Conductor Antoni scores an AM

By Jim Fagan

Antoni Bonetti AM, founder of Brisbane Symphony Orchestra and co-founder of Noosa Orchestra, first picked up his dad’s violin when he was four and music has been his life’s passion since.

It has opened doors for him to play and conduct in Australia, Europe, the U.S. and New Zealand and in Tuesday’s Australia Day Awards his dedication and skills were recognised when he received the Member of the Order of Australia for “significant service to the performing arts as an orchestral conductor and musical director.”

Antoni says he spends half of his life in Noosa and the other half in Brisbane and is the senior string teacher at Good Shepherd Lutheran College in Noosaville. He is also the head of…