Fiddler on the Roof Australian Tour | Cast
Ben Adler
The Fiddler
Training: Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Theatre Credits: Stories from the Violins of Hope
Current Positions: Director of SHIR, the Australian Jewish Music Festival; founder and leader of Jewish klezmer fusion band CHUTNEY; founder and leader of Nomad String Quartet; Musical Curator at Emanuel Synagogue; violinist with gypsy band Monsieur Camembert
Solo Appearances: Bruch – Scottish Fantasy (Balmain Sinfonia); Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto (Sydney University Symphony Orchestra); Vivaldi – Summer (Australian Chamber Orchestra and ACO Collective)
Live Events: performances at Sydney Opera House Concert Hall and Forecourt, Sydney Town Hall, Government House NSW, International Convention Centre, City Recital Hall Angel Place, State Theatre (Sydney); Government House (ACT); Hamer Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, The Athenaeum, The National (Melbourne)
International Appearances: performances in Paris, London, Kuhmo (Finland), Verona, Mantua, Toronto, New York City, Modi’in (Israel), Fukuoka (Japan)
Recordings: ‘Ajar’, debut album of CHUTNEY – winner of Triple Gold Medal at the Global Music Awards (San Diego)
Festival Appearances: National Folk Festival, CresFest, Illawarra Folk Festival, Sydney Festival, Limmud Oz Festival (with CHUTNEY); Bellingen Muse Festival (with Nomad String Quartet)