Amy Tashjian

About Amy

Completing her studies with QSO Section Principal Alison Michell and Triple Grammy award winning musician Tim Munro, Amy Tashjian is passionate about offering audiences innovative and dynamic experiences in her music making. She formerly studied at the Royal College of Music, London under the tutelage of Gitte Marcusson is a graduate of the Conservatorium High School, Sydney.

Amy made her Sydney Opera House debut at 17 as a featured soloist in the NSW Festival of Instrumental Music. She has performed a concerto with the Queensland Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra and has performed in a class capacity for flautists including Michael Cox, Denis Bouriakov, Patricia Morris, Adam Walker and Joshua Batty. In June 2026, Amy will go to the Domain Forget Academy studying with Emmanuel Pahud and Julien Beaudiment in Quebec, Canada for two weeks.

Amy is an avid orchestral player, having played principal flute with ensembles including the Queensland Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, University of London Symphony Orchestra, Royal College of Music Wind Ensemble and NSW Arts Unit Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, in a chamber music capacity she has participated in the Hayes Street Studio Young Artist Program and is currently a Southern Cross Soloists Next Gen Artist. She has performed in a masterclass with the LA Philharmonic Wind Quintet, and is a previous winner of the Yamaha Woodwind Prize in Musica Viva’s Strike a Chord Competition. Amy currently runs the Alfredo Collective and curates the Con Spirito Lunchtime Concerts at Saint Andrew’s Uniting Church.