Victoria Jacono began to play the violin when she was 6 years old. She holds an A-mus-A and L-Mus-A on violin, an A-Mus-A and L-Mus-A on viola and also a Bachelor of Music with honours, from the Australian Institute of Music.
Along with numerous prizes from eisteddfods and competitions all around the country, Victoria was the winner of the National Youth Concerto Competition, the Wenkart Foundation Scholarship, the Marcus Edwards Violin Prize, the Perry Hart Memorial prize, the International String Player of the year award at the Gisborne International Music Competition in New Zealand, and the Order of Australia Association Scholarship.
Since 2005, Victoria has been working freelance with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra , Chronology Arts , Halcyon , Ilythian Ensemble , the Lurline Chamber Orchestra and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra , alongside many performances and recordings for musicals , various pop artists and film productions.
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