VICTORIA
JAENECKE
VIOLA
Growing up in Christchurch, Victoria began her viola studies with Elizabeth Rogers in Christchurch. She completed a Bachelor of Music Degree with Elizabeth Morgan in Brisbane in 1985, was a member of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra for five years and also played briefly in the Melbourne Symphony before going to Germany in 1991. Victoria studied at the Munich Musikhochschule for two years with Professor Hariolf Schlichtig. Over the next eight years she was engaged under contract by the Bamberger Symphoniker, the Frankfurt Opera Orchestra, and most extensively with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra with whom she undertook many tours in Europe, Japan and the U.S.A .She met her husband Martin, also a musician, whilst working in Frankfurt.
Victoria returned to NZ in 2001 , first living in the Motueka area, and then moving with her family to Wellington in 2007. She has been Section Leader Viola with Orchestra Wellington since 2008 and was a regular casual player with the NZSO until her appointment in 2014. She has two teenage daughters and enjoys travel, crafts and being anywhere in nature.
What are your hobbies?
Crafts and knitting, Gardening and Genealogy
Where is your favourite place to eat?
No favourite but I love Indian and turkish food.
What is your favourite movie?
Out of Africa
Where is your favourite place in New Zealand?
Any Canterbury High Country area and the Southern Lakes
Who is your favourite composer?
Richard Strauss followed closely by Mahler
What is your musical “guilty pleasure”?
Turning the stereo up really loud with my favourite pop music whilst tidying up the house
What are you listening to right now?
Pat Metheny Group
What do you wish the NZSO for its 70th birthday?
That it is an uplifting occasion and that the next 70 years are even more fabulous!
What is your most memorable orchestral experience?
Playing Bartok Concerto for Orchestra under Lorin Maazel at a festival in Eilat by the Red Sea in Israel many years ago...
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VICTORIA
JAENECKE
VIOLA
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ANDREW
JOYCE
SECTION PRINCIPAL, CELLO
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ANDREW
KASZA
2ND VIOLIN
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ANDREW
THOMSON
SECTION PRINCIPAL, 2ND VIOLIN
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ANNA
DEBNAM
VIOLA
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ANNA
VAN DER ZEE
1ST VIOLIN
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ANNE
LOESER
1ST VIOLIN
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ANNEMARIE
MEIJERS
CELLO
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BRIGID
O'MEEGHAN
ASSISTANT SUB-PRINCIPAL EMERITUS, CELLO
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CAROLYN
MILLS
SECTION PRINCIPAL, HARP
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BELINDA
VEITCH
VIOLA
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SIMEON
BROOM
2ND VIOLIN
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SIMON
MILLER
2ND VIOLIN
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URSULA
EVANS
1ST VIOLIN
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VESA-MATTI
LEPPÄNEN
CONCERTMASTER, 1ST VIOLIN
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YURY
GEZENTSVEY
PRINCIPAL, 1ST VIOLIN
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SALLY
ISAAC
CELLO
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DAVID
CHICKERING
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DAVID
GILLING
2ND VIOLIN
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DEAN
MAJOR
2ND VIOLIN
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DONALD
ARMSTRONG
ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER, 1ST VIOLIN
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ELEANOR
CARTER
CELLO
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ELIZABETH
PATCHETT
2ND VIOLIN
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ELSPETH
GRAY
2ND VIOLIN
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EMMA
BARRON
1ST VIOLIN
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GREGORY
SQUIRE
1ST VIOLIN
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HAIHONG
LIU
1ST VIOLIN
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JANET
ARMSTRONG
ASSISTANT SUB-PRINCIPAL, 2ND VIOLIN
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JENARO
GARITA
VIOLA
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JOAN PERARNAU
GARRIGA
SECTION PRINCIPAL, DOUBLE BASS
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JULIA
JOYCE
SECTION PRINCIPAL, VIOLA
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KATHERINE
ROWE
2ND VIOLIN
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KEN
ICHINOSE
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL, CELLO
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KRISTINA
ZELINSKA
1ST VIOLIN
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LISA
BOYES
VIOLA
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LUCIEN
RIZOS
2ND VIOLIN
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LYNDSAY
MOUNTFORT
VIOLA
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MALAVIKA
GOPAL
1ST VIOLIN
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MALCOLM
STRUTHERS
DOUBLE BASS
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MATTHEW
CAVE
DOUBLE BASS
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MEGAN
MOLINA
2ND VIOLIN
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MICHAEL
CUNCANNON
VIOLA
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NICHOLAS
SANDLE
ASSISTANT SUB-PRINCIPAL EMERITUS, DOUBLE BASS
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OLEKSANDR
GUNCHENKO
DOUBLE BASS
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PAM
JIANG
1ST VIOLIN
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PETER
BARBER
ASSISTANT SUB-PRINCIPAL, VIOLA
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REBECCA
STRUTHERS
1ST VIOLIN
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ROBERT
IBELL
CELLO
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ALANNA
JONES
DOUBLE BASS
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ROWAN
PRIOR
CELLO
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BEIYI
XUE
1ST VIOLIN
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YUKA
EGUCHI
ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER, 1ST VIOLIN
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NICHOLAS
HANCOX
VIOLA
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ALAN
MOLINA
1ST VIOLIN
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AMY
BROOKMAN
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL, 2ND VIOLIN
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BEATRIX
FRANCIS
VIOLA
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