Programme by Artists
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Gibb, Karen (Australia)
(Actor)
Karen Gibb has been involved with a broad cross section of art forms including performance art, classic and contemporary theatre. She has also been a regional arts worker for many years, conducting acting, mask and movement workshops in Townsville and throughout North Queensland. Karen has performed both interstate and internationally, notably at the 2001 Theatre Festival in Korea. She has also been involved with successive World Interplay Festivals as a workshop actor. For Tropic Sun in 2007/08 she plays Martha in Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, Emlia in Othello, and Queen Jocasta in Oedipus The King. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSCentenary Concert In Memoriam Olivier Messiaen - A Walk Through the End of Time , |
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Lambert, Phil (Australia)
(Actor)
A graduate of Melbourne University, Phil Lambert has been associated with the Tropic Sun Theatre Company since 1995 when he performed the role of Prospero in Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Since then his many roles have included Elliot in Noel Coward’s Private Lives, Vladimir in Beckett’s Waiting For Godot, The Rev John Hale in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Yvette in Michael Beresford’s Body Parts and Dr Miranda in Dorfman’s Death and the Maiden. Phil now lives in Melbourne, but returns to the Company when the opportunity arises. His last visit to Townsville was to play George to Karen’s Martha in Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSCentenary Concert In Memoriam Olivier Messiaen - A Walk Through the End of Time , |
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Duchen, Jessica (United Kingdom)
(Author)
Jessica Duchen divides her time between writing fiction, theatrical scripts, biography and journalism, the latter mainly for The Independent. Her third novel, Hungarian Dances, was published this year by Hodder & Stoughton, following wide acclaim for Rites of Spring and Alicia’s Gift. A Walk Through the End of Time is her first play and, like The Song of Triumphant Love, was commissioned by Philippe Graffin, artistic director of the Consonances Festival, St Nazaire. Jessica’s biographies include studies of the composers Gabriel Fauré and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. She is also a trained pianist and enjoys exploring creative collaborations that combine literature and music in new and exciting ways. |
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Grandage, Iain (Australia)
(Cello)
Iain Grandage is currently Composer-in-Residence with the Youth Orchestras of Australia, having most recently completed a similar residency with the Western Australia Symphony Orchestra. He has won Helpmann and Green Room Awards for theatre scores, which include Cloudstreet, The Blue Room, Lawn, Babes in the Wood, Plainsong, The Odyssey, Drover’s Wives and True West. He has been a member of The Buletin magazine’s Smart 100, won APRA/AMC awards for his orchestral works, and has orchestrated songs for Ben Folds, Augie March, Tim & Tex and the Whitlams. He has composed an opera for children, scores for dance projects, and incidental music for BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4. He continues to perform on cello and piano with artists as diverse as the Elders of the Spinifex, cello band wood and uberdiva Meowmeow. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSRemember Me - Opening Night , Concert Converstaions with Piers Lane - Bach , |
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Ivashkin, Alexander (United Kingdom / Russia)
(Cello)
As a soloist Alexander Ivashkin has performed in more than forty countries at many important music festivals and with leading orchestras. He has performed at major venues such as the Royal Festival Hall and Barbican Centre in London, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Dvorak Hall in Prague, Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory and Philharmonic Hall in St Petersburg. He has recorded the complete works for cello by Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov, Schnittke, Kancheli, Roslavets and Tcherepnin on the Chandos label. Professor of Music and Head of Performance at the University of London, Alexander Ivashkin is also Artistic Director of the Adam International Cello Festival and Competition in New Zealand and of annual festivals in London. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSOpening Night - Schubert , Sunset Series - From Russia with Love - Gubaidulina , Love and Springtime - Brahms , Bach By Candlelight - Bach , Bach By Candlelight - Bach , Concert Conversations with Piers Lane - Schnittke , Concert Conversations with Piers Lane - Carter , |
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Pavlutskaya, Natalia (United Kingdom / Russia)
(Cello)
