elder Conservatorium of Music for 34 years. Career Kimber was born in Perth, Western Australia but gr ...

. In her high school years, she attended Pembroke School, Kensington and Saint Ignatius'College Athelstone. At age 13, in 1984, Anthony was the youngest winner of the ABC Instrumental and Vocal Competition, (now known as the

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), performing the

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with the

Queensland Symphony Orchestra Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) is an Australian symphony orchestra in the state of Queensland. The orchestra is based in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's building in South Bank. The Orchestra is funded by private corporations, the ...

. She subsequently studied with

Dorothy DeLay Dorothy DeLay (March 31, 1917 – March 24, 2002) was an American violin instructor, primarily at the Juilliard School, Sarah Lawrence College, and the University of Cincinnati. Life Dorothy DeLay was born on March 31, 1917, in Medicine Lodg ...

at the

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for eight years.''

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'' magazine, February 2009, p.42 In 1996 she was the winner of the Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition. Her recordings include

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's Violin Concerto No. 1 (1999/2000 on

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's ''

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'' with

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and the

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(on

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) and

Ross Edwards Ross Edwards (born 1 December 1942) is a former Australian cricketer. Edwards played in 20 Test matches for Australia, playing against England, West Indies and Pakistan. He also played in nine One Day Internationals including the 1975 Crick ...

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Maninyas A concerto (; plural ''concertos'', or ''concerti'' from the Italian plural) is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or more soloists accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble. The typi ...

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's Violin Concerto in D minor with the

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conducted by

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(Canary Classics CC09). She is married to violinist

. They have three children.

References

Bibliography

* Philippe, Borer, ''Aspects of European Influences on Violin Playing & Teaching in Australia'', M.Mus. diss., 1988 (on Adele Anthony's early training, see Appendix D, pp. 182–193) https://eprints.utas.edu.au/18865/ * Lyndall Hendrickson, ''A longitudinal Study of Precocity in Music'', in ''Giftedness, a Continuing Worldwide Challenge'', edited by A. J. Cropley, New York, Trillium Press, 1985, pp. 192–203 * Brian Wise, ''Playing with fire'' nterview with Gil Shaham in «The Strad», vol. 120 n. 1436 (December 2009), pp. 26–30.

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