New Colombo Plan scholar and winner of the Junior Category of the Queensland International Chamber Music Competition, Eden Annesley is a violinist based in Wellington. She obtained her Bachelor of Music with First-Class Honours at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University with Associate Professor Michele Walsh, graduating with the University Medal.
Eden has been a guest artist with the New Zealand String Quartet, performed alongside musicians of the Australian World Orchestra, Ensemble Q, and the Australian Youth Orchestra. In 2025, she played with the NZSQ Fellowship Ensemble & Antipodes Quartet, in a national tour sponsored by CMNZ.
Eden spent a year in Japan sponsored by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade investigating the violin music of Tōru Takemitsu and interning with traditional Japanese shakuhachi master Akikazu Nakamura. This led her to co-founding Duo Aki, a violin-saxophone contemporary-classical ensemble. In 2025 they were selected to represent their country at the Australia Pavilion Osaka World Expo.
Eden is passionate about cultural leadership, using music and language to facilitate dialogue and connection between communities, forged during her time living in Japan.