guest performer — violin/viola

Victoria Jacono

Violinist Victoria Jacono began to play the violin when she was 6 years old. She completed her Bachelor of Performance at the the Australian Institute of Music in 2005 , and is currently Victoria was the winner of the the National Youth Concerto Competition , the Wenkart Foundation Scholarship, the Marcus Edwards Violin Prize and also the prize for best violinist at the Bartok society competition.

Victoria has enjoyed working with many orchestras performing as concert master of the SBS Radio and Television Orchestra , The Young Symphonists orchestra , the Alexander Orchestra of the National Music Camp and the International Youth Orchestra in Spain 2001. As a member of these orchestras , she has performed in Japan , China , Hungary , Austria , The Czech Republic , the Slovak Republic and Spain. Victoria currently leads the newly formed Chamber Orchestra “ARCO” which she co-founded with other young Australian Musicians.

Victoria performs for many musical organisations including The Australian Institute of Music, Australian Musician's Academy, Mostly Mozart Festival, Manly Music Club, the Ryde & Hills District Music Club , The Art Gallery of NSW Concert Series and the St Andrew’s Young Concert Artists Series.

Victoria has performed in broadcasts for 2-MBS-FM , ABC FM and Radio NZ , and has performed as a soloist with the SBS Radio and Telvision Orchestra , The Queensland Youth Orchestra , the PLC Chamber orchestra , Sydney Symphony Orchestra , Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and the Balmain Sinfonia.

In 2004 , Victoria was awarded the “International String Player” award at the Gisborne International Music Competition in New Zealand , and shortly afterwards became the recipient of the Order Of Australia Association Scholarship.

In 2005 , Victoria won the Marcus Edwards Scholarship, and was part of the String Finals of the ABC Young Performer of the Year competition , where she performed the Korngold violin concerto with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Also in 2005 , Victoria performed the Tchaikovsky violin concerto with the Balmain Sinfonia.

Also in 2005 , Victoria was the finalist in the 2mbs-fm young performer of the year competition , where she was awarded the Listener’s choice award for her performance.

Now in 2006 , Victoria has started her masters degree at the Australian Institute of Music , and has also been accepted into the Sydney Symphony’s Fellowship program.

Victoria proudly performs on a violin made by A.E. Smith , which has been loaned to her for two years as part of the Perry Hart Memorial Prize.

Concerts with Chronology Arts