Emma Jezek is currently the Assistant Principal 2nd Violin at the Sydney Symphony, a position she has held since 1997. She spent 2 years there in the role of acting Principal 2nd. Her first professional position was in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. She has also played with the Australian World Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and Klangforum Wien, as well as orchestras around Australia.
Emma loves playing chamber music and has played in many ensembles at the SSO’s Utzon Room series as well as ABC live recitals. She also loves working with young people as a teacher and tutor and has tutored at National Music Camp and AYO amongst others.
Emma was born in Adelaide and commenced her violin studies at the age of 8 with Alita Larsens and Beryl Kimber. She received her Bachelor of Music Performance with First Class Honours from the Elder Conservatorium in 1992, under the tuition of Ron Woodcock. She furthered her studies in the United States with Franco Gulli at Indiana University Bloomington and Isaac Malkin at State University of New York.