Well known as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher, Natalia Pavlutskaya established one of the finest cello classes in Russia. She has also taught at conservatoires in the USA, Australia and New Zealand. Since 1999 Natalia has lived in London, where she is a Professor of Cello at the Trinity College of Music and at the specialist Purcell School. Among her students are a number of prizewinners of international competitions. Natalia is in constant demand for masterclasses in the UK, USA, Australia, Russia, Taiwan, Belgium, Greece and New Zealand. She has been a judge at many international contests, including the Adam Cello Festival/Competition, and the Antonio Janigro Cello Competition. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSSunset Series - From Russia with Love - Gubaidulina , Concert Conversations with Piers Lane - Schnittke , |
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Vine, Carl (Australia)
(Composer in Residence)
Carl Vine first came to prominence in Australia as a composer of music for dance, with 25 dance scores to his credit. His catalogue now includes six symphonies, seven concertos, music for film, television and theatre, electronic music and numerous chamber works. Although primarily a composer of modern ‘classical’ music he has undertaken tasks as diverse as arranging the Australian National Anthem and writing music for the Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics (the ‘Sydney 2000’ presentation). Born in Perth, he studied piano with Stephen Dornan and composition with John Exton at the University of Western Australia. Moving to Sydney in 1975, he worked as a freelance pianist and composer with a great range of ensembles, theatre and dance companies over the following decades. Amongst his most acclaimed scores are Mythologia (2000), Piano Sonata (1990) and Poppy (1978) for the Sydney Dance Company and Choral Symphony (No.6, 1996) for the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. His first six symphonies are available on the ABC Classics double-CD set Carl Vine: The Complete Symphonies performed by the Sydney Symphony. Much of his chamber music is available on three discs from Tall Poppies Records. Since 2000 Carl has been the Artistic Director of Musica Viva Australia, the world’s largest entrepreneur of chamber music. Since 2006 he has also been the Artistic Director of the Huntington Estate Music Festival. His most recent compositions include Piano Sonata No 3 for the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival and The Anne Landa Preludes for solo piano. Photo by Ken Martin © 2000 |
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McCahon, Kirsty (Australia)
(Double Bass)
Kirsty McCahon has enjoyed a multifaceted career, specialising in contemporary and early music performance. Kirsty has been Principal Double Bass with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra since 1997. She has also performed and recorded with such highly regarded groups as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique and Les Talens Lyrique. In 2000 she was awarded a Churchill Fellowship. She studied contemporary music in Paris with Ensemble Intercontemporaine's Marc Marder and Pierre Boulez. She appeared as a soloist in Ensemble Itineraire's 1990 tour of Europe, later with the Brodsky Quartet and Australia's ELISION. She has also appeared with the Australia Ensemble, the Sydney Symphony, Sinfonia Australis and Pinchgut Opera. She performs on a 1720 Abbatti. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSBach By Candlelight - Bach , Remember Me - Opening Night , Concert Converstaions with Piers Lane - Glière , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Fauré , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Chausson , |
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Hill, Vernon (Australia)
(Flute)
Vernon Hill has taught the flute throughout Australia and internationally at institutions including the Melbourne University Conservatorium of Music, the Victorian College of the Arts, The Canberra School of Music (Australian National University), The Royal Academy in London, the special music school in Ketchkemet, Hungary, various music schools in Japan, The Hong Kong Academy and at the Conservatoriums of Music in both Beijing and Shanghai in China. Vernon Hill was Principal Flute in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for more than ten years. He represented Australia in the World Symphony Orchestra in the USA in 1971 and has been a Guest Principal with the London Symphony, the BBC and the Sydney and Canberra Symphony Orchestras. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSSunset Series - French Plus One - Saint-Saëns , Sunset Series - French Plus One - Messiaen , Sunset Series - French Plus One - Robert Fokkens , Concert Converstaions with Piers Lane - Donizetti , Concert Converstaions with Piers Lane - Carl Vine , Young Families' Concert - Leslie Howard , Festival Farewell - Carl Vine , |
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Selig, David (Australia / France)
(Harpsichord)
David Selig was born in Melbourne and in 1976 moved to Paris where he studied with Aldo Ciccolini and later in London with Geoffrey Parsons. He has established a major career playing chamber music and song repertoire, performing with instrumentalists including Gary Hoffman, Philippe Graffin and Jane Peters and singers such as Felicity Lott, Christianne Stotijn, Sandrine Piau and François le Roux. He is a regular guest at many important chamber music festivals. In 2008, his Australian tour includes a Sydney Opera House recital with rising Dutch star, Christianne Stotijn and several performances of Beethoven’s monumental Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli op. 120. He curates the Festival “Les Journées Romantiques du Vaisseau Fantôme”, on a Parisian barge. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSBach By Candlelight - Bach , Bach By Candlelight - Bach , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Saint-Saëns , |
