Emerging Artists of New Zealand

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2022 Emerging Artists

Four exceptional young New Zealand musicians were invited to join the 2022 AWE Emerging Artist Mentoring Pathway. With side-by-side rehearsals, performance opportunities and coaching from our Festival Artists, these musicians were challenged to explore their artistry and craft in a whole new realm. Not only did they perform within the festival programmes, our emerging artists also supported our Student Composition Workshop and played for over 2,000 school students in the Central Lakes.

 

Enshean Lin

Violin
NZ

Enshean (Sheena) Lin is a talented young violinist from New Zealand. Studying with Stephen Larsen, Sheena is currently in her second year of study towards a Bachelor of Music at The University of Auckland.

  • As a key member of the winning group of the 2020 Chamber Music Contest, Sheena toured nationally for Chamber Music New Zealand in 2021. Orchestrally, she has played with the National Youth Orchestra since 2017 and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra since 2022.

    Sheena is grateful for this opportunity to share her music and connect with the AWE community, and we’re grateful to have her.

 
 

Taliesin Amoore

Viola
NZ

Tal Amoore is a charismatic young violist, who began his studies at the young age of 15. Now in his second year of study at Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music with Gillian Ansell, we are excited to have Tal join us for the AWE 2022 season.

  • Tal is a rostered artist for the Afflatus Ensemble and the Dame Malvina Major Foundation, as well as being founder and violist of the Eden Quartet. Recently, Tal has had the pleasure of working with the NZSO’s National Youth Orchestra, the Wellington Youth Orchestra, Auckland Youth Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra as an Aspiring Musician.

    Tal performs on a New Zealand, Malcolm Collins’ viola, labelled “no. 12, (1983)”.

 
 

Jack Moyer

Cello
NZ

Jack Moyer is a young cellist based in Pōneke, Wellington. As a talented chamber musician, Jack forms part of the group Ravelation, the overall winner of the 2020 NZCT Chamber Music Contest. He is currently studying with NZSO Principal Cello, Andrew Joyce.

  • Jack attended the Adam Summer School from 2020 - 2022, where he received chamber music coaching from the NZSQ. In 2021, he toured New Zealand with the Amici Ensemble (led by Donald Armstrong) for Chamber Music New Zealand’s ‘Another Night in Vienna’ tour.

    Jack has enjoyed playing Assistant Principal of the NZSO National Youth Orchestra, and is currently Principal Cello of the Wellington Youth orchestra. He has also had the opportunity to perform Beethoven Triple Concerto with the Kapiti Concert Orchestra earlier this year.

 
 

Otis Prescott-Mason

Piano
NZ

Otis Prescott-Mason is a Wellington born pianist and a classical performance student at Victoria University of Wellington's New Zealand School of Music. He began his piano studies with Erin Taylor at the age of five, and studied with Emma Sayers from 2018-2020. Otis is currently studying under Dr. Jian Liu.

  • With a successful career to date, Otis has won numerous competitions over the years at a national level. He was recently awarded first prize and several special prizes at the Lewis Eady National Piano Competition, New Zealand's national piano competition. In 2020, while still in high school, Otis was awarded first prize at the New Zealand Junior Piano Competition.

    Otis has been invited to perform in many concert series and festivals over the last few years, including the New Zealand International Music Festival, the Whakatipu Music Festival, and last year's inaugural At The World's Edge Festival. Otis enjoys chamber music and was selected to attend the 2021 and 2022 Adam Summer School for Chamber Music in Nelson. He also forms part of Duo Zweisamkeit, a piano duet, with Sunny Cheng.

2022 Emerging Composer Mentorship

 

Eva Bedggood was chosen as the inaugural 2022 Emerging Composer through a nationwide competition for composers 20 years old and younger. Over a five-month period, Eva received personalised composition mentoring from Salina Fisher, with the goal of writing a short chamber piece that was premiered at the AWE 2023 Festival and within multiple school performances within the Central Lakes region.

Eva also attended the festival, worked with the musicians performing her new piece, and personally presented the performances, including during the Nine Seas Away programme on 12 October at Te Atamira. Eva also participated in the AWE Student Composition Workshop for local high school students.

 

 

Eva Bedggood

Emerging Composer, AWE 2022
NZ

A talented composer in the making, Eva is currently studying towards a Bachelor of Music in Composition and Classical Performance at Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music, Victoria University of Wellington.

  • During her first year of study at the University of Canterbury in 2021, her piece Azimuth was selected for performance by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra at the Todd Young Composer Awards. Her piano trio work Patea was also selected for the workshop round of the 2021 NZTrio Composing Competition. She has had two pieces selected by the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra for their Composers Workshops in 2018–2019.

    As a Student Ambassador for CSO, Eva has performed alongside the CSO and NZSO, and has also performed as a member of UCCYO and The All Girl Big Band. In 2022 Eva was awarded an Inspire Foundation grant, and hopes to pursue a career in film music composition.