Alice Giles
- January 6, 2024
- Musician
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Alice Giles Biography
| Name | Alice Giles |
| Birthday | May 9 |
| Birth Year | 1961 |
| Place Of Birth | Adelaide |
| Birth Country | Australia |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
Alice Giles is one of the most popular and richest Musician who was born on May 9, 1961 in Adelaide, Australia. Alice Rosemary Giles AM (born c. 1961) is an Australian classical harpist.
In February 2011 she went to Antarctica as the recipient of an Antarctic Arts Division Fellowship, commemorating the centenary of the first Australasian Antarctic Expedition, becoming the first professional musician ever to perform in that continent. She developed a multimedia performance entitled “Alice in Antarctica” that was live-streamed directly from Mawson Station and later performed around Australia and internationally.
Giles was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2017 Queen’s Birthday Honours for “significant service to the performing arts as a harpist, educator and mentor, and through contributions to Australia’s musical landscape”.
After touring and living overseas (mainly in Germany) for some years, Giles and her husband, the Israeli pianist Arnan Wiesel, returned to Australia permanently in 1998. Giles and Wiesel both taught at the ANU School of Music in Canberra, Giles from 1998 and Wiesel from 2000 as Head of the Keyboard Department. In 2012 they were both made redundant as part of funding cuts. They were advised they did not have the requisite set of skills. She now teaches at the Sydney Conservatorium and the Australian National Academy of Music in Melbourne.
Alice Giles Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Musician |
| House | Living in own house. |
Alice Giles is one of the richest Musician from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alice Giles 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
She was born in Adelaide, and trained with June Loney at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. In 1982, aged 21, she won the 8th International Harp Contest in Israel. She was awarded a Churchill Fellowship and an Australia Council grant to study overseas. There she studied with Alice Chalifoux of the Cleveland Orchestra, and also with Lydia Shaxson and Judith Liber.
She has performed in many countries throughout Europe, the Americas, Israel and her home country. Her New York debut was at the Merkin Hall in 1983, and she has also performed at the Wigmore Hall in London.
Giles performs in master classes internationally, and has been a juror at numerous important harp competitions. She was the Chair and the Artistic Director of the 2014 World Harp Congress in Sydney in July 2014.
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Alice Ranked on the list of most popular Musician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Alice Giles celebrates birthday on May 9 of every year.