Our Donors

A heartfelt thank you to our generous family of supporters.

Our Donors
Thanks to the tremendous generosity of you and your fellow Brandenburg supporters, we have established nothing short of cultural excellence as Australia’s national baroque orchestra for over 30 years. Our dream is to continue doing exactly this – achieving excellence, inspiring audiences, and sharing our music with you for many more years to come.
Paul Dyer AO Artistic Director, Bruce Applebaum Managing Director

ORCHESTRAL CHAIRS

Shaun Lee Chen

Concertmaster Chair
supported by Karen McLeod Adair and Anthony Adair AM

Ben Dollman

Principal Baroque Second Violin Chair
supported by Dr Edward Curry-Hyde & Dr Barbara Messerle

Monique O'Dea

Principal Baroque Viola Chair
supported by the Patricia H. Reid Endowment

Jamie Hey

Baroque Cello Chair
supported by Mrs W.G. Keighley

Rob Nairn

Principal Baroque Bass / Violone Chair
supported by Lois Roffey

Melissa Farrow

Principal Baroque Flute / Recorder Chair
supported by Robyn Martin-Weber and Victoria Taylor

Adam Masters

Principal Baroque Oboe
supported by Nicholas Korner

LIFE PATRONS

Mary Holt and the late Dr John Holt

CHAIRMAN'S 11

Dedicated to the memory of James Strong AO
Chairman’s 11 supports the Brandenburg’s international and local guest artists

Roxane Clayton
Richard Fisher AM and Diana Fisher
Chris and Kathy Harrop
Carol Haynes and Skipp Williamson
Mrs W. G. Keighley
Karen McLeod Adair and Anthony Adair AM
Alison Park in loving memory of Richard Park
Michael and Caroline Williams
Anonymous x 1

Brandenburg Annual Giving Donors

Colin and Richard Adams
The Allen Family
Graham Bradley AM and Charlene Bradley
David and Leith Bruce-Steer
Elizabeth Butcher AM
Ms Catherine Condell
Jane and David Duncan
Diana and Richard Fisher
Nancy Fox AM and Bruce Arnold
Chris and Gina Grubb
Jane Hemstritch
Mary Holt and the late Dr John Holt
Karin Keighley in memory of Geoffrey
Grant and Jennifer King
Greg Livingstone
Susan Maple-Brown AM
Mick and Lyndall McCormack
Dr Edward Curry-Hyde and Dr Barbara Messerle
Nick and Caroline Minogue
Hugh Morgan AC and Elizabeth Morgan
Anne Murphy Cruise
Rointon Nugara and Brendan Nugent
Lady Potter AC CMRI
The Rodwell Foundation
Penelope Seidler AM
Jeanne-Claude Strong in memory of James Strong
Sally and Geoffrey White+
Michael and Caroline Williams
Michael and Caroline Williams
Yim Family Foundation
David Zehner

Anonymous x 3

Antoinette Albert
John and Philippa Armfield
John and Robyn Armstrong
John and Lorraine Bates
Mrs Ros Bracher AM
Kay Buckeridge
Ms Louise Christie
Mr Sandy Clark AO and Ms Marie McDonald
Bernard Coles KC and Margaret Coles
Rick and Sue Coles
Toula and Nicholas Cowell
Jennifer Dowling
Wendy and Ron Feiner
In loving memory of Harald Jährling
Carrillo Gantner AC
Charles Grant
Chris and Kathy Harrop
Belinda Hutchinson AC and Roger Massy-Greene AM
D and I Kallinikos
Katie Lahey AM and Robert Marriott
Tania Lamble
Vicki and Adam Liberman
David and Roxanne Mann
Robyn Martin-Weber
Mrs Roslyn Packer AC
In memory of Jenny Parramore
David and Gil Ritchie
Brendan Sowry
Dougall and Elizabeth Squair
Dr Murray and Mrs Joy Stapleton
The Stirling Family
Dr Jason Wenderoth
David and Xenia Williamson

