2024 FESTIVAL ARTISTS
Oboe
Shefali Pryor's Performances
Friday 26 July 2024
AFCM 2024 Opening Night Concert - Festival Feelings
Saturday 27 July 2024
AFCM Governor's Gala - Angels, Demons and other Nasties...
Monday 29 July 2024
Concert Conversations 2 with Alexandra Raikhlina, Christian-Pierre La Marca, Roderick Williams, Umberto Clerici and Stephen Johnson
Tuesday 30 July 2024
AFCM SPECIAL EVENT: Island Extravagance - Concert & Whale-Watching Tour
Wednesday 31 July 2024
Concert Conversations 3 with Katie Yap, Itamar Golan, Shefali Pryor, and Jackie Newcomb
Thursday 1 August 2024
Concert Conversations 4 with Piers Lane, Julian Bliss, Benjamin Roskams, Timothy Constable and David Berlin
Friday 2 August 2024
AFCM Evening Concert 4 - Musical Transfigurations
Saturday 3 August 2024
AFCM Families' Concert presented by Townsville Bulletin
Saturday 3 August 2024
Ray Golding Sunset Series 6- Distant Beloved
Saturday 3 August 2024
AFCM 2024 Closing Concert - Festival Farewell
Shefali Pryor
Shefali Pryor grew up in Sydney where she graduated with First Class Honours from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. During her studies she participated in numerous programs with the Australian Youth Orchestra and was a member of the Sydney Sinfonia. Upon graduating she joined the Sydney Symphony Orchestra as Second Oboe.
In 2004 and 2005 she was granted leave in order to study with Stefan Schilli at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg. Not long after her return to Australia she was appointed Associate Principal Oboe. In 2006 she won the Other Instrumental category of the Symphony Australia Young Performer Awards. She has performed as soloist with the Sydney, Melbourne and Tasmanian symphony orchestras, including performances with violinist Nigel Kennedy in 2006.
Shefali Pryor has performed as guest principal with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia, and as a casual musician with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. She is a founding member of the Sydney Omega Ensemble and has performed with the Australia Ensemble, Sydney Soloists, and Southern Cross Soloists as well as with the staff of the Sydney Conservatorium, where she teaches oboe.