Flutist, Emilia Antcliff, is a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire The Hague, Netherlands, obtaining her Bachelor of Music degree, where she studied under the tutelage of Professor Thies Roorda, and piccoloist Dorine Schade. 

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Emilia is an active orchestral musician having performed as principal flute with the Sweelinck Orkest Amsterdam, Dutch National Student Orchestra, Metropole Orkest Academy, the Residentie Orkest and Orchestre Romana de Tineret, Romania. Along with performing principal piccolo with KC/Codarts Symphony Orchestra at the Rotterdam Philharmonic Gergiev Festival and with the Nationaal Jeugd Orkest Nederlands. These opportunities have allowed Emilia to work with some of the worlds most accomplished conductors namely, Domingo Hindoyan, Mark Wigglesworth, Ryan Bancroft and Valery Gergiev. 

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Emilia has also performed professionally with the Australia Symphony Orchestra, the National Orchestra for Opera & Theatre China, and upon returning to Australia holds positions with the Metropolitan Orchestra, The Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra and Sydney's dynamic Ensemble Apex. As an avid chamber musician Emilia is also a founding member of the Inner West Winds Quintet, a woodwind quintet comprising of some of Australia's finest young professionals.

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Emilia has had the privilege of touring extensively throughout The Netherlands, Europe & Australia. Performing in venues including, Schönbrunn Palace Vienna, Sala Palatului & Atheneum Bucharest, De Doelen Rotterdam, Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam and the Sydney Opera House. 

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These tours have enabled Emilia to perform in festivals throughout Europe, most notably the International George Enescu Festival Romania, International Chamber Music Festival Den Haag and the Robecco Summer Nights Festival in Amsterdam. Emilia has also been a prize winner in the NSW Flute Society Eisteddfod Open Championships, the CHAOS Award for Chamber Music Excellence and the Australian Flute Festival Young Artists Competition.