Inbal holds graduate and undergraduate degrees from Yale University where she studied with renowned cellist Aldo Parisot.
She is senior lecturer in cello at the New Zealand School of Music. She has held faculty positions at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and Yale University, and has been guest artist and given masterclasses at festivals around the world.
An avid chamber musician, she is a founding member of the Te Kōkī Trio, and is founder and director of the Cellophonia International Festival in Wellington.
She has held the position of principal and guest principal cellist with the Bridgeport, Waterbury, and West Eastern Divan Symphony Orchestras.
Inbal regularly performs on a superb Fiorini cello, and was awarded use of a Stradivarius cello on loan by the Stradivari Society.
Pianist Rachel Thomson was born in Dunedin and grew up in Wellington, where she began her piano studies with her mother.
She went on to study with Judith Clark, graduating from Victoria University of Wellington before continuing her studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music in the United States, where she gained a doctorate in piano performance.
Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Wellington and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
She has been a national recording artist for Concert FM and recorded for Trust Records with flutist Bridget Douglas.
She is also active as a teacher, adjudicator and accompanist.
The Details
- What: Cello Journey
- When: Tuesday, June 1, 7.30pm
- Where: Harvest Church
- Tickets: Adults $35, students (18-25 yrs) $15, school-age children free if accompanied by an adult ticket holder. Tickets available from 7pm at venue on the night