Murray River International Music Festival Program 2015 by ArtsMildura

MURRAY RIVER INTERNATIONAL

MUSIC FESTIVAL

1 9 -30 J AN U A R Y 2 01 5 WW W. AR T S M I LD U R A . C OM .A U

FESTIVAL PACKAGE $165 10% SAVING

ENTRY TO ALL 6 MILDURA REGION CONCERTS AND 1 OUYEN CONCERT (full price $180)

CONCESSIONS

$5 off individual events (not applicable to the Festival Package). Concession prices apply to full time students, pensioners and health care card holders. Proof of concession eligibility will be required at time of purchasing tickets. Children under 12 are free.

TO BOOK Online www.artsmildura.com.au Festival Office 41 Deakin Ave, Mildura info@artsmildura.com.au 03 5022 9542

Arts Mildura acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the country on which our festival takes place and wishes to pay respects to their Elders, past and present, and the Elders from other communities who attend our festival events.

MASTERCLASSES AT MILDURA ARTS CENTRE THURSDAY 22 JANUARY 2015

JAZZ PIANO with Allan Zavod FRIDAY 23 JANUARY 2015

CLASSICAL GUITAR with Massimo Scattolin VIOLIN with Claudia Lopez OBOE with Gianfranco Bortolato FLUTE with Roberto Fabbriciani CLASSICAL PIANO with Anthony Halliday

Private lessons with Massimo Scattolin can be organised through Arts Mildura during and outside of the festival. Musicians of all levels are invited to attend the annual workshops with acclaimed international musicians. Please note that there are ten places per class. Cureton Ave, Mildura 10.00am-12.00pm I Tickets $30 per student To register, contact Arts Mildura at info@artsmildura.com.au

TRIO SINE NOMINE AT OUYEN ROXY THEATRE MONDAY 19 JANUARY

Gianfranco Bortolato (oboe) Claudia Lopez (violin) Michele Benuzzi (harpsichord) Roxy Theatre Oke St, Ouyen VIC 7.30 for 8.00-9.00pm I Tickets $25 Bookings: 03 5091 0400

PROGRAM J.S. Bach 1685–1750

Trio Sonata VI in G major BWV 530 Vivace – Lento – Allegro Trio Sonata III in D minor BWV 527 Andante – Adagio e dolce – Vivace Trio Sonata V in C major BWV 529 Allegro – Largo – Allegro Trio Sonata II in C minor BWV 526 Vivace – Largo – Allegro

2013 Performance at Cohuna Town Hall 2

Act I

BEAUTIFUL MUSIC AT AMPELON GARDENS TUESDAY 20 JANUARY Cnr Pitman Ave and North Gol Gol Rd, Gol Gol NSW 7.00 for 8.30pm - 10.30 I Tickets $30

Massimo Scattolin (guitar) Act II

THE SUNRAYSIA QUARTET Cameron Hill (violin) Francesca Hiew (violin) Leah Zweck (viola) Blair Harris (cello) 3

THE SUNRAYSIA QUARTET PROGRAM

BEAUTIFUL MUSIC AT AMPELON GARDENS TUESDAY 20 JANUARY

W.A. Mozart

String Quartet No.15 in D minor K.421 Allegro moderato Andante Menuetto and Trio. Allegretto Allegretto ma non troppo

F. Mendelssohn

String Quartet no.2 in A minor op.13 Adagio – Allegro vivace Adagio non lento Intermezzo: Allegretto con moto – Allegro di molto Presto – Adagio non lento

A. Dvorak

String Quartet No.12 in F Major op.96 American Allegro ma non troppo Lento Molto vivace Finale: Vivace ma non troppo

ALLAN ZAVOD ENSEMBLE AT THE ADFA BUILDING WEDNESDAY 21 JANUARY

Strike Up the Band

‘A Spectacular Evening with Gershwin and Friends’

They Can’t Take That Away from Me

Dr Allan Zavod (piano)

PROGRAM Gershwin

Berlin

Puttin’ on the Ritz

Kern

Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man

Gershwin

It Ain’t Necessarily So

David ‘Stix’ Hicks (drums) Philip Rex (bass)

31-33 Deakin Ave, Mildura VIC 7.30 for 8.00-9.00pm I Tickets $25

Summertime Berlin

Alexanders Ragtime Band

Rogers and Hammerstein

Hello Young Lovers

Andrew Lloyd Weber

Phantom of the Opera

Porter

Love for Sale

Rogers and Hammerstein

Happy Talk

Ellington

In My Solitude

Gershwin

Fascinating Rhythm / Rhapsody in Blue

2013 Performance at ADFA Building

TRIO SINE NOMINE AT THE ADFA BUILDING THURSDAY 22 JANUARY

Gianfranco Bortolato (oboe) Claudia Lopez (violin) Michele Benuzzi (harpsichord) PROGRAM J.S. Bach 1685–1750

Concert at ADFA Building, 31-33 Deakin Ave, Mildura VIC 7.30 for 8.00-9.00pm I Tickets $25 Pre-Concert Dinner at the Mildura Brewery from 5.30-7.30pm I Tickets $30

A JACOBEAN FANTASIE AT WENTWORTH TOWN HALL FRIDAY 23 JANUARY

Rosemary Hodgson (lute) PROGRAM D. Batchelor

Pavan A Ground

P. Rosseter

Almain Pavan and Galliard Fantasie

R. Dowland

Sir Thomas Monson, His Pavan and Galliard

J. Danyel

Monsieur’s Almain

J. Dowland

Pavan Sir John Souch’s Galliard Fantasie

Cnr Short & Adelaide St, Wentworth NSW 7.30 for 8.00-9.00pm I Tickets $25

KHALIL GUDAZ ENSEMBLE AT THE OLD MILDURA HOMESTEAD SATURDAY 24 JANUARY

Khalil Gudaz (sitar) Rameen Nawa (tabla) Enjela (tambura) 8

Cureton Ave, Mildura 7.30 for 8.00-9.30pm I Tickets $25 Join us with a picnic for an evening of spellbinding traditional Indian music under the stars.

