Ariel Postmus
Viola Fellow
Biography
Ariel trained at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) from 2021–2023, during which she performed with the Australian String Quartet, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, Victorian Opera and members of the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Her chamber ensemble was awarded the Ursula Hoff Award for Most Outstanding Chamber Music Performance of 2023.
Since ANAM, Ariel held a six-month contract with the TSO and toured with Opera Australia. She completed her Bachelor of Music at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2020. She was awarded the ROSL Bach Prize in 2018 and 2020, First Prize in the 2019 ROSL Chamber Competition and was a finalist in WAAPA’s Concerto Competition in 2020.