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Niels Bijl

Niels Bijl, Instigator and one of the stars of our first ever Yarragon Studio Festival

Saxophonist Niels Bijl has been an active member of the Australasian music scene since the start of 2020. Orignally from Europe, he has build a worldwide career as performing artist, concert organiser and educator, and he very proudly calls Victoria home now. His presence and quality has been noted and embraced by all major instututes in Melbourne and Australia, with collaborations with MSO, Orchestra Victoria, Musica Viva, the MRC, Monash- and Melbourne University. He has been a soloist with a number of orchestras, has performed at major music festivals an has several ongoing collaborations with esteemed performing artists such as pianists Georgina Lewis, Berta Brozgul and Brian Chapman, harpsichordist Peter Hagen and a number of chamber music projects with Matthew Kneale, Jay Byrnes, Simon Brew and many others.

Niels moved to Yarragon South a number of years ago, where he and his partner Dr. Christina Flann founded Yarragon Studio, a salon and creative hub for top quality chamber music performances. The Studio has organised one concert a month for over two years, and through this initiative Niels and Christina have reached an audience of hundreds of people from all over Victoria, as well as generated a safe creative space in which fellow top performing artists can share their art and passion with everyone.

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