Chris Howlett

Chris Howlett is a cellist, festival director and producer. He graduated in 2007 at the top of his class with First Class Honors at the University of Melbourne which included semester on scholarship in Vienna with Howard Penny. Following graduation and launching his professional career he continued to take lessons in London with Richard Lester as part of the McKenna Fellowship and was part of the performance class at the Australian National Academy of Music.Chris has been described as “…one of Australia’s finest emerging talents” and has been a finalist and prize winner at a number of chamber music competitions including the prestigious Trio di Trieste International Competition, the Asia Pacific Chamber Music Competition and The Hamburg International Chamber Music Competition.

Chris is currently Chairman of 3MBS, Artistic Curator of the 3MBS yearly Marathon, Chairman of PATMA Education Concerts, Artistic Director of Abbotsford Convent’s Music in the Round Festival and Festival Director of the Sanguine Estate Music Festival. Chris is also founder and Executive Producer of Australian International Productions and Australian International Opera Company which presents over 120 concerts in China per year including Opera, Orchestral, Drama, Recital and Music Theatre.