We are Paradiso Strings

We’re a string quartet based around South East Queensland, playing at concerts, galas, weddings, recordings, and all sorts of other events. Check us out on Facebook or Instagram, or head over to our concerts page to see what show you can catch us at next!

Our Players

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    Grace Choi

    VIOLINIST

    Grace Choi is a graduate of Griffith University Conservatorium of Music majoring in Violin Performance. She has worked with Opera Australia, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, and with artists like Ricky Lee and Delta Goodrem, Michael Buble, Ed Sheeran.
    She has toured all over Europe , Australia and Asia with Symphony Orchestras. Grace performed a concerto at the opera house at the age of 10 and has been awarded many awards since then during her performance career.

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    Iris Doo

    VIOLINIST/VIOLIST

    Iris graduated from Griffith Conservatorium in 2014, after studying violin and viola with John Curro AM MBE.

    She has played in and recorded with orchestras while in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Germany, and now performs with ensembles across the South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales regions.

    Iris plays on a 1977 viola by Neapolitan maker Giovanni Fichera.

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    Nara Dennis

    VIOLIST

    Nara studied viola and piano in Adelaide, Sydney and Vienna.
    She has performed, recorded and toured extensively with orchestras in Australia and overseas, including the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Netherlands Philharmonic, Auckland Philharmonic, and the Australian Strings National Orchestra as Soloist and Principal during their European Tours in 2016 and 2019.

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    Deborah Davis

    CELLIST

    Deborah began her studies at the University of Queensland and furthered her development through the Queensland Youth Symphony and the ABC Sinfonia. Studies followed in Germany, including tours throughout Europe and China.

    She has since played professionally in Australia and Germany with such orchestras as the Baden-Baden Philharmonie, the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.