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Jacks, Ben (Australia)
(Horn)
Ben Jacks is one of Australia’s leading Horn players. He studied at the University of Western Australia under Heidi Kepper. Ben was appointed Principal Horn with the Sydney Symphony in 2001 after holding the position of Principal Third Horn in the Orchestra since 1998. Ben has performed as Guest Principal with the Tasmanian, Adelaide, Queensland and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra (Sydney). ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSOpening Night - Dohnányi , Sunset Series - From Russia with Love - Glazunov , Sunset Series - Dragons In The Sky - Mozart , Young Families' Concert - Leslie Howard , Sunset Series - Great Masters - Ligeti , |
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Brunskill, Ian (Australia)
(Percussion)
Ian studied percussion at the University of Calgary and University of Toronto, where his main teachers included Russell Hartenberger. From 1990-1992, Ian was percussionist in the Band of the Ceremonial Guard, Canadian Armed Forces. Between 1993 and 1999, he studied and performed with David Thiaw (Senegalese drumming), Ravi Naimpally (classical Indian drumming), and Kwasi Dunyo (Ghanaian drumming). As a freelance percussionist in Calgary and Toronto, Ian performed with orchestras, bands, and chamber ensembles, including the Evergreen Club Gamelan. Ian is currently teaching percussion with Education Queensland and performing with several Townsville-based bands. Recent highlights have included performances with Sibo Bangoura (West African drumming). At the 2006 AFCM, Ian performed in the Australian premieres of works by Bryars and Cowell, and the premiere of Ross Edwards' The Water Circle. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSRemember Me - Opening Night , |
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Harvey, Michael Kieran (Australia)
(Piano)
Australian-based pianist Michael Kieran Harvey was born in Sydney and studied piano in Canberra with Alan Jenkins, at the Sydney Conservatorium under Gordon Watson and at the Liszt Academy, Budapest, under the Director, Professor Sándor Falvai. He regularly appears as soloist with all Australian symphony orchestras. His career has been notable for its diversity and wide repertoire. Michael Kieran Harvey’s distinctive pianism has been recognised by numerous national and international awards. He is currently Adjunct Professor at the Tasmanian Conservatorium, Visiting Artist at the Victorian College of the Arts and Fellow of the Faculty of Music, Melbourne University. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSSunset Series - From Russia with Love - Shostakovich , Concert Conversations with Piers Lane - Carter , Concert Converstaions with Piers Lane - Carl Vine , Sunset Series - French Plus One - Messiaen , Evening Series - Quint-essential... - Lutoslawski , Sunset Series - Great Masters - Ligeti , Festival Farewell - Bach arr. Grainger , Festival Farewell - Bach , |
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Lane, Piers (Australia / United Kingdom)
(Piano)
London-based Australian pianist Piers Lane has a flourishing international career, which has taken him to over forty countries. Highlights in the past two years have included concerto performances at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center in New York with the American Symphony under Leon Botstein; Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto with The Queensland Orchestra, which received a Limelight Award for Best Orchestral Concert of 2007; concerto appearances with the City of Birmingham Symphony, London Philharmonic, Hallé and Ulster Orchestras; a solo recital in Birmingham’s Symphony Hall for the BBC; a three-recital series called Metamorphoses and an all-Chopin recital at the Wigmore Hall in London; and appearances in many major piano festivals in the United States, the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Scandinavia. Engagements in Australia and New Zealand during 2008 include a second national tour with Cheryl Barker and Peter Coleman-Wright for Musica Viva, concerto performances in Christchurch and Dunedin and solo recitals in Adelaide, Auckland, Brisbane, Newcastle, Noosa and Perth. Five times soloist at the BBC Proms in London’s Royal Albert Hall, Piers Lane’s concerto repertoire exceeds 75 works. He has played with all ABC and BBC Orchestras, the Aarhus, City of Birmingham, Bournemouth, Gothenburg & New Zealand Symphony Orchestras, the Hallé, Philharmonia, Kanazawa Ensemble and City of London Sinfonia, the London, Royal Liverpool and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras and the Ochestre National de France among many others. Piers Lane is also in great demand as a chamber music player. Recent collaborations have included a Musica Viva tour of Australia with violist/composer Brett Dean and performances with Anne Sofie von