WHO WE ARE
The People behind the Music
Musical Director / Conductor / Cellist
Associate Professor of Music and Director of Orchestral Studies, Lawrence University Conservatory of Music, Appleton, Wisconsin
Under the direction of conductor Mark Dupere, Philharmonie Austin explores a wide array of repertoire from early baroque to late romantic, often in collaboration with the Philharmonie Austin Chorus.
As a cellist, Dupere has performed throughout Europe as an orchestral and chamber musician. He has performed with Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Haagsche Hofmuzieck, Anima Eterna and as an apprentice with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in London. Dupere was an “Emerging Artist” at the Victoria Bach Festival, performed in the Leipzig Bach Competition, and was recently named a national finalist in the American Prize in Conducting.
Photo: Danny DamianiMark Dupere
Concert Master / Violinist
Australian violinist Emily Dupere has performed as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player throughout Europe, the USA, and Australia. She has performed with The English Baroque Soloists, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Les Passions de l’âme, Haagsche Hofmuziek, Les Inventions, Bach Collegium Japan, Anima Eterna Brugge, Madison Bach Musicians, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, as an Emerging Artist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and with the award-winning Sartory String Quartet.
Emily has been the concertmaster of Philharmonie Austin for the past ten years, performing a broad range of orchestral and chamber music on period instruments from Baroque to Late Romantic. She has worked with artists such as Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Maasaki Suzuki, Malcolm Bilson, Anton Nel, Petra Somlai, Shunske Sato, Steuart Pincombe, Mark Dupere and Jaap Ter Linden. Emily studied with Paul Wright, Kati Debretzeni, Walter Reiter and Ryo Terakado. She currently loves spending most of her time raising her three young children.
Photo: Danielle StoffelEmily Dupere
Philharmonie Austin is the resident period instrument orchestra and chorus of Arts on Alexander (AoA), a nonprofit organization in the heart of East Austin.
