About
Lachlan Dent holds a PhD (Music Performance)
from Monash University, focused on the
application to performance of the pedagogy of
Evangeline Benedetti, cellist with the New York
Philharmonic (1967-2011) and Christopher
Bunting, author of Essay on the Craft of Cello
Playing. Lachlan also holds a Master of Music
(Performance) from the University of Melbourne,
as well as Licentiate Diplomas in performance
from the Australian Music Examinations Board
(LMusA) and the Associated Board of the Royal
Schools of Music (LRSM). His playing has been
broadcast on ABC Classic FM and 3MBS in
Australia, and is currently available to purchase
from Move Records and iTunes. He received
several scholarships during his study, including a
full scholarship to study at the Artur Balsam
Ensemble Classes for Piano & Strings in Maine,
USA.
Lachlan made his New York debut with the
Ensemble for the Romantic Century in 2012,
performing with prominent musicians Stephanie
Chase (violin) and Max Barros (piano). He has
performed and taught in Malaysia as a guest of
Universiti Teknologi MARA. Similarly, he has been
a member of the faculty of the Festival Eleazar de
Carvalho in Brazil. In Melbourne and Canberra,
Lachlan has given recitals with staff from the
University of Melbourne and Monash University.
He is a casual (substitute) cellist for the
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
Lachlan has guest lectured and taught cello at
Monash University, been a cello tutor at Janet
Clarke Hall (The University of Melbourne), been a
music tutor at University College (The University
of Melbourne), and taught cello at several high
schools and primary schools. He has also
appeared as an associate artist for Master of
Music (Performance) candidates at the University
of Melbourne and Monash University.
Lachlan presented some of his latest research,
entitled 'Discovering Your Own Technique: A
Practicing Process Based on the Instrument, Your
Body, and You' at the International Society for
Music Education's 2016 conference in Glasgow,
Scotland. His article 'Co-ordination in Cello
Playing' appears in the November 2016 issue of
the 'American String Teacher' journal.
© Lachlan Dent 2016