Monica Curro

About

Violinist Monica Curro is currently in her 19th year as Assistant Principal 2nd Violin of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and was a core member of the Australian Chamber Orchestra for 5 years before that. She graduated with a Bachelor of Music Degree from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music in 1987 and completed a master’s degree at Michigan State University in 1991, studying with Walter Verdehr. She has played with Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, as Principal 2nd Violin with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, and Concertmaster of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and The Auckland Chamber Orchestra.

Monica is a member of the Board of Directors of the Australian Youth Orchestra, and regularly tutors for their orchestral and chamber music programs. She has taught violin at The University of Melbourne and the Victorian College of the Arts and has coached chamber music and taught violin and viola at the Australian National Academy of Music and its Young Academy. In 2009, Monica was honoured to be invited as the only Australian to play in the World Orchestra for Peace conducted by Valery Gergiev for concerts in Poland and Sweden. Monica is also a member of the Australian World Orchestra, who last year performed with Sir Simon Rattle in Sydney and Melbourne, and with Zubin Mehta on tour in India. Monica is a founding member of contemporary ensemble PLEXUS which has commissioned over 100 composers and premiered 64 new works since launching in 2014.