Perth teen leads chamber orchestra to celebrate anniversary
15-year-old violinist Ellie Malonzo will take centre stage for the orchestra's Strings of Winter concert at the Fremantle Town Hall next month.
She has won 11 first prizes at international competitions and performed in the USA, Vienna, Canada, London, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
When she was 12, Ellie became the youngest soloist to perform with the FCO. Paul Wright will be performing at an anniversary concert. Credit: Supplied
Her teacher Paul Wright will perform with her and solo, as well as conduct the FCO.
Other performances include cellist Melinda Forsythe playing Romance by Franchomme, and Adagio from Mozart's Clarinet Concerto featuring Michael Hodgkins.
Audience members will be able to enjoy the show from the town hall's newly refurbished balcony.
The $600,000 project by the City of Fremantle to upgrade the balcony area and increase the venue's capacity was completed last month.
Builders from heritage restoration specialists CLPM re-levelled the tiers, increased the balustrade height, installed new seats, handrails, carpet and floor lighting and completed general restoration works. The new town hall balcony. Credit: City of Fremantle
One of the new features is an area for patrons with accessibility needs and their companions, with lift access from the adjacent Walyalup Civic Centre building.
A row of seats from when the balcony was added in 1895 and a row of seats and seat ends from the Art Deco period have been refurbished and retained for display purposes.
The city is deciding what to do with the remaining seating components salvaged during the works, which are stored in its civic collection.
The balcony project was made possible by a Commonwealth Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program grant from the Federal Government.
The FCO will perform on Saturday, August 9, at 3pm at the Fremantle Town Hall as part of the city's 10 Nights in Port Festival. Tickets are available via 10nightsinport.com.au.
Performances will also be held in Menora on August 10 and Geraldton on August 22. For tickets, visit trybooking.
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