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VIRGINIA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
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Holly Piccoli, guest soloist The brilliant young Australian violin virtuoso Holly Piccoli will appear as soloist in the Virginia Chamber Orchestra’s all-Beethoven concert on May 6th through the auspices of the Embassy of Australia. As Concertmaster and soloist with the Chamber Strings of Melbourne, she has recently toured Poland, Greece, France and Italy, performing the Haydn Violin Concerto in C major. Invited to perform in the Melbourne International Arts Festival 2006, Holy Piccoli gave the Australian first performance of Settetto by Kees van Baaren. In July 2006, Holly received the Australian fellowship to the National Symphony Summer Music Institute. She successfully auditioned for the role of Concertmaster of the SMI Orchestra and performed the violin solo in Stravinsky's La Pulcinella Suite in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Holly also performed Schubert's "Trout" Quintet on the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage and at the Australian Embassy.
Holly performs regularly as soloist on the Young Virtuoso Series Concerts at the Australian National Academy of Music, including the Shostakovich Violin Sonata as a part of the Shostakovich Cycle. She has been the recipient of many awards and scholarships and was a prize winner in the Paul McDermott Award and the Hephzibah Menuhin Memorial Award.
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