Damara Lomdaridze 林慕華

Damara Lomdaridze joined the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra in 2012. Previously she had been a member of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in New Orleans, Hong Kong Sinfonietta and City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong.

At the age of ten Damara came home and told her mother she was going to play the viola. She was fortunate that in her home town of Norman, Oklahoma she had the opportunity to learn with Wayne Crouse who had been Principal Viola of the Houston Symphony and recently moved to teach at the University of Oklahoma. Damara continued to love playing the viola and went on to receive her Bachelor of Music from Indiana University where she studied viola with Joseph de Pasquale, Atar Arad, Rainer Moog and Alan de Veritch. Damara studied with Dr George Papich while earning her Master of Music from the University of North Texas where she was recipient of the Graduate Fellowship, performed Walton Concerto as a winner of the Concerto Competition and received the Outstanding Graduate Student in Instrumental Studies Award.

She has performed with Pharos Soloists in Cyprus, Manchester Music Festival in Vermont and the National Repertory Orchestra in Colorado. Damara enjoys playing chamber music and has performed at a variety of venues in Hong Kong since moving here in 2012.

林慕華在2012年加入香港管弦樂團之前，曾分別擔任美國路易斯安那愛樂樂團、香港小交響樂團、香港城市室樂團成員。

林慕華於十歲時開始學習中提琴，有幸於家鄉俄克拉荷馬州隨侯斯頓交響學團首席中提琴告魯斯習琴。熱愛演奏中提琴的她考進印第安納大學攻讀音樂，跟狄百士加、阿華德、莫偉納、狄偉烈學習；及後獲頒獎學金在北德薩斯州大學修讀碩士學位，師隨帕彼治教授。她憑著華爾頓中提琴協奏曲勇奪協奏曲大賽冠軍，並獲選為器樂研究之傑出研究生。

林慕華曾與塞浦路斯的燈塔獨奏家樂團、美國國家戲劇管弦樂團合作演出，並參與佛蒙特州的曼徹斯特音樂節演出。喜愛室樂的她，自2012年移居香港後，演藝足跡遍布香港不同演出場地。