Lara Hall

Adjudicator, Strings

Dr Lara Hall is the violinist of the New Zealand Chamber Soloists and has toured three continents with the group. She has also given master classes at leading institutions including the Royal Academy of Music in Dublin, Interlochen Arts Academy in the US, Australian National Academy of Music and top Asian conservatories: Yong Siew Toh in Singapore and Shanghai.

Lara’s education included violin study in Dorothy Delay’s Studio, the Negri Violin School, and doctoral study at the University of Michigan with Paul Kantor. She was also the first person to graduate from the University of Auckland in Baroque Violin.

At the age of 25, Lara took on the roles of Concertmaster of Opus Orchestra and Lecturer in Violin and Viola at The University of Waikato, and has taught students at pre-university through to doctoral level. She has also led a range of other orchestras including the Auckland Sinfonietta, Auckland Chamber Orchestra and Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
Lara’s discography (on the Atoll and Naxos labels) represents her as a chamber musician, concerto soloist, solo violinist and baroque violinist.