Martin Riseley
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Martin Riseley (born 1969 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a Canadian violinist and concertmaster of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.
Riseley began violin studies at age 6, and gave his first solo concert at age 10. He studied with Carl Pini, Dorothy DeLay, and Felix Galimir. He graduated from the Juilliard School in 1996.
In August 1994, Riseley was appointed concertmaster of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. He has performed the North American premieres of the violin concerto The Bulls of Bashan by Gavin Bryars, and the Violin Concerto (2002) by Allan Gilliland. He appears regularly as soloist with the ESO, in a variety of major concerti.
He served as Interim Associate Concertmaster of the National Arts Centre Orchestra (2002-2003), and was guest concertmaster of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in 2003.