Otter and Bengt Forsberg in Malmö, Stockholm and the Bergen Festival. He continues his long-standing partnership with British violinist Tasmin Little in UK recital tours. Piers Lane has an extensive discography on the Hyperion label and has also recorded for EMI, Decca, BMG, Lyrita and Unicorn-Khanchana. Recent releases from Hyperion include concertos by Alnaes and Sinding, a Delius song disc with Yvonne Kenny and a recording of Bloch’s Piano Quintets with the Goldner String Quartet, which was an Editor’s Choice in the December 2007 Gramophone magazine and BBC Music Magazine’s Record of the Month for February 2008. Piers Lane is a well-known voice on BBC Radio 3, having written and presented over 100 programmes. In 1994 he was made an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music, where he has been a professor of piano since 1989. In 2007 he received an Honorary Doctorate from Griffith University. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSGovernor's Gala Concert - Milhaud , Love and Springtime - Brahms , Music Meets Environment - Gerald Finzi , Sunset Series - Czech Mate! - Dvorak , Sunset Series - French Plus One - Messiaen , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Chopin , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Brahms , Concert Converstaions with Piers Lane - Toscanini , Sunset Series - Dragons In The Sky - Mendelssohn , Evening Series - Quint-essential... - Lutoslawski , Evening Series - Quint-essential... - Ravel , Evening Series - Quint-essential... - Bridge , Festival Farewell - Bach trans. Mary Howe , Festival Farewell - Bach arr. Mary Howe , |
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Milne, Hamish (United Kingdom)
(Piano)
One of Britain’s leading pianists, Hamish Milne was born of Scottish parents and grew up in Salisbury. He studied with Harold Craxton at the Royal Academy of Music and then in Italy with Guido Agosti (who had studied with Busoni). At the Accademia Chigiana in Siena he was lucky enough to hear the classes of Casals, Cortot and Segovia at the end of their lives and, in particular, to hear those of Sergiu Celibidache, which made a deep impression on him that lasts to this day. Hamish has appeared as soloist with most of the leading British orchestras, has given over two hundred broadcasts for the BBC and has toured on four continents. He is also well known as a chamber musician. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSGovernor's Gala Concert - Milhaud , Governor's Gala Concert - Ravel , Love and Springtime - Brahms , Sunset Series - French Plus One - Faure , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Chausson , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Tchaikovsky , Concert Converstaions with Piers Lane - Donizetti , Sunset Series - Dragons In The Sky - Mendelssohn , Sunset Series - Dragons In The Sky - Mendelssohn , An Evening of Song - Life, Love and Laughter - Schumann , Festival Farewell - Bach arr. Grainger , Festival Farewell - Bach arr. Mary Howe , Festival Farewell - Bach , |
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Jennings, Graeme (Australia)
(Violin)
Australian violinist, born 1968, studied in the USA and Australia. Formerly a member of the legendary Arditti String Quartet (1994-2005), he has toured widely throughout the world, made more than 70 CDs, given over 300 premieres and received numerous accolades including the prestigious Siemens Prize (1999) and two Grammaphone awards. As a recitalist, Mr Jennings has a wide repertoire ranging from Bach to Boulez and beyond. HIs main focus these days is on chamber music, as well as being an enthusiastic proponent of new music. He has worked with and been complimented on his interpretations by many of the leading composers of our time. After hearing him give the Australian premiere of his “Partita” in 1987, Lutoslawski described Graeme as an “inspired performer”. Graeme now lives in San Francisco CA and performs regularly with the San Francisco Contemporary Music players, Adorno Ensemble, SF Sound, New Century Chamber Orchestra, and Elision. He serves on the faculties of Mills college, UC Berkeley and Stanford University. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSLove and Springtime - Brahms , Bach By Candlelight - Bach , Sunset Series - Great Masters - Ligeti , Festival Farewell - Mendelssohn , |
Australian String Quartet
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Johnston, Rachel (New Zealand / Australia)
(Cello)
A native New Zealander, Rachel Johnston has performed as a soloist in Austria, Milan, Kuwait, Edinburgh, Belfast, Paris, Australia, England and the United States. She was awarded First Prize in her debut international competition – the Wettbewerb for Violoncello in Austria in 1998. Rachel has been awarded an Honours Degree in Cello Performance from the Canterbury University in Christchurch, Masters in Performance with Distinction at London University and an Artist’s Diploma in Performance from the acclaimed Juilliard School in Manhattan. Rachel has toured for Musica Viva and Chamber Music New Zealand, recorded extensively for radio and premiered works by Sofia Gubaidulina, Alexei Denisov, and Shawn Crouch. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSOpening Night - Haydn , Sunset Series - From Russia with Love - Gubaidulina , Governor's Gala Concert - Chausson , Bach By Candlelight - Bach , Concert Conversations with Piers Lane - Puccini , Sunset Series - Czech Mate! - Dvorak , |
