Helena Burns is a Brisbane-born violist and will undertake her second year at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) in 2025 under the tutelage of Caroline Henbest. She also had the privilege of studying with Professor Patricia Pollett in both her Bachelor of Music (Honours) and Master of Philosophy degrees at the University of Queensland (UQ). Helena is an avid orchestral musician who frequently performs in her hometown of Brisbane and throughout Australia.

Helena performs frequently with Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra as part of their subscription series concerts at QPAC and Toowoomba’s Armitage Theatre, the Orange Chamber Music Festival, alongside the Queensland Ballet and their regional tour of north Queensland in 2023. She also features on Camerata’s studio recording of Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings. As part of the ANAM side-by-side programs, she also performed alongside the West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO), the Auckland Philharmonia (APO) and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (TSO).

In addition to orchestral performance, Helena also enjoys performing as a chamber musician. Helena is a founding member of the Amiti String Quartet, an ensemble which has been increasingly active on the Australian music scene in recent years. In 2024, Amiti recorded new works by emerging Australian composers including “The Colour of Time” by Abigail Lui as part of ABC Classic’s 2024 composing commissioning fund and Ollie Muller’s “Kinetic” with both works set to be released in 2025.