Antoni Bonetti, orchestra conductor and violinist, is Music Director and Founding Conductor of the 70 member Brisbane Symphony Orchestra and newly formed Noosa Orchestra. He also lectures at the School of Music-University of Queensland and is Senior String teacher at Good Shepherd Lutheran College, Noosa.

As a distinguished Australian musician and Orchestra Conductor, Antoni has:

• conducted the Queensland Symphony Orchestra
  
• conducted orchestras in Europe and the USA
  
• participated in various symposia for professional conductors
  

With Antoni's artistic direction, Brisbane Symphony Orchestra:

• performs a wide range of the standard orchestral repertoire, Baroque to Contemporary
  
• commissions works by Australian composers
  
• accompanies renowned international artist: 
  Charles Castleman (violin-USA), Thea King (clarinet-UK), Marcus Stocker (vcello-Switz.)
  Australian artists: Carmel Kaine, Alan Smith (QSO); Deborah de Graaff, Ruth Bonetti, David Shephard (clarinet); Julian Byzantine, Kevin Power, Peter Luff, Oleg Stepanov, Simon Tedeschi
  
• has released a Compact Disc: 'Brisbane Sinfonia in Concert' 1990-200

 

Further, Antoni has:

• A conducting repertoire extending to over 200 works by European, Australian and American composers, world premiere performances of Australian compositions, various works for orchestra and chorus including two operas and Setting of Beethoven's 7th Symphony, 2nd movement to Psalm 13 for Choir and Orchestra (piano)
• Performed most major Baroque concerti and has extensive string repertoire knowledge
• Played as Concertmaster with the Queensland Theatre Orchestra, the Norrlands Opera Sweden and a member of the Mannheim Chamber Orchestra
• Freelanced with English orchestras including The Philharmonia, RPO, London Mozart Players and most Australian Symphony Orchestras

 

Antoni:

• is violinist with clarinettist wife Ruth in Quartetto Bonetti, in solo performances and other ensembles
• adjudicates, and gives local and international Master Classes, and has a Professional Development lecture: Overture to Conducting
• led various Baroque instrument ensembles in Germany, Sydney and Brisbane
• was Head of Orchestral Studies and Director of Strings at St Peters Lutheran College, 1985-2008
• lectured at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University
• speaks German, Swedish and French

 

Curriculum vitae, DVD, CDrom and reference material are available on request.

Antoni's String Arrangements (download pdf)

With Antoni’s artistic direction, the Youth Orchestra of St Peters has:

• toured Germany, Denmark, France, England and New Zealand
  "..played with great development of tone..."
  DLZ, Germany 25-9-95,
• been broadcasted nationally on ABC Radio
• given concerts in many Australian capital cities
  "...impressive musical ensemble for a school orchestra"
  The Canberra Times, ACT. 1994
• released two Compact Discs:
  ‘St Peters Orchestra in Concert’ 1998, 1995.