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Biographies
Violeta Shopova is a 21-year-old violinist from Sydney, Australia. She began playing the violin at the age of six and shortly after began studying in the class of Natasha Stojanovska. She is currently in her fourth year of university at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music studying under the tutelage of Prof. Goetz Richter. Violeta is pursuing a degree in Business Law as her second major at the University of Sydney. She has also studied with distinguished professors such as Evgeny Sorkin, Oleg Kondratenko and Timothy Kantor.
She is the recipient of multiple scholarships, including the Sandro Asinari 2010 Violin Loan and the George and Margaret Henderson Scholarship for international studies. In January and February of this year, these scholarships have allowed her to perform with the Macedonian Opera and Ballet in major productions of Scheherazade, Walpurgis Night and Cavalleria Rusticana. Recently Violeta had been accepted to participate in a solo violin masterclass at the Mozarteum International Summer Academy in Salzburg, Austria in the class of Prof. Silvia Marcovici, and for the second time in the Ohrid Summer Music Festival in a masterclass with Prof. Emilio Percan at the International Music Masterclasses (IMMC).
Violeta has been a member of the Fames Institute in 2023 and 2025 having performed in international festivals, recording orchestral classical and film music, and being invited to record with the Fames Project orchestra in 2025. In 2023 she performed with the Fames Institute at St. Sophia Church with Prof. Irina Muresanu (University of Maryland) at the 63rd Ohrid Summer Music Festival, at the French Embassy in Skopje, Macedonia for Bastille Day, and in Bucharest, Romania at the National University of Music.
Her solo performances include several appearances at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music String Lunchtime Concerts, Olli Mustonen Masterclass for Modern Composition, Fintan Murphy Masterclass and a quartet masterclass with American violist, Eric Wong.
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Julia An is an emerging pianist currently in her third year of a Bachelor of Music, majoring in Collaborative Piano at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She studies under the guidance of Dr. Theresa Leung, Dr. Eun-Jung Byun, and Mr. Clemens Leske, and receives additional coaching from esteemed faculty including Mr. Barry Ryan OAM, Ms. Maree Ryan AM, Dr. Evgeny Sorkin, Mr. Julian Smiles, and Dr. Jeanell Carrigan AM. Julia is a regular performer in Croydon Crescendo: Where Young Voices Shine, a concert series developed by the Voice and Opera Department at the Sydney Conservatorium. She has also worked with big choirs and chamber choirs at the Conservatorium, under the baton of Dr. Elizabeth Scott and Associate Professor Paul Stanhope. Beyond her Conservatorium commitments, Julia is a sought-after accompanist and rehearsal pianist in the wider community. She is actively developing her career as an opera répétiteur, with recent engagements including Verdi’s Nabucco with the Cooperative Opera. Her other commitments include accompanying students in the HSC Music and Extension programs, working with school music departments at various levels, and community choirs such as the Kirribilli Neighbourhood Choir and Mamamia choir. Julia has participated in masterclasses with Dr. Nico de Villiers (Royal Northern College of Music), Professor Tanya Eispelmeier, and Professor Lisa Herger (Vienna Performing Arts University). She is a recent recipient of the Henderson Travellers Scholarship and was selected for Rocky Ridge Music’s College Intensive program in Colorado, USA, where she worked with Dr. Andrew Campbell, Professor Bryan Wallick and Professor David Rose.
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