Basic
First Name:
Molly
Last Name:
Kadarauch
City:
Melbourne
State:
Victoria
Country:
Australia
First Year:
1987
Last Year:
1991
Biography
About:
MOLLY KADARAUCH is well known as one of Australia’s pre-eminent and versatile cellists and has performed at leading venues all over the world as well as within Australia as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player. She is a founding member of Sutherland Trio with Elizabeth Sellars (violin) and Caroline Almonte (piano) who perform regularly at the Melbourne Recital Centre and for ABC Classic FM and 3MBS radio. Between 1996-2003 she was a core member and an associate principal cellist of the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) and since then has also performed as guest principal and tutti with the Melbourne Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Tasmanian Symphony, Orchestra Victoria, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra and most recently principal with the Auckland Philharmonia. In 2016 she toured Australia nationally with the new Musica Viva/ Victorian Opera production of the pastiche opera “Voyage to the Moon”, and has participated in numerous chamber music festivals, including Huntington, Port Fairy, and Peninsula with artists such as Steven Isserlis, Pieter Wispelway, Melvin Tan, and Richard Tognetti. After moving to Melbourne in 2004, Molly made her Melbourne recital debut with Ben Martin at Federation Square at Deakin Edge, and performed on several occasions as a soloist in the Bach cello suites series at St Mark’s church and at the Twilight Chamber Music series at Rippon Lea Estate. Recently she appeared as a soloist with the Melbourne Musicians, Orchestra 21, the Melbourne Bach Choir, was a performing guest solo Artist at the 2017 Melbourne Cello Festival and at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival with Joe Chindamo and Zoe Black in the musical hit “Vigil”. In May of 2018 she joined “Wilma and Friends” for a Reconciliation concert with internationally renowned didgeridoo player William Barton, and in September of 2018 was invited to tour India with the Australian World Orchestra. Other international recital/solo appearances have included Chateau d’Orion (France), Gualala Arts (California), Burg Guttenburg (Germany). As a teacher, mentor and director, she is a passionate educator and enjoys working with students from the Melbourne Conservatory of Music (University of Melbourne), Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), Monash University, the Australian Youth Orchestra, Orchestra 21, as well as the Mt Buller and Clunes chamber music festivals. Most recently she has been appointed to teach during 2019 at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music at Griffith University. She received her Bachelor of Music at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston under Prof. Laurence Lesser between 1987-91, after which she received a Diploma of Performance on a 2 year Fulbright Scholarship under the tutorship of professor Wolfgang Boettcher at the Universitat der Kunste Berlin. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, her earliest studies were with Irene Sharp, and at the Purcell School of Music (London) under Joan Dickson.
Current Primary Activity(ies):
In 2019, Senior Lecturer (part time) at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
Education:
NEC
Degree:
BM
Other Teachers:
Irene Sharp, Joan Dickson, Wolfgang Boettcher
Contact
Website:
www.sutherlandtrio.com