Madeleine Christiansen

Madeleine began playing cello at age 7, completing her Grade 8 in 2022 and is currently working towards her ATCL. She is in her final year of school at Diocesan School for Girls, where she is the principal cello of the chamber orchestra.

She has been a member of the school symphony orchestra since year 9 playing both cello and bassoon and has also been a member of the concert band. She has played in the KBB Honours Orchestra and has also participated in the Auckland Philharmonia summer school. Over the past four years, she has performed in various chamber groups in the NZCT Chamber Music Competition, playing both cello and bassoon. She has received many school scholarships for music, including the Ethel Sanford Bursary twice.

Madeleine is a keen composer and recently won 3rd prize in the NZCF-SOUNZ Choral Composition Competition. She sings in the Aotearoa Academy Choir and her school choir and is also working towards Grade 7 on bassoon.