Naarm violinist Hannah Tyrrell began learning violin at age six with Emma Martin and Arun Patterson, after discovering her love for classical music in a radio encounter with Mozart’s Requiem. Hannah is concurrently in her first year at ANAM and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music beginning her Bachelor of Music, under the tutelage of Adam Chalabi.
Completing her secondary studies at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School (VCASS) under the tutelage of Michael Loftus-Hills, Hannah was the recipient of the Music Matinee Scholarship (2023) and has performed as a soloist at the Melbourne Recital Centre in Elgar’s ‘Introduction and Allegro’ (2024).
As concertmaster, Hannah led the Melbourne String Ensemble on their international tour to Germany and the Czech Republic, premiering Australian composers’ works and featuring Carl Vine’s ‘Smith’s Alchemy’ as the solo violinist, and performed Mendelssohn’s Violin concerto in D minor as well as Dvorak’s Violin Concerto in A Major. Hannah has also participated in Australian Youth Orchestra programs since 2022, becoming Concertmaster of the Young Symphonists program and Associate Concertmaster of National Music Camp (2024).
With a growing love for chamber music, Hannah formed the ‘Fritzi Trio’ in NSW in 2024, winning first place in Musica Viva’s annual Strike a Chord chamber music competition under the tuition of Airena Nakamura and Julian Smiles. Additionally, Hannah’s string sextet the ‘Sturt Street Six’ won first place in MSV Annual Chamber Competition, and first place at the annual VCASS chamber music completion, tutored by Josephine Vains and Monica Naselow, regularly performing on 3MBS live and at Scots Church.
Hannah has performed in many masterclasses internationally, notably receiving tuition from Maxim Vengerov, Jack Liebeck, Suyeon Kang, Karl Heinrich Niebuhr, Caroline Widmann, Emily Sun and many others.
Away from the violin, Hannah enjoys spending time at the Jazz Lab, baking burnt basque cheesecake, playing chess, grabbing coffees, and a game of Mario Kart with friends!
FROM: VIC. Lands of the Woi-wurrung people.
Photo by Pia Johnson