Elspeth Gray
Second Violin
Elspeth was born in Scotland and began violin lessons at the age of nine, shortly after moving to New Zealand.
Coincidentally, it was around this time that she decided to abandon her Glaswegian accent!
In 1988, Elspeth joined the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Trainees program, where she had the opportunity to study under Donald Armstrong, Associate Concertmaster of the NZSO.
After completing a music degree at Otago University, she joined the NZSO in 1992. She was also a member of the New Zealand Chamber Orchestra.
Elspeth currently plays an exquisite 1822 Gagliano violin.
With my twins now grown and independent, my hobbies include a lot of walking, especially with the family dog, and living the dream with my blended family of seven!
What's On
Stephen Hough Masterclass
Pre-Concert Dinner 2027
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Troy Kingi Presents: 10|10|10 - The Final Chapter with the NZSO
Online Classroom Sessions: Introduction to the Orchestra (Years 3-8)
Online Classroom Session: Soundscapes - How Music Can Tell a Story (Years 3-4)
Online Classroom Session: Musical Emotions (Years 0-2)
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Beethoven Piano Concertos (1 & 5)
One Thousand and One Nights
NZSO Chamber Strings
Mozart's Gran Partita
Javier Perianes with NZSO Chamber Strings
ENZSO Celebrates
Elouan String Quartet
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Beethoven Piano Concertos (2, 3 & 4)
Pre-concert Dinner - Beethoven 9
Emerging Artists '27
Dvořák and Sibelius
Beethoven and Mozart
Baroque Delights: NZSO Summer Tour
Serenade
Messiah
Enigma
Elegance
Beethoven 9
Verdi Requiem
Todd Young Composer Awards
Tchaikovsky 5
Reverberate
Resurrection
Peter and the Wolf
Organ Recital with James McVinnie
Moonlit Brahms
Matariki Concert with Louis Baker
London Portraits
Kia Kotahi Beethoven
From the Canyon to the Stars
Fantastique
Electrify
Christmas Concert
Celtic Connections
Art of the Score: The Music of Joe Hisaishi
Anna Lapwood: Cosmology
Anna Lapwood Organ Recital
A Space Odyssey
