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

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

Karen McLeod Adair and Anthony Adair AM
Colin and Richard Adams
Antoinette Albert
The Allen Family
Mrs Ros Bracher AM
Graham Bradley AM and Charlene Bradley
Jillian Broadbent AC and Olev Rahn
Elizabeth Butcher AM
Bernard Coles KC and Margaret Coles
Ms Catherine Condell
Chum Darvall AM
Jennifer Dowling
Jane and David Duncan
Carrillo Gantner AC
Chris and Gina Grubb
Chris and Kathy Harrop
Jane Hemstritch
Mary Holt and the late Dr John Holt
Belinda Hutchinson AC and Roger Massy-Greene AM
Karin Keighley in memory of Geoffrey
Grant and Jennifer King
Katie Lahey AM and Robert Marriott
Vicki and Adam Liberman
Greg Livingstone
Susan Maple-Brown AM
Robyn Martin-Weber
Dr Edward Curry-Hyde and Dr Barbara Messerle
Nick and Caroline Minogue
Anne Murphy Cruise
Rointon Nugara and Brendan Nugent
Barry and Rosemary O’Farrell
Mrs Roslyn Packer AC
Alison Park in fondest memory of Richard Park
In memory of Jenny Parramore
Patricia H. Reid Endowment
Lady Potter AC CMRI
The Rodwell Foundation
Lois Roffey
The Stirling Family^
Jeanne-Claude Strong in memory of James Strong
Victoria Taylor
Greg Ward
Sally and Geoffrey White+
Cameron Williams
Michael and Caroline Williams
D and X Williamson Charitable Fund
Yim Family Foundation
Anonymous x 3

Stephen and Sophie Allen
John and Lorraine Bates
Frederic Baudry and Paul Bailey
David and Leith Bruce-Steer+
Kay Buckeridge
Neil and Jane Burley
Mr Sandy Clark AO and Ms Marie McDonald
Rick and Sue Coles
Susie Dickson
Diana and Richard Fisher
Nancy Fox AM and Bruce Arnold
Justin and Anne Gardener
Richard and Anna Green
Stuart D Green
D and I Kallinikos
Koumoukelis Family
Tania Lamble
David and Roxanne Mann
Mick and Lyndall McCormack
Hugh Morgan AC and Elizabeth Morgan^
David and Gil Ritchie
Tony Schlosser
Penelope Seidler AM
Dr Gideon and Mrs Barbara Shaw
James Sullivan and Judy Soper
Brendan Sowry
Dougall and Elizabeth Squair
Rob Thomas AO and Sam Meers AO
Dr Jason Wenderoth
Carol Haynes and Skipp Williamson^
David Zehner
Anonymous x 1

