Australian violinist Harry Ward enjoys a multifaceted career as soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. He currently resides in Berlin where he is in the first violins of the Berliner Philharmoniker, following his studies at the Karajan-Akademie with Noah Bendix-Balgley.

Harry has performed as soloist with various orchestras, including das Symhonie-orchester Berlin, ELISION Ensemble, Xiamen Philharmonic, Hangzhou Philharmonic, Orquesta Sinfónica de Michoacán, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with members of quartets such as Emerson, Michelangelo, Ehnes, and the Australian string quartets, as well as participated in concerts with the late Joseph Silverstein.

In 2017, Harry was invited to perform at the Rome Chamber Music Festival, collaborating with Edgar Meyer and members of the Venice Baroque Orchestra. In 2019, he was selected as an Emerging Artist of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, working with Helena Rathbone.

Harry has a deep passion for new music and has recently joined ELISION Ensemble, one of Australia’s leading new music collectives. His performances with them include Australian premiers of both Liza Lim’s violin concerto Speak, Be Silent and Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus. Harry maintains a keen interest in session work and has collaborated with producers such as Glenn Hopper and 18Yoman with most notable features on American rapper and singer-songwriter Lil Nas X’s latest album Montero.

During 2020-21, Harry was honoured to be chosen as a Futuremaker Artist with Musica Viva Australia, participating in tours and performances while receiving mentorship from a variety of international artists.

His educational background includes studies at the Australian National Academy of Music with Robin Wilson, Kunstuniversität Graz with Boris Kuschnir, the Robert McDuffie Center for strings with David Halen and Amy Schwarz-Moretti and the Sydney Conservatorium with the late Professor Alice Waten and Professor Peter Zhang. Currently, he performs on a 1780 Pietro Landolfi on loan from private benefactors.

• Program

  LIZA LIM
  Philtre: for solo Violin

  LIZA LIM
  Cardamom: for solo Violin

  JEAN SIBELIUS
  4 Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op.115

  RICHARD BARRETT
  Duo for Steel Drum and Violin

  MAURICE RAVEL
  Sonata no. 2 in G major for Violin and Piano

Featured Performers

Harry Ward: violin
Noora Ylonen: piano
Peter Neville: percussion

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