Harry Bennetts, violin

Harry is currently undertaking the Professional Performance Program at the
Australian National Academy of Music studying with Robin Wilson. His
previous teachers include Christopher Kimber, Philippa Paige and Mark
Mogilevski. A member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s Sinfonia in 2012,
Harry has also performed with the Sydney Camerata and Australian Youth
Orchestra. He was Concertmaster of the University of Melbourne Symphony
Orchestra in 2013. During his time at Melbourne University, Harry held the
Corrina D’Hage Mayer String Scholarship, the Brunner Scholarship for
Excellence and the CD Hume Violin Scholarship. In 2015 Harry won first prize
in the ANAM Concerto Competition and first prize and audience prize in the
Kendall National Violin Competition. He performed Sibelius’ Violin Concerto
with the Maroondah Symphony Orchestra, won first prize with Affinity Collective
in the ANAM Chamber Music Competition, and toured with the Australian
Chamber Orchestra as a 2015 Emerging Artist. Harry has performed in
masterclasses with Natsuko Yoshimoto and Christian Tetzlaff through the
Melbourne Recital Centre series and with the Sitkovetsky Trio.