We’re very pleased to introduce our new host for The Talent, Kyla Matsuura-Miller! Tune in to hear Kyla’s debut episode as we kick off Season 2 2024 on Tuesday night!

Since graduating from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) in 2018; violinist and educator Kyla Matsuura-Miller has more than established her place at the table in the Australian cultural scene.

Born in Tokyo but raised in Brisbane, Kyla studied violin at the Queensland Conservatorium under Michele Walsh before beginning her studies with Dr Robin Wilson at ANAM in Melbourne, where she is currently based.

In 2021 Kyla was awarded the prestigious Freedman Classical Fellowship, Australia’s most prized award for young instrumentalists. This fellowship has enabled her to commission three new works championing the stories and experiences of BIPOC composers in Australia.

2023 has seen her appear as a soloist with Ensemble Offspring (NSW), MONA FOMA (TAS), Dots+Loops (QLD) and Bendigo Symphony (VIC). Her regular chamber collaborators are Syzygy Ensemble (of which she has recently become a member) and pianists Adam McMillan and Coady Green.

Kyla made her television and radio debut as a contestant on the iconic

Australian music quiz show, ABC’s Spicks and Specks in 2021, as well as featuring in various guest spots on radio programmes through ABC Classic FM.

Kyla currently plays on a fine Italian violin made by Giovanni Pistucci (c. 1910-1920), which has been generously loaned by a syndicate of music lovers.

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