Bonny Buckley

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Personal website: http://www.aardvarkstringquartet.com

Bonny performs worldwide on violin and viola, now in Shanghai working as the Music Director at the Livingston American School and operating Aardvark String Quartet. In Shanghai Bonny performs with a collective of musicians for special events including the Shanghai Baroque Orchestra. Bonny has also begun to cooperate with the Junge Süddeutsche Philharmonie Esslingen, performing with Sol Gabetta at Weikersheim Castle, Germany, in July, 2012. Bonny has played in Beijing at Qijiayuan Diplomatic Compound with Verna Yu, piano, and with a number of orchestras in the US and overseas, including the Nanjing National Music Orchestra and the Shanghai Opera Orchestra.

Bonny plays in the USA in WA state at venues such as the Mid-Columbia Symphony, Yakima Symphony, and private events. Bonny and Aardvark String Quartet have produced their first album which is now available on www.cdbaby.com/cd/aardvarksq with photography by David Dick, recorded at Cascade Productions in Cle Elum, WA. See www.aardvarkstringquartet.com for further details.

When Bonny has free time she is improving her Mandarin language skills, trying to cook, reading and keeping up with friends and family.

Musical influences: Sungha Jung, Dvorak, Verdi, Puccini, Leonard Cohen, Pepusch, Beethoven, Bach, The Police, Celtic Woman, Respighi, Rimsky-Korsakov, Stephane Grappelli, Mozart, 12 Girls Band, Tchaikovsky, Barrage, Charlie Chaplin, John Williams, Leroy Anderson, Peter Gabriel, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sammy Davis Junior, Take That, Louis Armstrong, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Lighthouse Family, Michael Jackson, Norah Jones, Lisa Ono and Corelli.

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