Justin Williams : Associate Artist
Justin Williams holds the position of Assistant Principal Viola
with the Sydney
Symphony Orchestra and is the founding violist of the Tinalley
String Quartet
(TSQ). Justin has performed as Principal Viola with Melbourne
Symphony
Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australian World Orchestra,
Australian
Opera and Ballet Orchestra (AOBO), Queensland Symphony
Orchestra,
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra and Australia ProArte.
As a member of Tinalley String Quartet, Justin shared in the
experience of winning
the 2005 Australian Chamber Music Competition and the 9th Banff
International
String Quartet Competition. With TSQ he has toured extensively
throughout
Australia, Europe and North America and has released several
recordings with
Move Records, Decca Australia and ABC Classic.
As a composer, Justin released his 'Movement for String Quartet'
in 2020, which
has since been performed throughout Australia and in Europe by
the Australian
String Quartet. In 2022, Justin was the recipient of a Sydney
International Piano
Competition Composing the Future juror's prize for his 'Three
Intermezzi' for solo
piano. In 2023, his set of songs 'Three Pieces for String Quartet
and Voice: Love - Despair - Hope', was commissioned and premiered
at Blackheath Chamber Music Festival, and his First Symphony was
jointly commissioned by Queensland Symphony and Sydney Symphony
Orchestra and premiered by QSO under the direction of Maestro
Umberto Clerici as part of the Brisbane Festival. At the
beginning of 2024, Justin wrote a duo for violin and cello (Theme
and Variations), and a piece for solo piano, commissioned by the
Australian National Academy of Music.
Biography provided by the composer — current to March 2024