Wilma Smith

  • Wilma Smith
Musician, Violinist, Performer
Principal country concerned : Column : Music
Fiji

Wilma Smith is a Fijian-born violinist.  She plays a 1761 Guadagnini violin.

Wilma was born in Suva, Fiji, and raised in Auckland, New Zealand.  She has been a Concertmaster of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, and a co-Concertmaster of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Australia.

Wilma has enjoyed a longstanding duo partnership with pianist Michael Houstoun, and since moving to Melbourne has formed the Munro Smith Berlin Trio with Ian Munro (on piano) and David Berlin (on cello) with whom she has performed regularly in New Zealand and Australia.  In the last two years she has been a frequent guest with another Melbourne group, Ensemble Liaison, whose core is clarinet, cello and piano but who expand with other instruments to perform a widely varied and eclectic repertoire.


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