Anonymous x 4

Julieanne Alroe
Admiral Christopher Barrie AC and Mrs Maxine Barrie
Frederic Baudry and Paul Bailey
Catherine Broady
Shane Buggle and Rosie Callanan
Neil and Jane Burley
Henry Burmester and Peter Mason
Carole Campbell
Prof Dianne Campbell
Tony Cardamone
John Caspersonn
Gerry Chia
Rebecca and Craig Clarke
Emeritus Professor Martin Comte OAM
Frank and Jan Conroy
Guy and Jeanette Cooper
Jim Cousins AO and Libby Cousins AM
Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM
Gordon Cumming-Harris
Chum Darvall AM
David Davies and Paul Presa
Carol des Cognets
Anne and Jennifer Dineen
Catherine and William Dollman
Emeritus Professor Dexter Dunphy AM
Jane Edmanson OAM
Rita Erlich AM
Bronwyn Evans
The Faithfull Family
Kay Fell
John Forsyth
Nancy Fox AM and Bruce Arnold
Malcolm and Barbara France
Brian and Philippa France
The Hon Ben Franklin MLC
Eleanor Freeman
Valmae Freilich
Justin and Anne Gardener
Christine George
Dr Lyn Gilbert
Emilio Gonzalez
Bill and Julie Goold
Richard and Heather Gorrell
Philip and Anabel Gosse
Richard and Anna Green
Kathryn Greiner AO
Ken Groves and Yun-sik Jang
Michael and Helen Hallett
Alison Harrop
Victoria Hartstein
Susan Hilliard
Ailsa Hocking and Bernard Williams
Ian and Suzanne Holden
The Honourable Elizabeth Hollingworth SC
Gerard and Helen Hooper
Penelope Hughes
Greg Hutchinson AM and Lynda Hutchinson
Howard Insall SC & Brigitte Pers
Jim and Kim Jobson
Emma Johnson
Irene Kearsey and M J Ridley
Richard House and Joshua Kim
Daniel Kirkham
Nicholas Korner
Koumoukelis Family
Lilly Krienbuhl
Ann Lahore
Mira Levy
Joanne Frederiksen and Paul Lindwall
Mary Little
Richard and Elizabeth Longes
Aggie Maisano
In memory of Wes Maley
Harold and Ellen Marshbaum
Alexandra Martin
Joanna B Maxwell
Janet McDonald
Margaret McDonald
Peter McGrath
Judith McKernan
Colin and Phillippa McLachlan
Sandra and Kent McPhee
J R Milhinch OAM
Beatrice Moignard
Chris Mullen
Andrew Naylor
Robert Niall and Dr Jill Sewell AM
Robyn Nicol
Dr Paul Nisselle AM and Mrs Sue Nisselle
Hans J Ohff
Remembering Tom and Jenny Parramore
Dr Kevin Pedemont
Christina Pender
Jim and Chris Pollitt
Joan Poulton
Pip Rath
Dr Kaye Remington
Mrs B.C. Roden
Rowan Ross AM and Annie Ross
Peter Rush
The Hon Ronald Sackville AO KC and Mrs Pamela Sackville
Mark Santini and Karyn Matotek
Alison Savage
Dr Olga Scaramuzzi
Stuart Schaefer
Tony Schlosser
Greg and Wendy See
Daniela Shannon
Dr Gideon and Mrs Barbara Shaw
Dr John and Mrs Sue Sherman
Jann Skinner
Margot Smith
Chris and Bea Sochan
James Sullivan and Judy Soper
Mrs Beverley Southern#
Linda Stern
Elizabeth Stewart
Elizabeth Talbert
Mark and Debra Taylor
Rob Thomas AO and Sam Meers AO
Sue Thomson
David Throsby AO and Robin Hughes AO
Carolyn Unwin
Gerard Vaughan and Alexandra Vaughan
Prof Roy MacLeod and Dr Kimberley Webber
Derek Taylor and Mark Wheeler
Janice White
Judith Williams
Ray Wilson OAM and Raymond Camillire*
K A Wratten
Paul Zahra and Duncan Peerman
Anonymous x 24


*Denotes supporter of creative development project in 2025

Jillian Broadbent AC and Olev Rahn
Wayne Burns and Kean Onn See
Ita Buttrose AO OBE
J and M Cameron
Maureen Cooney
Dom Cottam and Kanako Imamura
Joan Dale
Sydney and Elaine Davidoff
Margaret Dobbin
Janet Doust
Hennie du Plooy
Elisabeth and Grahame Elder
Shoshana Finberg
Rosie Freeman
R J Furley
Gabriella Furtenbach
Lynden Gallagher
James Gould
Major General Steve Gower AO AO (MIL)
Carole A P Grace
Philip Haigh
Clare Harty
The Hon Don Harwin
Peter and Jenny Hordern
Marcelle & Ross King
Nicole Lacy
Rae Macpherson
David Mann
Deidre and Kevin McCann AO
Ian and Pam McGaw
Peter Miszalski
Anna Mitchell
John and Susan Myatt
Paul O'Donnell
Phillip and Christine Page
Evan Petrelis
Ken Ramshaw
Robin Richardson and Ross McNair
Paul Roper
Carole Roussel
Jacqueline Schwarz
John Scott
Daniela Shannon
Mrs J D Sharpe
Hilary Stewart
John and Jeneanne te Wechel
Mr Frank Tisher OAM and Dr Miriam Tisher
Daniela Torsh
Jane Trousdale
Steve Twaddell
Carolyn Ward
Gregory W Won
Erica Woods
Anonymous x 26
 

