Acacia Quartet has just returned from an exciting trip abroad when they performed, recorded and attended masterclasses with violist Emile Cantor from the Orpheus Quartet. “Despite exhausting 10 hour lessons (not exaggerating!), we came out of this week exhilarated and ready to perform” they say! For violinists Lisa Stewart and Myee Clohessy, violist Stefan Duwe and…
The musicians of Acacia Quartet will soon be packing their bags for Berlin as they begin a rare adventure discovering and performing the music of German-Jewish composer Günter Raphael. Speaking to SoundsLikeSydney, Acacia cellist Anna Martin-Scrase explained that she and her colleagues, violinists Lisa Stewart and Myee Clohessy and violist Stefan Duwe have been invited…
The Acacia Quartet is heading to Berlin in April and ahead of this exciting European debut, they present a program of music by Mozart, Schubert, and the forgotten German/Jewish composer Gunter Raphael (1903 – 1960). Founded in 2010 and comprising violinists Lisa Stewart and Myee Clohessy, violist Stefan Duwe and cellist Anna Martin-Scrase, Acacia Quartet has…