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Rachel Valler
Rachel Valler OAM (b. c1930 Sydney, Australia) is an Australian pianist. She was a member of the Hazelwood Trio. Career Rachel Valler's parents, Sonia and Joseph Vallerstein, arrived in Australia from Russia in 1927. Valler was their only daughter, born in Sydney. She studied piano from an early age, performed with the Zionist Youth League during her teens as a solo pianist, and was mentored by Ignaz Friedman until his death in 1948. She also studied with Alexander Hmelnitsky. As a soloist, she performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and music clubs in 1951 aged 21. That same year she received her Bachelor of Arts at Sydney University, and went onto gain a Diploma of Education from Melbourne University. She taught music and worked in the library at Ascham Girls School, and won the State final of the ABC Concerto Competition in 1954. Although she did not win the Commonwealth finals, she was commended for her "thoughtful, searching, sensitive playing" of Chopin. She trav ...
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Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains (New South Wales), Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to the Royal National Park and Macarthur, New South Wales, Macarthur in the south and south-west. Greater Sydney consists of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are colloquially known as "Sydneysiders". The estimated population in June 2024 was 5,557,233, which is about 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. The city's nicknames include the Emerald City and the Harbour City. There is ev ...
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Donald Hazelwood
Donald Leslie Grant Hazelwood Officer of the Order of Australia, AO Officer of the Order of the British Empire, OBE (1 March 1930 – 8 March 2025) was an Australian violinist and concertmaster. Background His first wife Anne Menzies was a clarinetist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for 26 years until 1994. Their daughter Jane Hazelwood is a violist. Their son-in-law was the violinist Carl Pini. After Anne Menzies' death, Donald remarried in 2000 to Helen Phillips. He played a Giovanni Baptista Grancino violin made in 1716.Donald Hazelwood
, Muswellbrook Shire Council.
Hazelwood died in Sydney on 8 March 2025, at the age of 95.


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Donald Hazelwood first played with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in 1952, as ...
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University Of Melbourne Alumni
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Australian Women Classical Pianists
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1995 Australia Day Honours
The 1995 Australia Day Honours are appointments Australian honours system, to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by Australian citizens. The list was announced on 26 January 1995 by the Governor General of Australia, Bill Hayden. The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, the first announced to coincide with Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the Queen's Birthday Honours, which are announced on the second Monday in June. † indicates an award given posthumously. Order of Australia Companion (AC) General Division Military Division Officer (AO) General Division Military Division Member (AM) General Division Military Division Medal (OAM) General Division Military Division References

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TAFE NSW
TAFE NSW is an Australian vocational education and training provider. Annually, the network trains over 500,000 students in campus, workplace, online, or distance education methods of education. It was established as an independent statutory body under the TAFE Commission Act 1990. The Minister for Regional Development, Skills and Small Business is responsible for TAFE NSW. TAFE NSW awards qualifications as specified in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF), and accredited to the Vocational Education and training (VET). Diploma and Advanced Diploma qualifications awarded may be attributed as partial credit towards bachelor's degree-level studies in some universities. History TAFE NSW has existed for over 130 years aiming to upskill the workforce of New South Wales. Demand for vocational education suffered during the early years of the Depression until a decision to expand training services was made to help decrease high unemployment rates by the mid 1930s. Growth also ...
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Anne Menzies
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