Julieanne Alroe
Gill Appleton
John and Philippa Armfield
John and Robyn Armstrong
Fiona Balfour AO
Admiral Christopher Barrie AC and Mrs Maxine Barrie
Catherine Broady
Shane Buggle and Rosie Callanan
Jenny and Henry Burger
Henry Burmester and Peter Mason
Wayne Burns and Kean Onn See
Tony Cardamone
John Caspersonn
Gerry Chia
Louise Christie
Emeritus Professor Martin Comte OAM
Frank and Jan Conroy
Guy and Jeanette Cooper
Dom Cottam and Kanako Imamura
Jim Cousins AO and Libby Cousins AM
Toula and Nicholas Cowell^
Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM
Gordon Cumming-Harris
Joan Dale
David Davies and Paul Presa
Carol des Cognets
Anne and Jennifer Dineen
Catherine and William Dollman
Janet Doust
Emeritus Professor Dexter Dunphy AM
Jane Edmanson OAM
Rita Erlich AM
Bronwyn Evans
The Faithfull Family
Wendy and Ron Feiner
Kay Fell
John Forsyth
Malcolm and Barbara France
Brian and Philippa France
The Hon Ben Franklin MLC
Eleanor Freeman
Valmae Freilich
R J Furley
Christine George
Dr Lyn Gilbert
Lady Shirley Gobbo
Bill and Julie Goold
Carole A P Grace
Ken Groves and Yun-sik Jang
Michael and Helen Hallett
Alison Harrop
Victoria Hartstein
R and Y Hazell
Susan Hilliard
Ailsa Hocking and Bernard Williams
Ian and Suzanne Holden
Peter and Jenny Hordern
Penelope Hughes
Howard Insall SC & Brigitte Pers
Jim and Kim Jobson
Emma Johnson
Irene Kearsey and M J Ridley
Liana Kestelman
Richard House and Joshua Kim
Daniel Kirkham
Nicholas Korner
Lilly Krienbuhl
Nicole Lacy
Ann Lahore
Diana Lawrenson
Mira Levy
Joanne Frederiksen and Paul Lindwall
Mary Little
Anne Loveridge and Graeme Foster
Aggie Maisano
David and Roxanne Mann
Harold and Ellen Marshbaum
Alexandra Martin
Joanna B Maxwell
Janet McDonald
Margaret McDonald
Ian and Pam McGaw
Peter McGrath
Judith McKernan
Colin and Phillippa McLachlan
Robin Richardson and Ross McNair
Elizabeth Mildwater
J R Milhinch OAM
Peter Miszalski
Andrew Naylor
Robert Niall and Dr Jill Sewell AM
Robyn Nicol
Dr Paul Nisselle AM and Mrs Sue Nisselle^
Rosemary O'Connor
Remembering Tom and Jenny Parramore
Dr Kevin Pedemont
Evan Petrelis
Jim and Chris Pollitt
Robert Postema and Dr Patricia Jungfer
Joan Poulton
Marian Purvis and the late Dr Rodney Purvis
Ken Ramshaw
Pip Rath
Dr Kaye Remington
Alice Roberts
Mrs B.C. Roden
Rowan Ross AM and Annie Ross
Carole Roussel
Peter Rush
The Hon Ronald Sackville AO KC and Mrs Pamela Sackville
Mark Santini and Karyn Matotek
Alison Savage
Dr Olga Scaramuzzi
Stuart Schaefer
John Scott
Glenn Sedgwick
Greg and Wendy See
Daniela Shannon
Dr John and Mrs Sue Sherman
Jann Skinner
Margot Smith
Chris and Bea Sochan
Mrs Beverley Southern#
Dr Murray and Mrs Joy Stapleton
Linda Stern
Elizabeth Stewart
Elizabeth Talbert
Mark and Debra Taylor
John and Jeneanne te Wechel
Sue Thomson
David Throsby AO and Robin Hughes AO
Mr Frank Tisher OAM and Dr Miriam Tisher
Daniela Torsh
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 in memory of James Agapitos OAM
Dr David Wood and Mr Gary Fung
K A Wratten
Paul Zahra and Duncan Peerman
Anonymous x 38

Jock Baird in memoriam Annette McClure
Virginia Baker
Ita Buttrose AO OBE
J and M Cameron
Prof Dianne Campbell
David Capponi
Rebecca and Craig Clarke
Jenny Coolican
Maureen Cooney
Esther Cossman
Marie Dalziel
Susanne de Ferranti
Margaret Dobbin
Hennie du Plooy
Shoshana Finberg
Rosie Freeman
Gabriella Furtenbach
Lynden Gallagher
Jane Gilmour
Richard and Heather Gorrell
Philip and Anabel Gosse
Major General Steve Gower AO AO (MIL)
Philip Haigh
Anna Hancock
Matilda Hartwell
The Hon Don Harwin
Simon Holmes à Court
Gerard and Helen Hooper
Georgina Horton
Joan Hossack
Ruth Jeremy
Robyn Johnston
Pamela Kenny in memory of Peter
Dr Micheline Lane
Robyn Lansdowne
In memory of Wes Maley
Dr Diana Marks and Dennis Bluth
Deidre and Kevin McCann AO
Katherine Milesi
John and Susan Myatt
Christina Pender
Greg Robertson
Paul Roper
Viorica Samson
Jacqueline Schwarz
Daniela Shannon
Mrs J D Sharpe
Hilary Stewart
CA Scala and DB Studdy
Michael Thompson
Jane Trousdale
Steve Twaddell
Carolyn Ward
Dr Anita Willaton
Dr Anthony Williams
Gregory W Won
Dr Tammy Wu
Anonymous x 19

