Miriam Niessl was born into a large musical family where the passion for music has brought immense joy. With immense gratitude to her former teacher Michele Walsh, Miriam graduated from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University being awarded the ‘Rotary Club of Brisbane Endowment Award’ and ‘The Griffith Award for Academic Excellence’. Miriam is now in her second year at ANAM and is thrilled to be learning from Adam Chalabi.
While studying at the Queensland Conservatorium, Miriam was joint winner of the Matilda Jane Aplin Prize alongside her colleague Theonie Wang. Both Miriam and Theonie, alongside Angelina Kim (viola) and Cindy Masterman (cello) form the Tarilindy String Quartet (TSQ). The group was honoured to represent Australia in Montreal, Canada, for the International Chamber Music Festival ‘Musical Chairs’. Last year, the quartet won the Milan Kantor Prize from the 'Great Romantics' competition and were residents of the Bendigo Chamber Music Festival.
While Miriam hopes to further pursue her performance career, she loves to teach and sees teaching as one of her ultimate goals as a musician. Miriam is a strong advocate for the Arts and has herself experienced the powerful emotions that music can evoke within us.
FROM: QLD. Lands of the Yuggera people.
Miriam is supported by ANAM Syndicate donors Michael Schwarz and David Clouston, Julie Wehbe, Michael Tyazhkyy and Mila Tyazhka.
Photo by Pia Johnson