Clare Tunney

Clare Tunney completed a Bachelor of Music degree at UWA before moving to Europe in 1999 to pursue studies in baroque cello and viola da gamba in Germany and Switzerland.

In the ensuing years she worked with numerous European orchestras and was a prize-winner at various international music competitions including the 2000 International Telemann Competition in Magdeburg, the Lenzewski Competition for New Music in Frankfurt, and was a finalist in the 2004 International Bach Competition in Leipzig.

In 2006 Clare returned to Perth. She is currently enrolled in doctoral studies at UWA, for which she undertook a period of 12 months research in Italy in 2009.

She teaches cello privately and at UWA.