Maris Abolins
Robert and Christine Abraham
Judy Alford
Maureen and William Barnard
Keith Beecher
Roslyn Bell
Max Benyon OAM
Francis and Gail Billson
Anne Brennan
The Browning Family
Gordon Campbell
John Cowie
Charles Curran AC
Jennifer Danckert
Deborah Debnam
Trevor and Mary Dickinson
Kerri Eager
Susan and Daniel Feldman
John Firth
Josie Fisher
Marguerite Foxon
Elizabeth and Mark Garwood
Isabel Glasson
Pauline Griffin
Alison Harrop
Marcelle & Ross King
Gavin Kremor
Julie Laforest
Roslyn Laird
Dr Allan Laughlin
Pamela and Graham MacDonald
Roly and Gabby Maxwell
R E Nelson
Phillip and Christine Page
Simone and Henry Pakin
Richard Refshauge
John and Joan Rodgers
Henriette Rothschild
Jane Russell
Lesley Schroder
Clive Scott
Judith Shelley
Joe Singe
Janet Smith
Michael Stokes
Chris Tolhurst
Hugh Tomlinson
Laurel Tsang
Peter White
Frank Wilkinson
Janice Windsor and David Brazier
Agnes Wong
Mrs Christine Wong
Victoria Wright
Ann and Gabby Zipser
Anonymous x 42

