Cameron Hill (violin)
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 | Cameron Hill (violin) is a Core Player with Melbourne Chamber Orchestra. He was the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year for 2006/07 and is the leader of the Hamer Quartet which he founded in 2005.
In 2007, Cameron was a soloist with Australia Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra. In addition, engagements this year include touring with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Australian Youth Orchestra and the Stonnington Symphony. Cameron recently appeared as Guest Concertmaster of the MSO.
In 2005 Cameron won the national Dorcas McClean Violin Competition. His win in the Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year in 2006, was with a performance of the Stravinsky Violin concerto in concert with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Cameron was subsequently the inaugural recipient of the ABC Sir Charles Moses Young Performers Trophy. He reached the Grand Final having previously won the Stage III national string final, performing with The Queensland Orchestra.
Since 2006 Cameron Hill has been an ANAM Academy Musician studying with Alice Waten. In 2005 he graduated from the University of Melbourne where he studied with William Hennessy (1999-2005), completing the Bachelor of Music with Honours and topping the year. Whilst at university, he was concertmaster of the Faculty of Music Orchestra and was a founding member of the Melbourne University Chamber Orchestra. In other orchestral pursuits, he appeared as concertmaster of the Melbourne Youth Orchestra and toured to Europe with the Australian Youth Orchestra in 2001.
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