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Helen Vidovich

Flute

ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – (sitting) Principal Piccolo
Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra – Piccolo & 2nd flute
Orchestra of the Swan – guest Principal
Hampstead Garden Opera – Principal
Dartington Festival Orchestra – inc. Alto Flute, Rite of Spring
Aurelian Ensemble – 1st Flute
Chameleon Arts Orchestra – 1st Flute  
Southern Sinfonia – 1st Flute
Thames Sinfonia - Piccolo
Wilderness Festival Orchestra – flute & picc.
Southern Pro Musica – Alto Flute
Rockdale Opera Company (Sydney) – flute & picc.
Sydney Chamber Orchestra – Principal Flute (3 years)
Welsh National Opera - Extra List
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Extra list
 
Shows & Film music
Final Fantasy VII – Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall – Piccolo
The Gordon Craig Theatre – Sound of Music – flute & picc.
Arcola Theatre – Grimeborn Festival – flute, alto & picc.
Whitehorse Theatre Company (& various companies in Melbourne & Sydney – over 30 shows)

Training Orchestras
LSO Pathways: March 2024-March 2026
London Symphony Orchestra Training Scheme (Valery Gergiev)
Royal Academy Opera Orchestra (Steuart Bedford)
Royal Academy Concert Orchestra (Colin Davis, Mark Elder)
Sydney Conservatorium Modern Music Ensemble

CHAMBER MUSIC
Marsyas Trio – flute, cello & piano: Founding member since 2009 (work supported by Arts Council England, RVW Trust, PRSF, HMUK, Britten-Pears Foundation and numerous other trusts & foundations)
          Ensemble in Residence: Churchill College, University of Cambridge (2023-24)
          Ensemble in Residence: University of Leeds (Feb 2024-Feb 2025)
Syrinx Duo – headline artist on Silversea Cruises
Collaborations with solo singers – Lotte Betts-Dean, Jessica Summers, Rachel Duckett, Hannah Pedley
Artist By-Fellow, Churchill College, University of Cambridge (2022-23)

CDs
Métier | Divine Art Recordings 2023, Alternative Readings, (flute/alto flute; Lotte Betts-Dean & Marsyas Trio)
NMC Recordings 2018, In the Theatre of Air (flute/alto flute/piccolo; Marsyas Trio)
Enûma Eliš, Will Frampton 2017 (flute/piccolo; Rachel Duckett & Marsyas Trio)
Meridian Records 2015, A Triple Portrait, (flute; Marsyas Trio & guest artists)

TV & Radio
BBC Radio 3, In Tune, live in-studio, Marsyas Trio (April 2022; June 2016)
Swiss Radio RTS Espace 2, live concert broadcast, Marsyas Trio
RTE Lyric & other European radio, broadcasts, inc. Ireland, Netherlands & Sweden
Bulgarian National TV, live in-studio, Marsyas Trio
Classic FM Radio Bulgaria, live concert broadcast, Marsyas Trio
 
Commissioning & Composer projects
Michael Finnissy, Judith Weir, Laura Bowler, Hilary Tann, Robin Haigh, Ewan Campbell, Elena Firsova
New York Women Composers, London Composers Forum

SOLO
Mozart Flute Concerto with Sydney Chamber Orchestra
Mozart Flute & Harp Concerto with harpist Marshall McGuire & Sydney Chamber Orchestra
Vivaldi Concerto with Sydney Chamber Orchestra

OUTREACH

English Schools Orchestra
Sydney Conservatorium High School – chamber coaching
Sydney Conservatorium Junior Department – chamber coaching
Sydney Youth Orchestra – sectional coaching
East Anglian Young Composers Competition – workshops & recording/radio broadcast
Vale of Glamorgan Festival, Peter Reynolds Composers Studio – workshops & recording
Three Choirs Festival (with Ed Balls) - Three Little Mammoths
NMC Recordings & Julian Hand (filmmaker) – secondary schools projects in East London & Newcastle
 
EDUCATION
Royal Academy of Music, London – Postgraduate Diploma in Performance (2006-07)
Sydney Conservatorium of Music – Master of Music Performance (2004-06)
Cambridge University, Churchill College – Artist by-Fellowship (2022-current)
Teachers: Michael Cox, Alison Mitchell, Geoffrey Collins, Sharon Williams, Pat Morris
 
REFERENCES
Sharon Williams – Principal Piccolo, LSO
Sue Thomas – Former 2nd Flute, LPO

CD Reviews
Gramophone, Dec 2018: “The performances throughout are excellent and involving”
BBC Music Magazine, Dec 2018: Performance: 4-stars
The Strad, 2016: “this glowingly engineered album, all premiere recordings performed with devoted insight and sensitivity by the Marsyas Trio”
Tempo, June/July 2019: ‘Concerto for Piccolo’ starts out somewhat reminiscent of early Rihm, but then transitions into a mysterious and evocative Jolivet-type territory. It’s [Weir Several Concertos] a fundamentally and appealingly odd set of pieces, made all the more engaging through the electrifyingly delicate performances here.”
"the persuasive assurance of these performers and their technical assistants is consistently of the highest calibre." Arnold Whittall - Gramophone June issue 2024

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Instruments
Flute, Alto Flute, Piccolo

Ensembles
Marsyas Trio