Alice Waten
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Alice Waten (Violin), MA Moscow Conservatoire
Alice Waten is one of Australia’s foremost violin teachers and string pedagogues. She studied at the Moscow Conservatoire, where her principal violin teachers were Valery Klimov and David Oistrakh, as well as the Borodin String Quartet for chamber music. Prior to studying in Moscow she studied with Eberhard Feltz ad teh Hochschule fur Musik, Berlin.
Alice Waten was a founding member of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, holding principal positions for ten years. During this period extensive tours were undertaken throughout Europe, Asia and Australasia. However, her interest in the training of violinists was inspired early in her career and has been a consistent force in her professional life.
The Australian musical community has been greatly enriched by the success of many of Alice Waten’s students. Supported by her rigerous training, years as a performer, teaching experience, continuing study and interest in the development of new string pedagogy trends throughout the world, the greatest testament to Alice Waten’s success as a teacher is evidenced by her former and present students including: Richard Tognetti (Artistic Director and Lead Violin, Australian Chamber Orchestra), Dimity Hall (Goldner String Quartet), Kirsten Williams (Associate Concertmaster, Sydney Symphony Orchestra), Sun Yi (Associate Concertmaster, Sydney Symphony Orchestra), Marina Marsden and Kirsty Hilton (Co-principal 2nd violins, Sydney Symphony Orchestra), Sophie Rowell (1st violin, Australian String Quartet), Anne Horton (2nd violin, Australian String Quartet), Rebecca Chan and Michael Brooks-Reid (violinists, Hamer String Quartet, 1st prize National Chamber Music Competition 2009), Niki Vasilakis (violinist, Trioz), Graeme Norris (Associate Concertmaster, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra). Violinists Claire Herrick and Marianna Green have accepted places as members of the 2010 Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellowship Program.
Recent prize winners:
2009 Symphony Australia ABC Young Performer of the Year Award – Ji Won Kim
2009 Symphony Australia ABC Young Performer string finalists – Ji Won Kim, Katherine Lukey, Xenia Deviatkina-Loh
2009 Gisborne International Music Competition, New Zealand – 1st Prize, Xenia Deviatkina-Loh
Former teaching positions Professor Waten has held include:
Head of Strings, Chetham’s Specialist Music School, Manchester, UK
Head of Strings & Orchestral Studies, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Artist Teacher in Residence, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Senior Lecturer in Violin, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Head of Strings and Classical Ensemble, Australian Institute of Music, Sydney
Head of Strings, Australian National Academy of Music, Melbourne
Guest Lectureships:
The Menuhin School, UK
Idyllwild School of the Arts (California, USA)
Canberra School of Music, ANU
The Australian National Academy of Music, Melbourne
Masterclasses:
Throughout Asia – China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia & Korea, California (USA) and Australia.
Alice Waten has been actively involved in many teaching seminars:
The Luxembourg Conservatory (with Daniel Shafran and Igor Ozim)
The Juilliard School (with Dorothy Delay, Ramy Shevelov, and Sally Thomas)