Australian violinist Warwick Adeney will give his last concert with the symphony in 2023 before pursuing educational projects

After 22 years as concertmaster of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra Australian violinist Warwick Adeney decided to leave the role to develop his teaching practice and perform in the wider community.

With a career spanning 38 years, Adeney comes from a large family of violinists and trained with Antoine Doheny to Queensland Conservatory where he obtained a gold medal in 1984.

After graduating, Adeney joined the Queensland Theater Orchestra below Georg Teintner and became concertmaster in 1989. When the Queensland Philharmonic and Queensland Symphony Orchestras merged in 2001, Warwick led the orchestra with conductors including Michael Christie , Johannes Fritzsch and Alondra de la Parra .

Adeney’s final and farewell concert will take place in February 2023, with the new conductor of QSO Umberto Clerici .

“Warwick’s commitment to the Orchestra and to our audiences around the world has been outstanding,” said QSO CEO, Yarmila Alfonzetti . “What a wonderful way to sign off at the end of what has been a joyous year celebrating the company’s 75th anniversary and the dawn of a new era. We thank him and applaud his QSO career.

“So many great concerts with our conductors stand out for me…I really enjoy playing with all of my colleagues in the Orchestra,” Adeney said. “I’m one of those players who likes to be deeply involved in what I’m into at the time, [from] from huge symphonies in the concert hall to chamber music in schools or nursing homes, I’m extremely happy and feel great about making music.

“I feel such gratitude for the experience of being in such a great orchestra, one that communicates such a deep and positive culture for our community, and I encourage all Queenslanders to uphold its legacy and cherish this guardian of first class of the classical tradition,” he continued.

In August 2021, QSO announced Natsuko Yoshimoto as co-concertmaster alongside Adeney . After the latter’s departure, Yoshimoto will remain in the role while the search for a new concertmaster to work with her begins.