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A sought after musical director, conductor, instrumentalist and event manager, Shilong Ye began his musical journey when he first started playing the piano at the age of 4, and he made his public conducting debut at the age of 12. A top student in music from Narrabundah College, Shilong went on to study violin and viola with Tor Fromyhr and conducting with Max McBride and Dominic Harvey at ANU School of Music. Apart from touring regional NSW performing on violin and viola since 2006, Shilong also performed and conducted at all major performance venues in Canberra and at the Sydney Opera House, as well as concertizing in Shanghai, Taiwan and Czech Republic. Shilong completed his Master of Music Studies in Conducting at Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 2016 and received “Alan Bellhouse Award for a Young Conductor.” Shilong’s conducting teachers at the Conservatorium include Professor Eduardo Diazmuñoz, Dr Stephen Mould and Associate Professor Neil McEwan. Passionate about performing arts and music education, Shilong has worked with numerous orchestras, concert bands and choirs in Australia and China. Shilong is also deeply attached to the Canberra community, giving many
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performances over the years both as a soloist and a conductor locally at several aged care facilities, and frequently appeared at National Multicultural Festival, Canberra International Music Festival and Floriade. Recognising the increasing demand of high-quality chamber music concerts and holding a belief in the power of music that would make a difference to our community, in 2018 Shilong founded Grevillea Quartet with Rebecca Lovett, Julia Clancy and Samuel Payne and they became the first professional string quartet based in Canberra to promote chamber music in recent years. The Canberra debut of this exciting ensemble will take place at Wesley Music Centre, 20 National Circuit in Forrest, 6pm, 28 October. Tickets are available at www.trybooking. com/WYUA Shilong believes Canberrans should be able to access regular high-quality chamber music performances right here at their doorstep, and it is Grevillea Quartet’s wish to inspire Canberra with their interpretation of chamber works from great composers of the past and present. As the manager of Canberra’s new professional quartet, Shilong invites anyone who believes in the future of a more innovative, more inspirational and more integral Canberra to come and sponsor this aspiring ensemble. For enquires of sponsorship and partnership, please send an email to contact@grevilleaquartet.com.au You can also follow Grevillea Quartet on Facebook: www.facebook.com/GrevilleaQuartet