Since being named ‘Best New Group’ by The Advertiser ‘Oscarts’ in 2006, The Kegelstatt Ensemble has generated an ever-expanding pool of gifted and passionate young musicians who are able to work together joyfully and fruitfully in bringing great chamber music to life.
We take our name from a trio by Mozart — the first to unite a single wind, string and keyboard instrument and place them on equal footing. Join us in 2010 for a journey through the magnificent chamber works of Johannes Brahms.
St John’s Church
379 Halifax Street, Adelaide
Pilgrim Church
12 Flinders Street, Adelaide
St John’s Church
379 Halifax Street, Adelaide
Leigh Harrold enjoys a reputation as a “musician of rare talent and intelligence”, and is one of Australia’s busiest and most sought-after pianists, recently being named The Advertiser ‘2008 Musician of the Year’.
Born in Whyalla, South Australia, Leigh completed undergraduate and post- graduate studies at The University of Adelaide with concert pianist Gil Sullivan. During this time he had many successes including being a National Finalist in the Young Performer Awards and a recipient of the prestigious Beta Sigma Phi Classical Music Award – the conservatorium’s highest honour. He moved to Melbourne in 2003 to take up a full scholarship at the Australian National Academy of Music under the mentorship of Geoffrey Tozer and in 2004 was made the Academy Fellow - the first person in the institution's history to be chosen as such after just one year of study.
Stephanie Wake-Dyster received a Chicago College of Performing Arts Conservatory scholarship in 2006 to complete a year of a Professional Diploma in Orchestral Studies studying with Gregory Smith (Clarinettist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra).
She is the recipient of an Adelaide Achiever's Scholarship, Adelaide Beta Sigma Phi Music Award, The Christ Church Scholarship, and a Doris West Scholarship for the highest ranked female applicant for coursework postgraduate studies at The University of Adelaide, where she completed her Master of Music (Performance) in 2004 studying with Robert Schubert (former Principal Clarinet, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa).
Anna Webb is an Honours graduate from the Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide, where she studied with Keith Crellin and William Hennessy. She began musical life as a violinist but fell in love with the viola in 1998.
She performs extensively as a chamber musician, and has appeared in many music festivals including the Barossa and Adelaide Festivals and the St Magnus Festival in Scotland. She has played in Musica Viva’s ménage series and in concerts for The Firm and Recitals Australia, and toured for Musica Viva in Schools.