CELLOFINITY
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C E L L O F I N I T Y
Embark on a musical odyssey with acclaimed international cellist Tara-Lee Byrne as she invites you to experience C E L L O F I N I T Y. An immersive sonic journey of the cello's resonance in a uniquely curated sensory concert.
Tara-Lee explores classical contemporary cello and electronic techniques in her original five-cello arrangements of iconic works by Hans Zimmer and Max Richter plus extraordinary compositions by renowned Australian composers and cellists Sarah Hopkins and Helen Mountfort. Tara-Lee will perform two Australian premieres It Has Not Taken Long for Cello and Electronics by American composer Molly Joyce, and The Sea above the Stars by Tara-Lee.
Hidden from all I will speak to you without words. No one but you will hear my story even if I tell it in the middle of the crowd. - Rumi
Tara-Lee Byrne is known as a cellist, sound artist, composer, and educator. As a cellist, she has performed, toured and recorded with global artists including Beyonce, Kanye West, Elton John, P-Diddy, Bono, Andrea Bocelli, David Gray, Ronan Keating, Van Morrisson, Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, Damian Rice, and Dame Kiri te Kanawa.
In concert, Tara-Lee has performed extensively as a concerto soloist, professional orchestral, chamber musician, and recording artist in Europe, America, and the Middle East, with performances in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Royal Albert Hall and Wigmore Hall, London, Paris Conservatoire, Berlin Staats Opera, and the Opera Houses of Genoa, Turin & Rome.
Classically trained in Europe she holds an honours master's degree from Trinity College of Music London and Trinity Guildhall and degrees in performance and teaching from The Royal Irish Academy of Music Dublin and Utrecht Conservatorium, Holland. Tara-Lee was a Music Scholar at Trinity College of Music London and during her Masters degree was awarded a place on the Mentorship scheme with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Britten Pears Festival Orchestra and was a finalist in the London Symphony Orchestra LSO String Experience.
Tara-Lee is in demand as a cello teacher and chamber music coach having previously taught at the Royal Academy of Music Junior Department in London. Tara-Lee was the founder and director of Munster Music Academy based in the West of Ireland for twelve years. Tara-Lee tours nationally and internationally hosting string workshops based on her book ‘The Cello Motorway', an interactive teaching book and DVD focusing on cello bowing technique for teachers and cellists of all ages and abilities. In 2024 Tara-Lee launches The Cello Motorway, an online cello community and interactive educational hub for students and teachers passionate about learning and relearning how to practise intentionally and effectively at any level.
Tara-Lee is a professional wholefood chef having graduated from Matthew Kenney Plantlab in Santa Monica, USA and has sautéed and sprouted her way around the globe with her Kill Bill yellow cello and yoga mat on her back. She performs with French pianist Jordane Francois as The Onyx Duo who will be performing in The Drill Hall Theatre this October. Tara-Lee is passionately scribing her first children's book, a quixotic mélange of music, freakish accidents, love, cultures, and wanderlust, which will be printed later this year.
Born in Ireland, Tara-Lee gratefully lives, plays and creates within Bundjalung country.