Amalia Hall is a New Zealand

New Zealand

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 violin

Violin

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She began playing the violin at the age of three and within four years had completed all ten books of the repertoire of the Suzuki method

Suzuki method

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Hall entered the Curtis Institute of Music

Curtis Institute of Music

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 in September 2008 to study with renowned violinists Pamela Frank

Pamela Frank

Pamela Frank is an American violinist, equally well known as a soloist and as a proponent of chamber music.-Biography:She was born in New York City, the daughter of two pianists, Claude Frank and Lilian Kallir. She studied under Shirley Givens using the Givens Method, unlike many of her...

 and Joseph Silverstein

Joseph Silverstein

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Hall has performed with orchestras such as Auckland Philharmonia, Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, St Matthews Chamber Orchestra, Auckland Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Youth Orchestra, and the Russian Symphony Orchestra.

She has performed under esteemed conductors such as Sir William Southgate

William Southgate

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, Brian Law, Mark Taddei, Yuri Tkachenko, Harry Spence Lyth, Gary Daverne, Peter Scholes, Rupert D'Cruze, David Sharp, Joachim Atanassov and Antun Poljanich.

She attained her Bachelor of Music

Bachelor of Music

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 degree at the University of Auckland

University of Auckland

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 studying with Dimitri Atanassov in 2008.

Awards and distinctions

• 1st prize, 2008 University of Auckland Concerto Competition.
• 1st prize, 2007 Third Annual Pettman/Royal Over-Seas League
  Royal Over-Seas League
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  ARTS International Scholarship for a New Zealand Chamber Ensemble.
• 1st prize, 2007 PACANZ Young Musician of the Year.
• 1st prize, 2006 New Zealand National Concerto Competition.
• 1st prize, 2006 International Gisborne Music Competition.
• 3rd prize and Special Prize for the best interpretation of Bach, 2005 Kloster Schontal Competition.
• 6th prize, 2004 International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians.