A Graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Arts in Music (1989) and a Graduate Diploma
of Arts in Music (1991), (Spiros Rantos) and a Master of Music (1999) from The Royal Conservatoire, The Hague, The Netherlands (Sigiswald Kuijken and Elizabeth Wallfisch), Rachael is one of the new generation of violinists dedicated to specialising in historically informed performance.
Now at the forefront of the performance practice movement in Europe, Rachael appears regularly as concertmaster of La Petite Bande, Il Complesso Barocco, and the New Dutch Academy as well as performing with Les Arts Florissants, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Anima Eterna. In Australia, Rachael performs as a concertmaster of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Pinchgut Opera and will direct a season with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra in 2009 as well as tour Australia with Ironwood for Musica Viva. Rachael performs on over 30 recordings for Harmonia Mundi, SONY, BIS, Pentatone, Et'cetera, Centaur and ABC Classics including recent releases as soloist in Corelli’s Concerti Grossi for Pentatone and Vivaldi's Concerti and Cantata for Et'cetera.
As a chamber musician and soloist, Rachael performs in festivals throughout the world, notably winning prizes at both the Van Wassenaer Concours for Early Music Ensembles (1998) and the Festival van Vlaanderen Brugge Concours for Classical Ensembles (1999). In 2000 she was awarded an Ian Potter Cultural Trust and since 2001, Rachael is dedicated to teaching baroque and classical violin at The Royal Conservatoire, The Hague as well as giving courses and masterclasses in The Netherlands and Australia. Rachael’s solo performances have been reviewed as “some of the most beautiful music you’ll ever hear” also “her playing showed a definite dramatic flair.”
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