BIOGRAPHY

Anne Harvey-Nagl is Concertmaster of the Volksoper Vienna, the Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra, and the Beethoven Philharmonie Baden; Guest Concertmaster of the Liechtenstein Symphony Orchestra; and a frequent soloist and Concertmaster of the Vienna Mozart Orchestra. She is also a member of the Koehne Quartet (since 1992), and of a number of other European-based chamber music ensembles including the Krasa Trio, Ensemble 5, Trio Arte,Trio 37, Clarinet Trio of the Vienna Volksoper, and the Chamber Ensemble of the Vienna Volksoper.

Born in Melbourne, Australia, Anne began her violin studies with Brian Blake, Nelli Shkolnikova and Spiros Rantos. In 1986 she was the winner of the “National Youth Concerto Competition”, and in 1990, after graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts with a Bachelor of Arts in Music (Distinction), she received the ANZ International Fellowship for musical studies overseas, as well as the Pinschof Foundation Scholarship, enabling her to study with Professor Günter Pichler at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. In 1994, she appeared as soloist with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra during their “Presenting Young Artists” Series. Before her appointment as Concertmaster in 2011, she was Principal 1st Violin in the Volksoper for 12 years.

In addition to her regular commitments, Anne has performed with renowned ensembles such as the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble “Kontrapunkte”, Ensemble “die reihe”, as well as with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Radio Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, and the Royal Flemish Philharmonic. She is a founding member of the highly acclaimed Australian World Orchestra, and  has performed numerous times as soloist with orchestras in Austria, Australia, Switzerland, the UK, and Bulgaria.

Anne has also performed numerous recitals in Australia and Austria with pianists Julia Maria Sliwa, Gerrit Priessnitz, Ilse Schumann, Biliana Tzinlikova, Kristian Chong, and John O’Donnell.

Together with pianist Julia Maria Sliwa, she released a CD recording of Strauss and Respighi Sonatas in 2023.