meg cohen
violinist · violist · artistic director · educator
about
Meg is a Naarm-based violinist and violist involved in diverse projects – from chamber and orchestral musician, baroque violinist and violist, to artistic director of Moirai, Wattleseed Ensemble and Duo Elementi.She has performed at all the major festivals and venues across the country, recorded multiple albums with ABC Classics, and was a Freedman Fellowship nominee in 2023. Meg has performed with ensembles such as the Melbourne Chamber and Symphony Orchestras, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Genesis Baroque, the Australian Haydn Ensemble, the Penny and Partridge quartets, and toured the country with Opera Australia. Internationally, she was academist with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, and the award-winning Geist Quartet, travelling across the US and Canada, Germany, France and Italy.Meg holds Bachelor (Hons) and Masters degrees from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and is a graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music in Melbourne. She is also an avid commissioner, having funded a string quartet from Louis Stevens, a trio for Wattleseed from Jakub Jankowski, and an EP of new works by Chloe Kim for Moirai, entitled When the Moon Wears Mask. Meg founded and directed the Sydney Baroque Music Festival from 2013–18.With three other core members of Genesis Baroque, Meg formed NextGen in 2023. Together, they are creating NextGen Kids, a unique and engaging participatory music performance for young children. In 2025, NextGen launched Genesis Baroque's Emerging Artists Program.Meg's current projects focus on developing inclusive music-making experiences with and for others, embracing and exploring jazz, folk and improvisatory musical styles, and bringing great music to the regions.
media
video 1: Meg performs George Benjamin's A Lullaby for Lalit
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video 2: Wattleseed Ensemble performs Da Lounge Bar
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video 3: Louis Stevens' Imperfect Cycles commissioned by Meg
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upcoming concerts & gigs
Feb 6 Homophonic! @ TheatreWorks St Kilda tickets
Feb 7 Homophonic! relaxed show tickets
Feb 7 Homophonic! @ TheatreWorks St Kilda tickets
Feb 12 Wattleseed Ensemble @ St John's Malvern tickets
Feb 13 Wattleseed Ensemble @ Athenaeum Library info
Feb 26 Melbourne Chamber Orchestra @ MRC tickets
Feb 27 Melbourne Chamber Orchestra @ Clocktower Moonee Ponds ticketsMar 1 Melbourne Chamber Orchestra @ MRC tickets
Mar 14 Melbourne Baroque Orchestra Bach B Minor Mass @ Dunkeld tickets
Mar 20 Genesis Baroque @ Castlemaine Festival tickets
Mar 21 Melbourne Baroque Orchestra Bach B Minor Mass @ Macedon tickets
Mar 22 Melbourne Baroque Orchestra Bach B Minor Mass @ Scots' Church tickets
Mar 28 Genesis Baroque @ Ballarat tickets
Mar 29 Genesis Baroque @ St Andrew's Brighton ticketsApr 3 St Matthew Passion @ MRC tickets
Apr 18 Moirai @ Wagga Wagga Weekender Festival tickets
Apr 24 Wattleseed Ensemble @ Elder Conservatorium tickets