Riley Skevington appointed as Associate Concertmaster

The Western Australian musician has experience performing with orchestras across the state and nationally, first performing with WASO in 2012.

Skevington attended The University of Western Australia (UWA), studying on the Tunley Music Scholarship, before commencing in 2014 at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), studying under Dr Robin Wilson and William Hennessy. After graduating from ANAM, Skevington gained a place to join the prestigious Karajan Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker, performing regularly with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra across their 2018-2021 seasons.

Skevington has performed in a number of national and international festivals including the BBC Proms, the Menuhin Festival, Musikfest and MaerzMusik in Berlin, and in summer festivals in Salzburg, Baden-Baden, Amsterdam and China.

In demand as a soloist, he has performed with the Karajan Academy Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony, Geelong Symphony, Fremantle Symphony Orchestras, ANAM Orchestra and the Australian Chamber Orchestra Collective.

In 2017 Skevington was named the overall winner of the Kendall International Violin Competition and the Australian Youth Classical Music Competition, and in 2018 was a semi-finalist in both the ABC Young Performer Awards and the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition.

“I am absolutely thrilled to be formally commencing my role of Associate Concertmaster with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. It is a great privilege to be performing alongside Laurence Jackson again, and working closely with Asher Fisch and the WASO musicians. I look forward to contributing to the dynamic of WASO and using my position to engage with the community.” – Riley Skevington.

WASO Concertmaster, Laurence Jackson, is looking forward to continuing to work with Skevington.

“My colleagues and I are so happy to welcome Riley to WASO! Riley is not only a tremendously gifted yet mature violinist, but also a great ensemble player and musician and I am looking forward very much to working together with him in the future.” – Laurence Jackson.

Riley Skevington’s next concert with WASO is the sold-out Handel’s Messiah on 13 April, before he joins Jackson, and Assistant Concertmaster, Semra Lee-Smith, in Dvořák’s New World on 22 and 23 April 2022.

Handel’s Messiah
Wednesday 13 April 2022, 7.30pm
Perth Concert Hall

Dvořák’s New World
Fri 22 & Sat 23 April 2022, 7.30pm
Perth Concert Hall