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Violinist and conductor Tor Fromyhr was born on October 30, 1953 and is currently Head of Strings and Senior Lecturer in Violin and Viola at the ANU School of Music, Canberra, Australia. He is considered one of Australia's leading pedagogues of his generation. He has toured extensively nationally and internationally with many chamber ensembles including Rialannah String Quartet, Australian Contemporary Music Ensemble, Queensland Piano Trio, Ensemble I, Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra and Alpha Centauri Ensemble. He has performed as soloist, conductor and concertmaster with a number of Australian orchestras and conducted and performed in festivals throughout Australia, Scandinavia, USA, Germany, France, UK and Italy. Many performances have included world or Australian premieres includings works of Larry Sitsky, Peter Sculthorpe, Henryk Górecki, Leanne Bear, Andrew Ford, Michael Smetanin, Colin Brumby, Philip Bracanin et.al. He continues an extensive performance and conducting career with regular appearances with the Canberra Symphony and in chamber music and solo recitals throughout Australia. As lecturer in charge of the ANU Contemporary Music Ensemble and conductor of ANU Chamber Orchestraat the ANU, he continues an active participation in the creation of new works and maintains close links with many of Australia’s foremost composers.

After undergraduate studies in Hobart with the renowned teacher Jan Sedivka, Tor was awarded an Australia Council Post-graduate Performance scholarship for continued advanced study. While in Tasmania he conducted the Tasmanian Youth Orchestra and after moving to Queensland in 1980 to teach at the University of Queensland, conducted for many years for the Queensland Youth Orchestra Organization. He was made an honorary life member of QYO after many years of contribution to the development of that organization.

Orchestral positions have included Associate Concertmaster of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Principal Viola with the Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra and 12 years as Concertmaster of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra. His extensive teaching experience has included positions at the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music Melbourne University, University of Queensland and the Queensland Conservatorium of Music as well as the ANU School of Music. A significant number of his students continue to attain a high professional status both within Australia and overseas as performers and teachers.

He is married to composer and violinist, Leanne Bear

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Tor Fromyhr Australian National University