About
Currently residing in Brisbane/Meanjin, Cellist Rory Smith is a co-artistic Director of Ensemble Cherubim. Rory became an Artistic Associate with Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra in 2023 and has appeared regularly as soloist and principal cello. He also plays regularly with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and in December 2023, he performed in Opera Australia’s Ring Cycle Festival Orchestra under Maestro Phillipe Auguin in Brisbane. Rory has been fortunate to take part in the Virtuoso and Belcanto Festival, where he learnt from Peter Bruns, Istvan Vardai and Xenia Jankovic in 2022 in Lucca, Italy.
In 2020, Rory graduated from the University of Queensland with First Class Honours from his Bachelor of Music (Hons) degree under the tutelage of Cello Performance Fellow Patrick Murphy. Rory has since learnt from Section Principal Cello of QSO, Hyung Suk Bae. In the past, he also studied with Louise King and received masterclasses from Julian Steckel, Tristan Cornut, Johannes Krebs, Sharon Grigorian and Howard Penny. In 2019, he received the 4MBS Sid Page Chamber Music Prize with the Brahms Piano Quartet, and with The Sunrise String Quartet, he was also featured in the Bangalow Music Festival. Rory has participated in the Australian Youth Orchestra’s – National Music Camps from 2020-2017 and the Chamber Players program in 2022.
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