Elizabeth Achleitner
Yelda Adal-Hall
Neil Adam
Imran Agas
Meghan Aldred
Mark Ames
Vanessa and Jim Andean
Christopher Apostolou
Yazni Sonia Ariff
Kathleen Asher
Dr Usman Ashraf
Nicole Ashton
Stan Asimopoulos
Paul Atkinson
Joanna Austin
Diane Aynsley
Mano Babiolakis
Vince Bagusauskas
Anna Bailleul
Gail Baker
Dr Lesley Barclay AO
Barbara Barraclough AM
Francesca Barresi
John Bates
Lorraine and Malcolm Baxter
Colin Beale
Helen Beattie
Janette Bekker
Galina Belt
Katrina Ben
Sara Bennett
Susie Bennett
Elizabeth Bennetto
Sandra Bennie
Ken Bergin
Tom and Larissa Bergmann
Dr Ora Bernard
Stephanie Binsted
Graham Black
Margaret Black
Rhonda Black
Roger Bligh
Stephen Bloomfield
Catherine Bloor
Kenneth Bloxsom
Richard Boaden
Eugenia Borgese
Colin Boston
Dindy Boutagy
Alan and Janet Brady
Michelle Brady
Maria Brambilla Walsh
Laura Brehaut
Georgia Brignell
Judy Brine
Keith and Louise Brodie
Elizabeth Brookes
Ann Brown
June Brown
Lynette Brown
Judith Bruce
Maria Bruce
Carolyn Buchanan
Prof Ken Buckle
Angela Burlizzi
Leigh Busby
Ingrid Butters
Dr Loris Button
Monica Byrnes
Patricia Calabro
Ken Cameron
Carole Campbell
Cathleen Canlas
Gwynneth Carlisle
Kerin Carr
M Carr
Rod Carr
Ann Carrick
David Casey
Debra Cass
Jenny Cataldi
Heather Caufield
Tanya Chaitow
Cristina Charlton
Dr Jo-Anne Cherry
Rebecca and Craig Clarke
Julianne Cleland
Marianne Cochrane
Andrew and Lisa Cole
Erin Collier
Dr Julian Collins
Bronwyn Coop
Sharon Cooper
Geoffrey Copp
John and Julia Cordukes
Robyn Cosgrove
Jill Cotton
Ian and Catherine Creevey
Dr David Crocker
Dr and Mrs E Crocker
Winonah Cunningham
Libby Dale
Phillip Dalton
Prof Louise D'Arcens
Lisa Dark
Ray Davidson
Dorothy Davies
Beverley Davis, OAM JP
Dr Jan Davis
Joan Dawson
Adrian Deschepper
Graeme Deutscher
Cinzia Di Renzo
Imelda Dodds
Simon d'Orsogna
Thelma Dowell
Phillip Dows
John Drenen
Athanasia Drivas
Lee Duffy
Claire Dukes
Margot Dwyer
Lauren Esdaile
Helen Fearnley
Francine Feld
Dr John Ferguson
Stephen Fifer
Ange Flannery
Megan Flynn
Lynette Foldes
Denise Foot
Evan Freeman
Maya Friberg
Tim Galvin
Jill Gardner
Jill Garland
Gary Garner
Andrew Gault
Dr Gary Geier
Eva and Robert Gertler
Janie Gibson
Mark Giurissevich
Sharon Goldie
Peter Goldsmith
Colleen Gordon
Phoebe Gordon-Allsopp
Adrienne Jane Gorme
Rob Gould
Cherand Gray
Janet Green
Susan Gregory
Andrea Groeller
Andrew Gundlach
Anya Guo
Lila and Andrzej Gurba
Marie Hagen
Gerry Haines
Gill and Mac Halliday
Nancy C Hancock
Peter Hannebery
Gliceria Hanson
Lindsay Harden
Roger Hargraves
Teresa Harm
John Harrison
Norma Harrison
Robyn Hately
Elizabeth Hathorn
Julie Hausmanns
Joanne Hawkins
R and Y Hazell
Pamela Heaton
Eva Heller
Gillian R Henderson
Noela Henderson
Laura Henschke
Bernardo Antonio Hernandez
Michael Hewett
Pamela Hicks
Lyndell Hill
Suzanne Hill
Ben Holgate
Margaret Houtzaager
Maulyn Hsu
Julie Hungerford
Dr Alison Hunt
Alexandra Hunter
Marilyn Hutchison
David Huynh
Dr Vojislav Ilic and Mrs Helen Yuen Ilic
Margaret Irving
RJ Irwin
John and Cheryl Iser
Kathy Jackson
Tatjana Janjevski
Dr Magdalena Jedlicka
Srethanya Jeyanarayanan
Margot Johnson
David Jones
Janie Jordan
Barbara Karet
Lara Kariatlis
Debra Kelly
Clara Kempers
Adrian Kennedy
Helen Kennedy
Dr Sedigh Khademi
Shamim Khan
David Kiernan
Janice King
John King
Alla Kislova
Zenon Kochman
Marianne Kristensen
Karishma Kulkarni
Adhi Kurniahu
Laurel Lacroix
Caroline Lamb
Georgia Lambrogiotas
Dr Susan Lane
Philip Lark
