ANNE HORTON, VIOLIN

​Anne Horton has established an outstanding reputation both nationally and internationally as a member of the Tankstream Quartet, which won several prestigious awards including First prize in the Cremona and Osaka International String Quartet Competitions. Anne has performed in Hamburg, Berlin, London, Paris, Copenhagen, Cologne, Zagreb, Budapest, Belgrade, Frankfurt, throughout Italy and in New York. As a member of Tankstream which later became the Australian String Quartet (ASQ), Anne has broadcast extensively in Australia on ABC Classic FM and featured on Radio France, North German Radio, BBC and televised in Austria, Denmark and Japan. During her time with ASQ she released several albums for ABC Classic FM including works of Debussy, Ravel and Schubert, and recently recorded an album with ‘Artaria’.

Born in Perth, Anne holds a Bachelor and Master of Music Performance from The Australian Institute of Music in Sydney, where she studied under the tutelage of Alice Waten. She undertook further studies in the chamber music class directed by the Alban Berg Quartet at the Cologne Hochscule fur Musik. A dedicated violin teacher and tutor, including sessional teaching at Griffith University. Anne has enjoyed successful artistic collaborations with many highly acclaimed performers including Angela Hewitt, Sarah Macliver, Li-Wei, Teddy Tahu Rhodes and Piers Lane. Anne is an Artistic Associate at Camerata and a core member of Ensemble Q. She performs regularly with Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Ensemble Trivium.​

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