Helen Bower.
Violin, viola, electric violin.
Image by Daniel Rabin.
UK born violinist Helen Bower is a bold, adventurous and versatile musician with a passion for collaboration. Since relocating from London to Naarm in 2012, Helen has forged a prominent name for herself in both the classical and contemporary Australian music scenes, with performances at venues such as Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne State Theatre, The Forum and Sidney Myer Music Bowl, and for festivals including Melbourne Festival, Melbourne Fringe Festival and WHITE NIGHT.
Helen trained at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, studying with Ann Hooley (Archaeus Quartet) and upon graduation was awarded the Vivian Prindl Outreach Prize for her music/dance collaboration In the Loop. Whilst studying, she worked closely with Trinity composers to perform and commission new works, before branching out to produce interdisciplinary projects with artists in fields as diverse as film, dance, spoken word, poetry, textiles, sculpture and graffiti. Since relocating to Australia, Helen has created two shows for violin and electronic looping which have been performed across Australia, NZ and the UK, as well as touring China in 2018 & 2019 with children’s educational chamber-music performances.