Apollo Trio

Maria Lindsay, Violin

Elizabeth Neville, Cello

Daniel Herscovitch, Piano
Melbourne-born pianist Daniel Herscovitch studied with Alexander Sverjensky at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and later under Rosl Schmid in Munich. During his twelve years in Germany he not only performed extensively on the continent and in England but also undertook three extensive Australian tours. He appeared at several international festivals such as the Zagreb Biennale and the Saarbruecken Tage der Neuen Musik, and his performances were broadcast by  major European networks such as the BBC, RIAS Berlin and Bavarian Radio.

Since returning to Australia he has been active in both solo and chamber music, and has appeared at the Adelaide Festival of the Arts, the Mostly Mozart Festival, the New Directions Festival and the Festivals of Melbourne and Sydney. He has toured for Musica Viva and his recent New Zealand tour included performances at the Bay of Islands Festival. He has been guest artist with Synergy, Flederman, the Song Company and the Australia Ensemble and has toured with the Seymour Group. He  has also made regular appearances at the Sydney Spring Festival of New Music. At the 2003 Sydney Symphony Contemporary Music Festival he was soloist with Natalia Ricci in the first Sydney performance of the Bartók Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra and in 2004 was again one of the SSO's featured  concerto soloists. He was a founding member of both Symeron and the eclectic collective and partners he has appeared with include Wanda Wilkomirska, Josephine Allan, Christopher Latham, David Pereira, Gerard Willems, and Carl Vine. His repertoire ranges from Bach to Carter and includes contemporary Australian, European and American works, many of which he commissioned and premiered.

Since 1996 he has been lecturer in piano at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and his recordings of repertoire ranging from Mozart to Smalley have been released on Tall Poppies, CSM, Continuum and ABC Classics labels.