With over $40,000 worth of cash and development prizes awarded to entrants, 12 ensembles nation-wide will compete at the Grand Final event.
Amongst them the Cousin Quartet of Beatrice and Dylan Colombis (violins), and Hanna (viola) and Jamie (cello) Wallace.
They will be playing Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet Op.44 No.1, 1st movement.
Strike A Chord will be live streamed across Australia at 2pm AEST thanks to Melbourne Digital Concert Hall.
From left: Dylan and Beatrice Colombis, and Hanna and Jamie Wallace. Source: Photo by Masaki Nakamura
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