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Boud, Sally (Australia)
(Viola)
Sally boud has toured extensively with the Australian Chamber Orchestra (including Europe and the USA) and performed in the West Australian, Adelaide and Sydney Symphony, Ensemble 24, the Australian Bach Ensemble and the Halcyon String Quartet. Sally graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1996 with first class Honours. She has also studied in Berlin with Gertrude Rossbacher, in Cornwall with Atar Arad and Thomas Riebl and undertook a long term residency at the Banff Center for the Arts in Canada on a scholarship. She was a finalist in the Vose concerto prize in 1995, performing with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, and has appeared in recital in Banff, Canada. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSOpening Night - Haydn , Governor's Gala Concert - Chausson , Bach By Candlelight - Bach , Concert Conversations with Piers Lane - Puccini , Sunset Series - Czech Mate! - Dvorak , |
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Rowell, Sophie (Australia)
(Violin)
Adelaide-born Sophie Rowell won the Symphony Australia Young Performers’ Award in 2000, and has since had solo engagements with all the major Australian orchestras and in France. In 1999 she was awarded Second Prize in the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg and has also won New Zealand’s Gisborne Music Competition, the Dorothy Fraser Scholarship, the Richard Goldner Scholarship and the Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship. Sophie has been Guest Concertmaster with the Tasmanian, Melbourne and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras and in Jena, Germany. She holds a Master of Music degree from the Australian Institute of Music, where her teacher was Alice Waten, and is currently studying for a Doctoral Degree in Music Performance at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSOpening Night - Haydn , Governor's Gala Concert - Chausson , Governor's Gala Concert - Chausson , Love and Springtime - Brahms , Bach By Candlelight - Bach , Bach By Candlelight - Bach , Concert Conversations with Piers Lane - Puccini , Sunset Series - Czech Mate! - Dvorak , |
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Horton, Anne (Australia)
(Violin)
Anne Horton holds a Masters Degree from the Australian Institute of Music (AIM) where her teacher was Alice Waten, and is also a Fellow of the AIM. She was awarded the Margaret Bello Prize for Chamber Music from The University of Western Australia and is a recipient of several scholarships including an Arts grant from the Australia Council to study in New Zealand. Anne has performed with the Sydney Symphony and the Sydney Sinfonia and has appeared as a soloist in the Sydney Opera House. She was the co-concertmaster of the Western Australia Youth Orchestra for its tour of Europe. Anne has taught violin and chamber music at the AIM and was a nominee in the Arts category of the 2004 Australian of the Year Awards for Western Australia. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSOpening Night - Haydn , Sunset Series - From Russia with Love - Glazunov , Governor's Gala Concert - Chausson , Bach By Candlelight - Bach , Concert Conversations with Piers Lane - Puccini , Sunset Series - Czech Mate! - Dvorak , |
Fibonacci Sequence
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Hughes, Benjamin (United Kingdom)
(Cello)
Benjamin Hughes studied at the Birmingham Conservatoire and the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen, Germany with Alexander Baillie. Following this, he graduated with a Masters degree from Eastman School of Music, New York studying with Steven Doane. Benjamin has appeared as Guest Principal Cello with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, the orchestras of Opera North and Scottish Opera, and the Philharmonia. He is in demand as a chamber musician, working frequently with the Fibonacci Sequence and the Prometheus Piano Trio, appearing at prestigious venues including the Wigmore Hall and the Martin Hall in Prague. He has broadcast frequently on BBC Radio and Television and has recently been appointed Principal Cello of the BBC Concert Orchestra. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSOpening Night - Dohnányi , Concert Conversations with Piers Lane - Ravel , Sunset Series - From Russia with Love - Glazunov , Sunset Series - From Russia with Love - Gubaidulina , Governor's Gala Concert - Chausson , Centenary Concert In Memoriam Olivier Messiaen - Messiaen , Centenary Concert In Memoriam Olivier Messiaen - A Walk Through the End of Time , Bach By Candlelight - Bach , Sunset Series - French Plus One - Robert Fokkens , Sunset Series - French Plus One - Faure , Concert Converstaions with Piers Lane - Carl Vine , Sunset Series - Dragons In The Sky - Mozart , Evening Series - Quint-essential... - Mozart , Festival Farewell - Carl Vine , Festival Farewell - Mendelssohn , |
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Farrell, Julian (United Kingdom)
(Clarinet)
