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Jacqueline Wedderburn-Maxwell
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- Jacqueline Wedderburn-Maxwell was born in Durban, South Africa. She made her debut as a soloist with the Kwazulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 9. At 10, she was offered a full scholarship to study as a termly boarder at the acclaimed Yehudi Menuhin School in Surrey, England under the tutelage of Mrs. Natalia Boyarsky, which she accepted. She returned to South Africa in 2006 to finish school early and completed Matric exams (A-levels) with 5 distinctions (A*'s) by the age of 15 whilst studying violin under Prof. Jack de Wet. She was awarded a distinction in her LTCL Licentiate exam from Trinity Guildhall that same year.
She has won the national Sanlam Classical Music Competition, and was also awarded the prizes for the best String player and the Most Promising musician. At the Artscape Classical Music Competition she was awarded the prizes for best classical musician, the String title, best Violinist, and best Performance of a Concerto in the final round (Sibelius Concerto in d). At age 16 she was placed second in the UNISA String Competition and was awarded the SAMRO prize for the best performance of a Modern Work. At the UNISA International Violin and Cello Competition Jacqueline received the Most Promising Competitor Prize from the Desmond Wilson Memorial Trust. At the MUZIQ Classical Music Competition she received the Strings Title. In 2011 she was placed in the Top 3 Strings players at the Trinity College of Music-London Soloist Competition. In February 2012,she performed Prokofiev Concerto no. 2 as a soloist with the Trinity College of Music Repertoire Orchestra.
She has performed as a soloist numerous times with orchestras such as the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Kwazulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra, Johannesburg Festival Orchestra, Eastern Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra, the Hugo Lambrecht’s Orchestra and the Trinity College of Music Repertoire Orchestra. She has performed in many recitals around South Africa and England. Jacqueline has performed as a soloist under the batons of Michael Hankinson, Naum Rousine, Arjan Tien, Victor Yampolsky, Lykele Temmingh, Owain Arvel Hughes, Juan Munoz, Richard Cock,Theodore Kuchar and John Forster.
Jacqueline has toured with the Last Night of the Proms series around South Africa as a soloist, has appeared on Television for Felicia on E’s ‘Talented Youth’, YoTV, MNet’s All Access and in 2012 she played with Westlife for the iTV show "For the very last time''. She has performed and been interviewed on radio, including Classic FM and East Coast Radio. She has performed many concerts for charities and foundations such as The Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Lifeline, St Francis Hospice, and the Eastern Cape Philharmonic Orchestra’s Investment Project.
She has received master classes from Zakhar Bron, Loutsia Ibragimova, Dora Schwarzberg, Akiko Ono, Darragh Morgan, Alexander Gilman, Leos Cepicky and Alexander Sitkovetsky.
Jacqueline began her 4-year BMUS (Hons) Performance degree in 2009 aged 16 at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London. The Ackerman Educational Trust and the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust in South Africa kindly sponsor her studies abroad and she is a Trinity College of Music Trust Scholar. She is studying with Mr. Pieter Schoeman (Concertmaster of the London Philharmonic Orchestra). She is currently in her 3rd year and will complete her BMUS Honours degree in July 2013.
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Dear Jacqueline, thank you for the invitation. I have added you as a friend on Talent Unlimited Facebook page. Hope to meet you some time.
Are you going to come to the concert on 9 November? Please check the details via www.talent-unlimited.com/ If you come, it will give you the opportunity to meet lots of music lovers.