Musica Viva Australia
Melbourne
Freshwater Trio
Three acclaimed performers came together in 2006 to form Freshwater Trio, a vibrant new force on the Australian music scene. Eidit Golder, Zoë Black and Josephine Vains bring a unique collaborative, fresh and energetic style to programming and the group has quickly established a strong following through its own Melbourne series and performances in major regional and city festivals. The trio’s Musica Viva debut features Ravel’s masterpiece, a near perfect fusion of inspiration and craftsmanship written just as World War One began to decimate European society. Tuesday 18 March, 2008
Book NowLinda Kent and Lucinda Moon
Linda Kent and Lucinda Moon are two of Australia’s most experienced and acclaimed period performers and are well-known to Melbourne audiences. They join rising star Laura Vaughan for a varied program of German and French Baroque works including Marin Marais’s expressive and virtuosic Sonnerie de Sainte-Genevieve du Mont de Paris, based upon the famous Parisian church’s bell pattern. Linda Kent, Lucinda Moon and Laura Vaughan are replacing Rosemary Hodgson and Charles 'Bud' Tingwell who were originally scheduled for this performance. Tuesday, 6 May 2008
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Two of Melbourne’s favourite pianists unite for a morning of music for two pianos. Caroline Almonte, one half of the acclaimed Duo Sol, has a career encompassing solo, chamber and concerto performances and recordings. Kristian Chong recently returned from London where he studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Piers Lane and has a burgeoning career at home and overseas. Both students of Stephen McIntyre, Caroline and Kristian have performed Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. This concert features masterpieces by two of the great Romantic pianist-composers. Tuesday, 15 July 2008.
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We are delighted to present Australia’s best-known tenor in a rare recital appearance in his home town. David Hobson’s recent performances have included Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance for Opera Australia nationally, the title role in Candide at the Perth International Arts Festival, as well as his sensational appearances on Channel 7’s hit television series It Takes Two. Accompanied by favoured Coffee Concerts performer David McSkimming, David takes us on a journey through some of the greatest art songs of the nineteenth century and more popular songs of other times. Tuesday, 16 September 2008.
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Pavel Haas Quartet
Named as one of the 10 Brightest New Stars in 2007 by BBC Music Magazine, the Pavel Haas Quartet came to international prominence when it won the 2005 Premio Paolo Borciani competition. Concerts in major venues and festivals around the world and an acclaimed debut recording have cemented the Quartet’s reputation as one of the most exciting young quartets performing today. On its debut Australian tour, the group presents a program featuring a signature work by its namesake and the last complete work Beethoven composed. Tuesday, 11 November 2008
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Slava and Leonard Grigoryan
Our 2008 series opens with the acclaimed guitar duo Slava and Leonard Grigoryan. Slava and Leonard are respected worldwide for their effortless virtuosity and brilliant musicianship. Both brothers have inspired audiences in their regular performances with both Australian and international orchestras. They also frequently collaborate with musicians outside of the Classical genre. In today’s program they perform works by Debussy, as transcribed by their father, as well as De Falla, Towner and Bellinati. Slava and Leonard Gregoryan are replacing Karin Schaupp who was originally scheduled for this performance. Tuesday, 18 March 2008
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Sydney Chamber Choir’s performances have been highlights of Sydney’s musical life for three decades and the choir is known equally for its acclaimed performances of Renaissance and Baroque music and its adventurous support for new Australian works. For its Coffee Concerts debut, the Choir’s Music Director Paul Stanhope has programmed Renaissance madrigals with (northern hemisphere) spring connections and two contrasting Australian works, also with a nature theme, with Byrd’s great a cappella mass in four parts interspersed throughout the concert. Tuesday, 6 May 2008
Book NowAndrea Lam
Andrea Lam is one of Australia’s most accomplished young pianists, winner of the ABC Young Performer of the Year Award (Keyboard), 2nd and Audience Prizes winner of the David Paul Landa Memorial Scholarship for Pianists. For the past few years, she has been studying in the United States and performing there to great acclaim. In this rare recital appearance in her hometown, Andrea performs Bach’s delightful keyboard suite, one of Brahms’ late masterpieces, two of the most celebrated pieces from Granados’ tribute work to the great Spanish painter and a dynamic study by one of the USA’s leading composers. Tuesday, 22 July 2008
Book NowFeng Ning and John Chen
Feng Ning’s first prizes in the Michael Hill (New Zealand) and Paganini (Italy) violin competitions have led to invitations to perform across the world. He is the only person ever to receive a final exam score of 100% in the history of London’s Royal Academy of Music. John Chen became the youngest-ever winner of the Sydney International Piano Competition in 2004. In their debut concert for Musica Viva, the duo performs the third of Beethoven’s sonatas dedicated to Salieri, Dvorák’s last ‘American’ composition and a virtuosic showpiece by the outstanding Romantic violinist-composer, Wieniawski. Tuesday, 16 September 2008
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