Julian Farrell studied the clarinet at the Royal College of Music and at the Akadamie fur Music und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna. Since entering the profession in 1971 he has become recognised as one of London's foremost clarinettists, playing with most of the leading orchestras and ensembles. He currently plays Principal Clarinet with The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (a position he has held since the early 1980's) and with the Orchestra of St John's Smith Square, often appearing as a soloist with both these orchestras. He is a regular broadcaster and has made several CDs. He has been on the staff of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama since 1985. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSChefs in the North Dinner - Messiaen , Opening Night - Dohnányi , Concert Conversations with Piers Lane - Bruch , Centenary Concert In Memoriam Olivier Messiaen - Messiaen , Sunset Series - French Plus One - Saint-Saëns , Concert Converstaions with Piers Lane - Carl Vine , Evening Series - Quint-essential... - Mozart , Festival Farewell - Carl Vine , |
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Sturrock, Kathron (United Kingdom)
(Piano)
Kathron Sturrock was twice the winner for the best pianist at the Sofia International Opera Competition. After these awards she was invited to work for several years with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf in her masterclasses throughout Europe. She is a founding member and Artistic Director of the chamber ensemble The Fibonacci Sequence, and records frequently for BBC Radio 3. As a soloist she has appeared with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Concert Orchestra, making her Proms debut in 1994 playing Alan Rawsthorne’s Concerto for 2 pianos with Piers Lane. She has recorded CDs for Hyperion, Chandos, Gamut, Pickwick, Sain, ASV, Black Box, Quartz and Deux-Elles. In September 2003 she joined the Keyboard Faculty at the Royal College of Music, London. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSOpening Night - Dohnányi , Concert Conversations with Piers Lane - Bruch , Governor's Gala Concert - Chausson , Centenary Concert In Memoriam Olivier Messiaen - Messiaen , Sunset Series - French Plus One - Saint-Saëns , Concert Converstaions with Piers Lane - Carl Vine , Young Families' Concert - Leslie Howard , Young Families' Concert - Poulenc , Festival Farewell - Bach trans. Mary Howe , Festival Farewell - Carl Vine , Festival Farewell - Bach , |
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Inoue, Yuko (Japan / United Kingdom)
(Viola)
Winner of the 17th Budapest International Viola Competition, Yuko Inoue has performed as soloist with many orchestras, including the Hungarian State Philharmonic Orchestra, F. Liszt Chamber Orchestra, the Hallé Orchestra and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and performs frequently with Britain’s most eminent string quartets and chamber ensembles. Her CD, ROMANZE – The Romantic Viola with pianist Kathron Sturrock was voted one of Classic CD magazine’s “Choices of the Month” in August 2000 and was also praised with similar enthusiasm in The Strad, Gramophone and on AMAZON. Miss Inoue is a Professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London and gives masterclasses throughout Europe and Japan. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSOpening Night - Dohnányi , Concert Conversations with Piers Lane - Bruch , Sunset Series - From Russia with Love - Glazunov , Governor's Gala Concert - Chausson , Bach By Candlelight - Bach , Sunset Series - French Plus One - Faure , Concert Converstaions with Piers Lane - Carl Vine , Sunset Series - Dragons In The Sky - Mozart , Evening Series - Quint-essential... - Mozart , Festival Farewell - Carl Vine , Festival Farewell - Mendelssohn , |
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Liebeck, Jack (United Kingdom)
(Violin)
Since graduating from the Royal Academy of Music, London, in 2003, Jack Liebeck has performed as soloist with many internationally renowned orchestras including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Lausanne Chamber, the Royal Scottish National, the English Chamber and the Polish National Radio Symphony. In 2002 he made a critically acclaimed London debut recital in a soldout Wigmore Hall. Recent engagements have included concerto performances and recitals in Europe, Asia, Portugal, the USA and the UK and a number of solo and chamber music recordings for CD. He is leader of the London-based chamber ensemble, the Fibonacci Sequence. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSOpening Night - Dohnányi , Concert Conversations with Piers Lane - Ravel , Sunset Series - From Russia with Love - Glazunov , Governor's Gala Concert - Chausson , Governor's Gala Concert - Chausson , Centenary Concert In Memoriam Olivier Messiaen - Messiaen , Sunset Series - French Plus One - Messiaen , Sunset Series - French Plus One - Faure , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Chausson , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Saint-Saëns , Concert Converstaions with Piers Lane - Carl Vine , Sunset Series - Dragons In The Sky - Mozart , Evening Series - Quint-essential... - Ravel , Evening Series - Quint-essential... - Mozart , Young Families' Concert - Leslie Howard , Festival Farewell - Carl Vine , Festival Farewell - Mendelssohn , |
