Emma Barron
First Violin
Emma studied violin under Natalia Morozova at the Rotterdam Conservatorium of Music and with Jan Tawroszewicz at the University of Canterbury.
In 1997, Emma completed a Bachelor of Music degree with first-class honours. She participated in the Australian Festival of Chamber Music during her studies, enjoying masterclasses with artists such as Charles Castleman, Dong-Suk Kang, and Dene Olding. After graduating, she pursued further studies in Lubeck, Germany, and Italy.
She previously led the Christchurch Youth Orchestra and the University of Canterbury Chamber Orchestra and worked as a first violinist in the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
An Alex Lindsay Award recipient, Emma joined the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra as a first violinist in 2002. She enjoys performing in chamber orchestras and with smaller ensembles, including the contemporary music group Stroma.
Emma plays a violin (which she loves) made by Togo Matsuda in Christchurch.
I don’t really have any rituals before I go on stage. I tune my violin, give it a little clean, rosin my bow and try to remember both when I walk on stage!
What's On
Stephen Hough Masterclass
Pre-Concert Dinner 2027
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Troy Kingi Presents: 10|10|10 - The Final Chapter with the NZSO
Online Classroom Sessions: Introduction to the Orchestra (Years 3-8)
Online Classroom Session: Soundscapes - How Music Can Tell a Story (Years 3-4)
Online Classroom Session: Musical Emotions (Years 0-2)
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Beethoven Piano Concertos (1 & 5)
One Thousand and One Nights
NZSO Chamber Strings
Mozart's Gran Partita
Javier Perianes with NZSO Chamber Strings
ENZSO Celebrates
Elouan String Quartet
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Beethoven Piano Concertos (2, 3 & 4)
Madeleine Pierard Masterclass
Pre-concert Dinner - Beethoven 9
Isata Kanneh-Mason in Recital
Emerging Artists '27
Dvořák and Sibelius
Beethoven and Mozart
Summer Tour
Serenade
Messiah
Four Last Songs
Enigma
Elegance
Beethoven 9
Verdi Requiem
Todd Young Composer Awards
Tchaikovsky 5
Reverberate
Resurrection
Peter and the Wolf
Organ Recital with James McVinnie
Moonlit Brahms
Matariki Concert with Louis Baker
London Portraits
Kia Kotahi Beethoven
From the Canyon to the Stars
Fantastique
Electrify
Christmas Concert
Celtic Connections
Art of the Score: The Music of Joe Hisaishi
Anna Lapwood: Cosmology
Anna Lapwood Organ Recital
A Space Odyssey
