Irina Morozova is an Australian chamber violist, and founding member of the Goldner String Quartet and the

Australia Ensemble Australia Ensemble UNSW is an Australian chamber group active since 1980. The group was founded in 1980 as the University of New South Wales Ensemble after a proposal put to the University of New South Wales by musicologist Roger Covell and ...

Life and career

Irina Morozova began to play the violin aged five, and at 15 was made leader of her school orchestra. She switched to playing viola, and became principal viola player in the

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. While at

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1949. The university comprises seven faculties, through which it offers bachelor's, master's and docto ...

in 1980, Morozova was a founding member of the

. In 1995, she formed the Goldner String Quartet with members of the Ensemble, including her husband Dene Olding, and couple Dimity Hall and Julian Smiles. The quartet is named in honour of

Richard Goldner Richard Goldner (23 June 1908 – 27 September 1991) was a Romanian-born, Viennese-trained Australian violist, pedagogue and inventor. He founded Musica Viva Australia in 1945, which became the world's largest entrepreneurial chamber music organ ...

, who was a teacher of Morozova and mentored all the other members. In 2023, the quartet announced they would disband with a final tour through 2024. That same year, Morozova announced she would step back from playing with the Australia Ensemble regularly. She has a son, Nicolai, with husband Dene Olding.

References

External links

2024 interview with Irina Morozova on 2MBS
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