HaRRY WaRD – PHOeNIX CeNTRaL PaRK

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Australian violinist Harry Ward enjoys a multifaceted career as soloist, chamber and orchestral musician..

Harry Ward

He currently resides in Berlin where he is in the first violins of the Berliner Philharmoniker, following his studies at the Karajan-Akademie with Noah Bendix-Balgley. Harry has a deep passion for new music and has recently joined ELISION Ensemble, one of Australia’s leading new music collectives. His performances with them include Australian premiers of both Liza Lim’s violin concerto Speak, Be Silent and Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus. Harry maintains a keen interest in session work and has collaborated with producers such as Glenn Hopper and 18Yoman with most notable features on American rapper and singer-songwriter Lil Nas X’s latest album Montero.

Phoenix Central Park

Phoenix Central Park is the singular vision of philanthropist Judith Neilson AM, well-known as the founder and owner of Sydney’s prized White Rabbit Gallery and its world renowned collection of contemporary Chinese art. A collection of one-of-a-kind performance spaces in Sydney, including the multi-award winning Phoenix Central Park in Chippendale and a repurposed 19th-century Gothic church in Alexandria, Phoenix Cultural Centre aims to revitalise inner-city neighbourhoods with new cultural beacons that are as bold on the outside as the performances they present within.