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Fire, ice and breathtaking virtuosity.

Fearless Norwegian violin virtuoso Johan Dalene makes his Australian debut with much-loved pianist Jennifer Marten-Smith, playing Ravel, Grieg, Rautavaara and a new commission from dynamic young composer Jack Frerer.

2025 Concert Season

Swedish-Norwegian violinist Johan Dalene grabbed the world’s attention when he won the prestigious Carl Nielsen International Competition in 2019, and he has just been named Artist-in-Residence with London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, with whom he will play concertos by Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Nielsen in their 2025 season. Now this charismatic performer makes his Australian debut alongside much-loved pianist Jennifer Marten-Smith.

Dalene brings works which are at once imbued with romance and shot through with virtuosity. Ravel’s Tzigane is a spectacular showpiece for violin and piano, powered by Romani fire and Hungarian rhythms. Beethoven’s Sonata No. 8 explodes with joy, while Grieg’s Sonata No. 2 battles a Nordic chill with Norwegian folk dances. Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir d’un lieu cher aches with nostalgia and Lili Boulanger’s D'un matin de printemps is full of quiet resilience, while Rautavaara’s gorgeous Notturno conjures up a vast, wintery landscape.  

Finally, Musica Viva Australia presents the world premiere of a new work commissioned for Dalene and Marten-Smith from Jack Frerer, the young Australian composer whose Spiral Sequences dazzled audiences in 2024.

"Personal, fearless and virtuoso, he makes old music new and new music eternal."
— Expressen

JOHAN DALENE violin
JENNIFER MARTEN-SMITH piano

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 30 No. 3 
Jack FRERER New Commission 
TCHAIKOVSKY Souvenir d’un lieu cher 
GRIEG Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 13
BOULANGER D’un matin de printemps 
RAUTAVAARA Notturno 
RAVEL Tzigane

JACK FRERER

Described as ‘exciting … combining boom-crash orchestration with woozy portamenti and jazz elegance’ by The New York Times, the music of Australian composer Jack Frerer has been commissioned and performed by the New York City Ballet, the Albany, Nashville, Sarasota and New Jersey Symphony Orchestras, the Tanglewood Music Center, and the wind ensembles of UT Austin, UNT and Michigan, among others. He currently resides in New York City and serves on the faculty of Montclair State University’s John J. Cali School of Music, and holds degrees from The Juilliard School and Yale School of Music where he studied with John Corigliano, Chris Theofanidis, David Lang, Aaron Jay Kernis and Martin Bresnick.

Special thanks to our Ensemble Patrons Bruce and Charmaine Cameron for their generous support of this tour.

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Dates & Times

Melbourne   10 June 7pm
Canberra   12 June 7pm
Newcastle   14 June 7:30pm
Adelaide   16 June 7:30pm
Perth   19 June 7:30pm
Sydney   23 June 7pm

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