Goldner String Quartet
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Smiles, Julian (Australia)
(Cello)
Julian Smiles is well known to Australian audiences through his work with the Australia Ensemble and with the internationally acclaimed Goldner String Quartet, combined with frequent solo appearances and Guest Principal work with orchestras such as the Sydney Symphony and the ACO. He is also increasingly in demand as a teacher and has taught at the Sydney Conservatorium, the Canberra School of Music, and the Australian Institute of Music. In 2007, Julian was a member of the jury of the 5th Melbourne International Chamber Music competition. In July 2008, he will perform along with his wife, Dimity Hall, and semi-finalists in the Chamber Music section of the Sydney International Piano Competition. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSChefs in the North Dinner - Respighi , Opening Night - Schubert , Sunset Series - From Russia with Love - Shostakovich , Governor's Gala Concert - Carl Vine , Bach By Candlelight - Bach , Sunset Series - Czech Mate! - Carl Vine , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Fauré , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Chausson , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Tchaikovsky , Sunset Series - Dragons In The Sky - Mendelssohn , Evening Series - Quint-essential... - Bridge , Concert Converstaions with Piers Lane - Bridge , Concert Converstaions with Piers Lane - Ravel , Sunset Series - Great Masters - Beethoven , Festival Farewell - Mendelssohn , |
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Morozova, Irina (Australia)
(Viola)
In her extensive chamber music career, Irina Morozova has performed in over thirty countries. She is a founding member of the Australia Ensemble and since 1995 a member of the Goldner String Quartet. She has held the position of Principal Viola of the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra as well as often appearing as Guest Principal with the Sydney Symphony and Hong Kong Philharmonic. She has acted as a juror for the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, the Shostakovich International Quartet Competition in St Petersburg and was invited to perform and be a juror at the Tertis International Viola Competition on the Isle of Man. In 2008, she will appear in tours around Australia for Musica Viva and Selby and Friends. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSChefs in the North Dinner - Halverson , Chefs in the North Dinner - Respighi , Opening Night - Schubert , Governor's Gala Concert - Carl Vine , Love and Springtime - Brahms , Bach By Candlelight - Bach , Sunset Series - Czech Mate! - Carl Vine , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Fauré , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Chausson , Sunset Series - Dragons In The Sky - Mozart , Evening Series - Quint-essential... - Bridge , Evening Series - Quint-essential... - David Hush , Concert Converstaions with Piers Lane - Bridge , Sunset Series - Great Masters - Beethoven , Festival Farewell - Mendelssohn , |
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Olding, Dene (Australia)
(Violin)
Dene Olding is currently Concertmaster of the Sydney Symphony. He is also leader of the Australia Ensemble, resident at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and first violinist of the Goldner String Quartet. Raised in Brisbane, he studied at the Julliard School in New York with Ivan Galamian, and is now recognised as one of Australia’s most outstanding instrumentalists. He is regularly heard as soloist with the major Australian orchestras and leading conductors. His numerous other activities include those of conductor, festival director and Artistic Advisor to the Michael Hill International Violin Competition (NZ) and juror in international competitions. He has many recordings to his credits, and will continue to record in 2008 in addition to touring Korea, Italy, UK and France. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSChefs in the North Dinner - Halverson , Chefs in the North Dinner - Respighi , Opening Night - Schubert , Governor's Gala Concert - Carl Vine , Bach By Candlelight - Bach , Sunset Series - Czech Mate! - Carl Vine , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Fauré , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Chausson , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Viardot , Evening Series - Quint-essential... - Mozart , Evening Series - Quint-essential... - Bridge , Evening Series - Quint-essential... - David Hush , Concert Converstaions with Piers Lane - Bridge , Sunset Series - Great Masters - Beethoven , Festival Farewell - Mendelssohn , |
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Hall, Dimity (Australia)
(Voilin)
