Zoe Knighton

Zoe Knighton is a founding member of Flinders Quartet and has toured internationally through Sweden,Canada and the UK. Flinders Quartet appears regularly at Australian festivals as well as their own celebrated subscription series. “Flinders Quartet…whose players give such care and unanimity of musical thought to Australian Chamber Music” Peter McCallum, Sydney Morning Herald

Building on their 2006 Limelight Award, identification amongst Australia’s most influential artists, and their 2007 Melbourne Prize for Music nomination, Flinders, in collaboration with new music ensemble Halcyon, was nominated for a 2007 ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association). In 2010, Flinders was again nominated for the Melbourne Prize for Music, and in 2011 received an ARIA nomination for their CD release with Karin Schaupp (guitar),Fandango.

In 2008, Zoe founded the Melbourne Chamber Feast and was acting co-ordinator of strings at The University of Melbourne She was an adjudicator for the 2009 Asia Pacific Chamber Music Competition and regularly acts as panel member and assessment advisor.

Herself a passionate educator, Zoe learned from Christian Wojtowicz, Michel Strauss (Paris) Nelson Cooke, Angela Sargeant, and Jill Kahans. In demand as soloist, she has performed Elgar, Dvorak, Brahms double, Lalo, and both Haydn concertos with various Melbourne Orchestras and continues her Bach series every year. She plays with Orchestra Victoria, often acting as Associate Principal cello.

Zoe Knighton and Amir Farid debuted at Melbourne Recital Centre in 2009 and have since released four CDs on the MOVE label (Mendelssohn cello, Argentine cello, Beethoven cello and A little French cello) performed in the ABC Sunday Live series, the Saturday Sessions (ABC), the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival and throughout regional Victoria.

As well-known chamber musicians in Australia’s premiere ensembles, Knighton and Farid bring a wealth of experience and onstage rapport to their partnership and performances, and are enjoying increasing demand for their intimate and sensitive live performances.