Maris Abolins
Jock Baird in memoriam Annette McClure
Virginia Baker
Keith Beecher
Roslyn Bell
Prof David Bryant
Barbara Burge
Jenny and Henry Burger
Gordon Campbell
Myles R Coolican
Esther Cossman
John Cowie
Charles Curran AC
Marie Dalziel
Jennifer Danckert
Deborah Debnam
Kerri Eager
John Firth
Josie Fisher
Elizabeth and Mark Garwood
Pauline Griffin
Gillian R Henderson
Bernardo Antonio Hernandez
Kathy Jackson
Ruth Jeremy
Robyn Johnston
Jennie Keller
Roslyn Laird
Dr Micheline Lane
Robyn Lansdowne
Dr Allan Laughlin
Elizabeth Mackenzie and Michael Bremner
Dr Diana Marks and Dennis Bluth
Roly and Gabby Maxwell
Elizabeth Mildwater
Simone and Henry Pakin
Rosemary Palmer
Christiana and Adrian Plitzco
Dior Pun
Richard Refshauge
Jane Russell
Lesley Schroder
Clive Scott
Judith Shelley
Deborah Stahle
Michael Thompson
Laurel Tsang
Frank Wilkinson
Janice Windsor and David Brazier
Victoria Wright
Dr Tammy Wu
Anonymous x 25

