Charmian Gadd

Charmian Gadd OAM (born 1942) is an Australian violinist and teacher.

Career Gadd grew up in Ourimbah, New South Wales, and learned to play violin at three years old. Her family listened to Alfred Ernest Floyd's Music Lover’s Hour on ABC Radio, and performances by classical musicians. and was enrolled in the Conservatorium High School in 1954.

She moved to Sydney to study at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where she graduated in 1960, and took further lessons in violin with Richard Goldner. after occasionally visiting on tour.

Gadd joined the staff at the Canberra School of Music in 1986 as lecturer. who formed in 1993 and were considered one of Australia's premier chamber music groups.

After Goldner died in 1991, the Richard Goldner Award was founded and Gadd is patron of the competition.

She was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to music in 2022.

Awards 1958 - ABC Young Performers Awards - Violin (finalist)

1962 - ABC Young Performers Awards - Violin (won)