As a member of both the Goldner String Quartet and the Australia Ensemble (resident at UNSW), Dimity Hall has participated in many highly acclaimed performances and recordings, as well as frequent national and international tours. As a soloist, Dimity made her debut with the Sydney Symphony in 2002. She appeared with the Sydney Symphony again in 2004 and in 2008 she will perform as soloist with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra. After studies in Sydney with Alice Waten and in Amsterdam with renowned violinist and teacher Herman Krebbers, Dimity returned to Australia where she has appeared in a variety of principal roles with the Sydney Symphony and Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO); and as Guest Concertmaster with the Melbourne and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras. In 2003, Dimity was a juror for the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSChefs in the North Dinner - Respighi , Opening Night - Schubert , Sunset Series - From Russia with Love - Shostakovich , Governor's Gala Concert - Carl Vine , Sunset Series - Czech Mate! - Carl Vine , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Fauré , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Chausson , Sunset Series - Dragons In The Sky - Mendelssohn , Evening Series - Quint-essential... - Bridge , Concert Converstaions with Piers Lane - Bridge , Concert Converstaions with Piers Lane - Ravel , Sunset Series - Great Masters - Beethoven , Festival Farewell - Mendelssohn , |
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Meglioranza, Thomas (USA)
(Baritone)
Hailed as "one of today's finest young singers" (Newsday), American baritone Thomas Meglioranza was a winner of the 2005 Naumburg Competition and the 2002 Concert Artist Guild Competition. An "immaculate and inventive recitalist" (The New Yorker), he has been presented in recital all over America and, most recently, in London’s Wigmore Hall. His opera roles include Prior Walter in Peter Eötvös’ Angels in America, Chou En-lai in Nixon in China and Don Giovanni. A champion of modern music, he has performed music of Babbitt with the MET Chamber Ensemble, Schulhoff with James Conlon at Ravinia, John Adams’ Wound Dresser at Tanglewood, and has sung with such orchestras as Orpheus, Philharmonia Baroque, and the Houston and Oregon Symphonies. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSGovernor's Gala Concert - Ravel , Love and Springtime - Brahms , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Fauré , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Viardot , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Viardot , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Gounod , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Fauré , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Viardot , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Tchaikovsky , Concert Converstaions with Piers Lane - Cathy Berberian , An Evening of Song - Life, Love and Laughter - Cole Porter , An Evening of Song - Life, Love and Laughter - Schubert , An Evening of Song - Life, Love and Laughter - Stephen Foster , An Evening of Song - Life, Love and Laughter - Carrie Jacobs Bond , An Evening of Song - Life, Love and Laughter - Gershwin , |
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Wright, Patricia (New Zealand)
(Soprano)
Auckland-born soprano, Patricia Wright received a scholarship to study in London where her critically acclaimed performances in lieder and oratorio led her to every major concert hall in Britain. Since returning to New Zealand, Patricia has given numerous performances with the main orchestras, opera companies, festivals and choral societies. Operatic performances include major roles in Un Ballo in Maschera, Carmen, The Marriage of Figaro, Turandot, Madama Butterfly, La Bohème, Cosi fan tutte, Gianni Schicchi, I Pagliacci, La Cenerentola, La Rondine, Falstaff and Don Giovanni. Concert repertoire with orchestra includes Carmina Burana, Pulcinella, Verdi’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Missa Solemnis and Ah Perfido!, Strauss’ Four Last Songs, Golijov Songs, Barber’s Summer of Knoxville 1915 and Britten’s Les Illuminations. CD recordings include songs by Bax, Bridge, Rebecca Clark, Toscanini and many others. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSChefs in the North Dinner - Respighi , Governor's Gala Concert - Chausson , Bach By Candlelight - Bach , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Viardot , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Saint-Saëns , Evening Series - The Song of Triumphant Love - Viardot , Concert Converstaions with Piers Lane - Toscanini , An Evening of Song - Life, Love and Laughter - Schumann , |
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Tsunoda, Miki (Australia)
(Violin)
Miki Tsunoda has built a solid career as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician in Australia and abroad. Following her debut in Japan in 1999 performing the Alban Berg Violin Concerto with the late Maestro Hiroyuki Iwaki to much acclaim, she has returned as soloist with Ensemble Kanazawa, Kyoto, Sendai and Nagoya Philharmonic as well as Melbourne and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras and Orchestra Victoria. A founding member of Duo Sol, the pair became the first Australian ensemble to win first prize at an International Chamber Music Competition, Premio Trio di Trieste, Italy (1999) and were finalists at the ARD Competition, Munich (1999). They have since achieved international success as touring artists performing throughout Italy, Japan, China, UK, South America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. ARTIST IN THE FOLLOWING SHOWSRemember Me - Opening Night , Concert Converstaions with Piers Lane - Glière , |