Elizabeth Achleitner
Yelda Adal-Hall
Neil Adam
Judy Alford
Vanessa and Jim Andean
Christopher Apostolou
Garry Armsworth
Kathleen Asher
Russell G Ashley
Stan Asimopoulos
Cathy Aston
Joanna Austin
Diane Aynsley
Mano Babiolakis
Anna Bailleul
Gail Baker
Joan and Jeff Barcham
Dr Lesley Barclay AO
John Bates
Lorraine and Malcolm Baxter
Colin Beale
Helen Beattie
Janette Bekker
Katrina Ben
Heather Benbow
Susie Bennett
Sandra Bennie
Ken Bergin
Tom and Larissa Bergmann
Dr Ora Bernard
Graham Black
Roger Bligh
Stephen Bloomfield
Eugenia Borgese
Colin Boston
Dindy Boutagy
Alan and Janet Brady
Michelle Brady
Caroline Brand^
Georgia Brignell
Elizabeth Brookes
Dr Roderick Brooks and Ms Carol Shaw
Ann Brown
June Brown
The Browning Family
Judith Bruce
Maria Bruce
Carolyn Buchanan
Prof Ken Buckle
Diana Burden
Angela Burlizzi
Leigh Busby
Dr Loris Button
Monica Byrnes
Patricia Calabro
Ken Cameron
Cathleen Canlas
Victor Canov
Peta Cappello
David Capponi
M Carr
Ann Carrick
Debra Cass
Jenny Cataldi
Heather Caufield
Tanya Chaitow
Cristina Charlton
Susan L Clarke
Julianne Cleland
Marianne Cochrane
Andrew and Lisa Cole
Peter and James Comerford
Melissa Cooke
Bronwyn Coop
Robyn Cosgrove
Jill Cotton
Dr David Crocker
Winonah Cunningham
Libby Dale
Lisa Dark
Alice Darlow
Ray Davidson
Dorothy Davies
Beverley Davis, OAM JP
Caroline Davis
Dr Jan Davis
Joan Dawson
Susanne de Ferranti
Graeme Deutscher
Trevor and Mary Dickinson
Imelda Dodds
Simon d'Orsogna
Phillip Dows
Lee Duffy
Claire Dukes
Margot Dwyer
Jill Ellen
Lauren Esdaile
Joseph J Favetta
Helen Fearnley
Francine Feld
Stephen Fifer
Ange Flannery
Helen Fleming
Lynette Foldes
Denise Foot
Evan Freeman
Tim Galvin
Jill Garland
Gary Garner
Mark Giurissevich
Isabel Glasson
Sharon Goldie
Peter Goldsmith
Colleen Gordon
Phoebe Gordon-Allsopp
Adrienne Jane Gorme
Rob Gould
Cherand Gray
Jill Green
Susan Gregory
Andrea Groeller
Andrew Gundlach
Anya Guo
Lila and Andrzej Gurba
Gill and Mac Halliday
Gliceria Hanson
Lindsay Harden
Roger Hargraves
Teresa Harm
John Harrison
Robyn Hately
Julie Hausmanns
Joanne Hawkins
Nicholas J Hayes FCA
R and Y Hazell
Gary and Susan Hearst
Dr Hendrik Heijnis
Noela Henderson
Michael Hewett
Pamela Hicks
Dr Douglas Hill
Lyndell Hill
Suzanne Hill
Ute Hoffmann
Ben Holgate
Margaret Houtzaager
Paul Howdle
Julie Hungerford
Dr Alison Hunt
Marilyn Hutchison
Christine Hutton
David Huynh
Dr Vojislav Ilic and Mrs Helen Yuen Ilic
Margaret Irving
RJ Irwin
Peter and Delia Ivanoff
Tatjana Janjevski
Dr Magdalena Jedlicka
David Jones
Janie Jordan
Clara Kempers
Catharine Kench
Adrian Kennedy
Helen Kennedy
Dr Sedigh Khademi
David Kiernan
Janice King
John King
Zenon Kochman
Karishma Kulkarni
Laurel Lacroix
Julie Laforest
Caroline Lamb
Dr Susan Lane
Philip Lark
Tim Lavers
Patricia Leckie
Hooi Tong Lee
Patricia Lele
Judith LeVine
Jennifer Lewis
Susan Liepa
Selina Lightfoot
Christine Lithgow
John Logue
Mary and Robert Lusby
Maureen Lyons
John Daniel B. Lysaght
Careena Macdonald
Janet MacLeish
Judy Macourt
Romaine Macpherson
Julianne Madden
Sita Maharaj
Brian and Margaret Mahony
Bronwyn Markwick
Abi Marshall
John Marshall
Erica Marshall-McClelland
Anne Matthews
David and Shells Mawter
Kate McCue
Katie McCullar
Janet McDonald AO and Donald McDonald AC
Doug McKenzie
Suzain McKnight
Prof Peter McLennan
Margaret McMahon
Donia Melnyk
Barbara Meyerowitz
Peter and Nina Larcombe
John Mitchell
Darryl Mock
Mary Molloy
Dr Belinda Moore
Terry Moran AC
Dorothy Morgan
Klaus Mueller
Clare Munnelly
Olga L Munoz
Jan Marie Muscio
Collin Myers AM and Marilyn Myers
Sarah Nanclares
Prof Nilo De Oliveira Nascimento
Diana Neale
Jennifer Neary AM
Anthony Newman
William Ng
Phillipa and Ian Nicol
Christopher North-Coombes
Jennifer O'Brien
Con O'Donnell
Annette Olle
Diane Openshaw
E K Palmer
Camilla Freeman Paredes
Dayna Parker
Ian Paterson
Eddie Patton
Rosemary Payne
Sonia Peace
Gregory Peachey
A Pearce
Dr Patricia Pearse
Anthony Perriam and Michelle Funnell
Alan and Alison Peterson
C Pettiford
Margaret Pickering
Anthony Pople
Mark Pritchard
Diana Prowse
Simon Rabl
Suzanne Rea
Macrina Read
Monica Richter
Dr Suzanne Rickard
Dr Mary Roberts
Alastair Robertson
Patricia Roche
Marguerite Rummery
Vlad S
Iveta Samulis
Barry Sanders
Alysia Sanderson
Stef Saunders
Pauline Sawyer
Patrice Scales
Mrs Antonia Schmid
Paul Schneider
Rob Sebastian
Diana Shang
Giselle Sharp
Bruce Shaw
Angus Shephard
Janne Shephard
Nancy Shilton
David Simkin
Joe Singe
Mark Skurnik
Philip Slade
Godfrey F Smith
Helen Smith
Libby Smith
Michael Smith
Daan Spijer
Patricia Spinks
Susan Spooner
Karla Stacey
Rosalie Steeger
Judith Stewart
Dr Charles Su
Grace Su
Rory Sutton
Bronwyn Sweeney
Jacqui Sykes
J and S Szangolies
Andre Tammes
Jade Tan
Michael Taylor
Bryony Thompson
Cathy Thompson-Brown
Sally Tibbles
Lynne Ticehurst
Gail Tierney
Julius Timmerman
Dr Peter Ting
Irina Tkachenko
Chris Tolhurst
David Tomlin
Dr Robin Torrence
Terry Tovey
Joanne Tropea
Graham and Jennifer Trowse
Dr Gillian Turner
Judith Turner
Tim Unger
Anne Vans-Colina
Pamela Verrall
Angela Vespoli
Marion Villani
Linh Vo
Forest Waddell
Cathy Wagner
Dr Judith Walker
Barbara Wall
Brian Wall
Anne Wallace
Dr Meredith Ward
David Warne
Rebecca Warren
Stephen Watts
Catherine Webb
Sally Webb
Sheryl Weil
Kerry Wells
Frances Westcombe
Mr Don and Mrs Rosie White
Jenny White
Natasha White
Yanina White
Eve Whitehead
Deirdre Whitford
David Whiting
Cheryl Williams
Dr Elizabeth Willsteed
Erika Wils
Margot Wilson
Mrs Christine Wong
Kim Woo
Cael Wood
Danielle Wood
Richard Woods
Brian Woodward
Suzanne Woolley
Helena Young
Matthew Young
Ann and Gabby Zipser
Lara Zolotarev
Anonymous x 175