Tim Lavers
Alice Lawrie
John Leaney
Patricia Leckie
Hooi Tong Lee
Michelle Leech
Glenn Leembruggen
Patricia Lele
Judith LeVine
Kate Lidbetter
Katrina Liddell
Susan Liepa
Selina Lightfoot
Christine Lithgow
John Logue
Mrs Iris Luke in Memory of Dr Clifton Luke
Mary and Robert Lusby
Maureen Lyons
Careena Macdonald
Janet MacLeish
Judy Macourt
Romaine Macpherson
Julianne Madden
Michele Madigan
Sita Maharaj
Eugen Manu
Bronwyn Markwick
Abi Marshall
Erica Marshall-McClelland
Anne Matthews
David McClelland
Katie McCullar
Dianne McDonald
Jo McGrouther
Juliet McGuire
Marjory McKay
Doug McKenzie
Suzain McKnight
Prof Peter McLennan
Margaret McMahon
Donia Melnyk
Peter and Nina Larcombe
Darryl Mock
Margaret Moir
Stewart and Helen Hodgson
Mary Molloy
Dr Belinda Moore
Terry Moran AC
Dorothy Morgan
Milad Mosharraf
Clare Munnelly
Olga L Munoz
Dr Kathleen Murphy
Sarah Nanclares
Prof Nilo De Oliveira Nascimento
Diana Neale
Jennifer Neary AM
Gail Neeson
Anthony Newman
June Ng
William Ng
Phillipa and Ian Nicol
Neil Nivison-Smith
Charles Nixon
R and M A Norington
Christopher North-Coombes
Marcia Ruth O'Donnell
Tim Oakley
Con O'Donnell
Annette Olle
Diane Openshaw
Susan O'Regan
E K Palmer
Camilla Freeman Paredes
Meredith Park
Dayna Parker
Raj Patel
Eddie Patton
Rosemary Payne
Gregory Peachey
Dr Patricia Pearse
Adam Pendergast
Alan and Alison Peterson
C Pettiford
Wendy Pettit
Margaret Pickering
Barbara Pickett
Margaret Pinchback
Anthony Pople
Mark Pritchard
Diana Prowse
Simon Rabl
Dr Marija Radojevic
Adrian Randall
Suzanne Rea
Macrina Read
Dr Suzanne Rickard
Ali Ritchie
Dr Mary Roberts
Alastair Robertson
Fred Roche
Anthony Rossiter
Marguerite Rummery
Vlad S
Rosemary Sainsbury
Iveta Samulis
Alysia Sanderson
Stef Saunders
Pauline Sawyer
Patrice Scales
Mrs Antonia Schmid
Rob Sebastian
Diana Shang
Giselle Sharp
Angus Shephard
Janne Shephard
Dr Vicki Shephard
Nancy Shilton
Jane Silverton
David Simkin
Jasber Singh
Shailendra Singh
Philip Slade
Godfrey F Smith
Helen Smith
Libby Smith
Michael Smith
Michael Snell
Daan Spijer
Susan Spooner
Karla Stacey
Deborah Stahle
Elizabeth Starr
Rosalie Steeger
Phiona Stone
Annie Straiton
Dr Charles Su
Grace Su
Rory Sutton
Jacqui Sykes
Bob Tait
Andre Tammes
Jade Tan
Keith Tan
Prue Tarpey
Michael Taylor
Bryony Thompson
Cathy Thompson-Brown
Sally Tibbles
Lynne Ticehurst
Gail Tierney
Julius Timmerman
Dr Peter Ting
Laura Tingle
Irina Tkachenko
Robin Torrence
Terry Tovey
Allan Townsend
Joanne Tropea
Graham and Jennifer Trowse
J and J Turecek
Dr Gillian Turner
Judith Turner
Lauren Turner
Tim Unger
Jane Vernon
Pamela Verrall
Angela Vespoli
Christopher Vik
Marion Villani
Linh Vo
Forest Waddell
Cathy Wagner
Ian Walker
Barbara Wall
Brian Wall
Rebecca Warren
Stephen Watts
Catherine Webb
Sally Webb
Sheryl Weil
Kerry Wells
Frances Westcombe
Jenny White
Natasha White
David Whiting
Cheryl Williams
Erika Wils
Margot Wilson
Cael Wood
Richard Woods
Brian Woodward
Suzanne Woolley
Pamela Wright
Belma Yazkan
Matthew Young
Xin Yu
Anonymous x 156

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
M. Carr
Catherine Condell
R. Cook
Professor Geoffrey N Cooper
Janet Doust
The Faithfull Family
Brian and Leonie Fisher
J Hubbard and B Cowie
R J Irwin
Lilly K
Peter McGrath
Penelope Oerlemans
Mrs Ruth Spence-Stone and Mr Peter Stone
Art and Cynthia Raiche
Jennifer Wells

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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