From Southern Skies to European Stages: Help Rose study in Austria!

Hi! My name is Rose Light. I am a kiwi violinist continuing my music studies in 2024 at the Graz University of Music and Performing Arts in Austria. This will be an invaluable learning experience and will enable me to develop skills necessary for a career as a professional violinist. As a student coming from a single parent family, I would so appreciate your support to help me with my studies in Europe.

Here is my bio:

Already an accomplished violinist at age 19, Rose’s string quartet won the Queensland International Chamber Music Competition 2019 (Under 18s), she won First Place in the International Noteable Instrumental Competition 2022, Second Place in the Wellington Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition 2023 and she was a Semi Finalist in the NZ National String Competition 2021. Rose was one of six Violin Fellows at the Michael Hill International Violin Competition 2023. She was awarded her Licentiate of Music Diploma with Distinction in 2020. She has performed as a soloist with Australian ensembles and played twice at the Sydney Opera House with Staatskapelle Berlin and the Australian World Orchestra as a member of the NSW Regional Youth Orchestra. Rose is a recipient of the Barbara Finlayson Violin Scholarship and the Raukaraka Leadership Scholarship at the Victoria University. She studies violin under Dr Martin Riseley and plays on a Riccardo Bergonzi Violin available through a generous loan by the Hill Family Foundation for Art and Music.