Since graduating from the Queensland Conservatorium in 2014, violinist Iona Allan’s career has taken her from stints with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Melbourne Chamber Orchestra to touring Australia with multi-million-selling French romantic classicist Richard Clayderman.
However, it is the next step of her professional journey that has her filled with anticipation.
Thanks to the generosity behind the Ena Williams Award for Postgraduate Study Overseas, in September Iona will move to London to begin studying a Master of Performance at the prestigious Royal College of Music.
Iona was invited to join the Royal College after auditioning in late 2016, although accepting wasn’t easy given she also received invitations to join two other esteemed UK musical institutions, namely the Royal Academy of Music and Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
“In the end I chose the Royal College because I will be learning under the wonderful violinist and orchestral leader Gabrielle Lester.
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