Rosie Gallagher, flute

MM Royal Academy of Music
BM The Juilliard School

A leading flute teacher in Sydney, Rosie Gallagher leads a varied musical life across Australia. She performs regularly with Opera Australia and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Rosie is an experienced and passionate educator, having taught both privately and within institutions over the last decade. She has expertly guided students towards excellence in AMEB exams, Sydney Eisteddfods and HSC exams. She is a frequent adjudicator of Sydney Eisteddfods.

Lee Dionne, piano

DMA Yale School of Music
BA Yale University

American Pianist Lee Dionne been described as “impressive” (NYTimes),“impeccable,” (Fanfare Magazine), and “entrancing (BBC Music Magazine). In 2025 he joins the faculty of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music as a guest lecturer in piano and collaborative piano. Previously he has taught piano and chamber music at Yale College and the Yellow Barn Young Artists Program, as well as given master classes in chamber music across the United States. He is a frequent adjudicator of Sydney Eisteddfods.

Kristian Winther, violin

International Soloist
Fellow, ANAM

Violinist Kristian Winther has appeared as a soloist or concertmaster with every major orchestra in Australia, as well as lecturing in violin at the University of Adelaide and teaching or giving masterclasses at ANAM, WAAPA, Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the Shenyang Conservatory or Music, and at the Orlando Festival in the Netherlands. He teaches students of all levels.

Katarina Grobler, piano

BMus University of Sydney

Katarina Grobler is an Australian pianist and educator with a Piano Performance degree from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where she studied under Dr. Paul Rickard-Ford and Dr. Bernadette Harvey. She has performed internationally in Europe, including Germany, Austria, and Croatia, and has participated in masterclasses with renowned pianists and pedagogues such as Ewa Kupiec, Roberto Plano, Christian Pohl, and Gintaras Januševičius.

Katarina is a recipient of the Vice Chancellor’s Global Mobility Scholarship from the University of Sydney (2020) and, most recently, was awarded a scholarship to attend the Feuerwerk Klavier Akademie in Einbeck, Germany (2024).

With over a decade of teaching experience, Katarina’s teaching philosophy emphasizes fostering musical curiosity and inspiring a lifelong love for the piano. She currently performs in Sydney as both a soloist and a collaborative artist.

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