BRANDENBURG FOUNDATION DONORS 

STRADIVARI $100,000 – $249,999
Cary and Rob Gillespie
Chris and Kathy Harrop
Rowan Ross AM and Annie Ross
Christine Yip and Paul Brady
Anonymous x 1

GUARNERI $50,000 – $99,999
Macquarie Group Foundation
The Martin Family in memory of Lloyd Martin AM
Anonymous x 1

MAESTRI $25,000 – $49,999
John and Robyn Armstrong
Crown Resorts Foundation
Greg Hutchinson AM and Lynda Hutchinson
Nick and Caroline Minogue
David and Rachel Zehner

ARCANGELI $15,000 – $24,999
Mr David Baffsky AO and Mrs Helen Baffsky
Melinda Conrad and David Jones
Mick and Lyndall McCormack
Glenn Moss and the late Dr Ken Moss AM

CAMERATA $10,000 – $14,999
Graham Bradley AM and Charlene Bradley
The Clayton Family
Norman Gillespie
Rohan Mead
Mark Pistilli
Louise Watson
Mrs Ruth Spence-Stone
Elizabeth Starr
Ron and Shayne Tanner
Mark and Debra Taylor
Anne E. Thomas
Janice White
Anonymous x 18

PLANNED GIVING

BEQUEST

The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra warmly acknowledges the bequests it has received from the Estate of Alexander Roche and the Estate of Jonathan de Burgh Persse.

PLAY ON: A LASTING LEGACY

We are hugely appreciative to all those who have pledged a bequest to the Brandenburg.

Colin and Richard Adams
Catherine Barralet
Ms Catherine Condell
R. Cook
Professor Geoffrey N Cooper
Janet Doust
The Faithfull Family
Brian and Leonie Fisher
J Hubbard and B Cowie
RJ Irwin
Lilly K
Peter McGrath
Penelope Oerlemans
Joan and Lloyd Poulton
Art and Cynthia Raiche
Mrs Ruth Spence-Stone and Mr Peter Stone
Elizabeth Starr
Ron and Shayne Tanner
Mark and Debra Taylor
Anne E Thomas
Professor Junia Vaz de Melo, MD, PhD
Jennifer Wells
Janice White
Anonymous x 15

BRANDENBURG OPERA CIRCLE 

The following donors have supported the establishment of the Brandenburg Opera Circle, enabling the Orchestra to expand its repertoire into the world of baroque opera, as well as nurturing young opera singers and creative teams.

Toula and Nicholas Cowell
Wendy and Ron Feiner
Deborah Fox and Harald Jahrling
Justin and Anne Gardener
Irene and John Garran
Ken Groves and Yun-sik Jang
Mary Holt and the late Dr John Holt
A le Marchant
Peter McGrath
Dr Agnes Sinclair
Victoria Taylor
Greg Ward
Ray Wilson OAM in memory of James Agapitos OAM
Christine Yip and Paul Brady
Anonymous x 2

CORPORATE DONORS

APA Group
Bain & Company
Bain International
BDO Auditors
Centre for Corporate Public Affairs
Elwyn Consulting
Gilbert + Tobin
Investa Property Group
IVE Group
Link Group
Macquarie Group
Pacific Equity Partners
Philip Bacon Galleries
The Lancemore Group
Toll Group


Key:
#Donors to the Brandenburg Instrument Fund
+Donors to the 30th Anniversary Book
^Donors to the New Works Circle
This donor list is current for a 12-month period to 25 January 2024.

If the Brandenburg has enriched your life or if you would like to deepen your involvement with us, we would be thrilled to welcome you into our valued family of supporters.

If you are interested in hearing more about our Annual Giving or Major Giving programs, or Bequests, our Development Team would be delighted to speak with you.

Joshua Kim – Head of Development

1800 782 856
philanthropy@brandenburg.com.au
donations.brandenburg.com.au

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