Melbourne-born cellist Charlotte Miles is the first Australian student at Germany’s prestigious Kronberg Academy, where she studies with Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt and was awarded the 2025 Altkönigstift Prize. Praised for her musical intelligence, assured technique and honeyed tone, she is a prize-winner at more than 100 competitions, including the 2024 ARD Competition. Charlotte has performed with major orchestras, toured internationally and appeared at leading festivals including the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Oxford May and Cello Biennale Amsterdam. She has appeared as a guest with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Australian String Quartet, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic, and is a 2025 laureate of the Gautier Capuçon Foundation. AFCM welcomes her back after her extraordinary contribution at the 2025 Festival.