Ariel Postmus

Ariel is a Sydney based West Australian violist who loves exploring exciting new musical vistas.

In 2025, Ariel was the viola fellow of the Sydney Symphony Fellowship program. She trained at the Australian National Academy of Music from 2021-23, during which she performed with the Australian String Quartet, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, Victorian Opera, and members of the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Her chamber ensemble was awarded the Ursula Hoff Award for Most Outstanding Chamber Music Performance of 2023. Post ANAM, Ariel held a 6-month contract with the TSO and toured with Opera Australia.

She completed her Bachelor of Music at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts under the tutelage of Paul Wright. She was awarded the ROSL Bach Prize in 2018 and 2020, First Prize in the 2019 ROSL Chamber Competition and was a finalist in WAAPA’s Concerto Competition in 2020.