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TRIO SINE NOMINE

AT THE BROKEN HILL REGIONAL ART GALLERY SATURDAY 24 JANUARY

Gianfranco Bortolato (oboe) Claudia Lopez (violin) Michele Benuzzi (harpsichord) 404 Argent Street, Broken Hill NSW 7.00 for 7.30-8.30pm I Tickets $20 general $10 concession Bookings: 08 8080 3440 Arts Mildura acknowledges the support of Broken Hill City Council.

PROGRAM J.S. Bach 1685–1750

ANTHONY AND ROBERTO AT M I L D U R A A R T S C E N T R E SUNDAY 25 JANUARY

Anthony Halliday (piano) Roberto Fabbriciani (flute)

PROGRAM (cont.)

PROGRAM L. van Beethoven 1770–1827

Sonata in B flat major for Flute and Piano Allegro – Polacca – Largo – Tema con variazioni Variations on Folk Songs Op.105 for Flute and Piano The Cottage Maid – Andantino quasi Allegretto The Last Rose of Summer – Andante espressivo assai Paddy Whack – Allegretto più tosto vivace

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199 Cureton Ave, Mildura VIC 6.00pm for 6.30-7.30pm I Tickets $25 5:30 - 6:30 Cheese platters available, drinks at bar prices.

Variations on Folk Songs Op.107 for Flute and Piano Volkslied aus Kleinrußland – Vivace St Patrick’s Day – Allegretto scherzo Schöne Minka - Andante Variations on God save the King for Piano Serenade in D major Op. 41 for Flute and Piano Entrata. Allegro Tempo ordinario d’un minuetto Allegro molto Andante con variazioni Allegro scherzando e vivace Adagio Allegro vivace

STEFAN CASSOMENOS MASSIMO & ROBERTO AT SWAN HILL

AT COHUNA

Stefan Cassomenos (piano)

Massimo Scattolin (guitar) Roberto Fabbriciani (flute)

FRIDAY 30 JANUARY

Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery Horseshoe Bend, Swan Hill VIC 10.30 for 11.00 - 12.00pm I Tickets $12 concert, $16 concert and morning tea Morning tea will be served at Spoons Restaurant between 10.00 and 11.00am Includes tea/coffee and a fabulous scone Bookings: 03 5036 2444 or www.swanhillperformingarts.com.au

FRIDAY 30 JANUARY

10th anniversary - Spanish themed music Cohuna Memorial Hall, King Edward Street 7.30 for 8.00-9.00pm I Tickets $10 At the door or Cohuna Information Centre Bookings: 03 5456 2425

MASSIMO & SERGIO AT SHEPPARTON SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY

PROGRAM C. Vine 2012

Toccatissimo

Haydn

Sonata in B minor, Hob XVI:32

Mozart

Sonata in B-flat major, K 333

INTERVAL Beethoven

Sonata in A-flat, Op. 110

Prokofiev

Sonata No 6, Op. 82

Massimo Scattolin (guitar) Sergio Ercole (guitar) The Connection, Peter Ross-Edwards Causeway, 6.30 arrival for shared entrées 7.30–8.30pm concert I 8.30pm dinner Tickets $45 (includes 3 course Italian dinner) Bookings: 03 5821 0600

Stefan Cassomenos

Sergio Ercole

Melbourne pianist and composer Stefan Cassomenos is one of Australia’s most vibrant and versatile musicians. Stefan has performed internationally since the age of 10, and has since performed concertos with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven Orchestra Bonn and Orchestra Victoria. As Second Prize Winner at the 2013 International Telekom Beethoven Competition, he is in demand as a recitalist throughout Europe, Asia and Australia. Stefan is active as artistic director of various festivals, projects and collaborations and is a founding member of contemporary chamber ensemble PLEXUS. Stefan’s own compositions are regularly performed and broadcast around Australia.

Latin/classical guitarist Sergio Ercole was born in Florence and moved to Melbourne in 1980. Sergio completed a Masters of Music at Melbourne University before taking further study in Italy. Sergio’s talents are well respected within the music industry with performers including The Cat Empire, and Hollywood film writer and musician, Tim Davies, regularly inviting Sergio to collaborate with them on their albums and on stage. Sergio is Head of Guitar at Haileybury College and regularly collaborates with artists such as the Grigoryan Brothers and Italian guitarist Massimo Scattolin.

Roberto Fabbriciani Original interpreter and versatile artist, Roberto Fabbriciani has innovated flute technique, multiplying through personal research the instrument’s sonorous possibilities. He has collaborated with some of the major composers of our time, many of whom have dedicated

numerous and important works to him. Fabbriciani has played as soloist with an array of world-renowned conductors and orchestras. He has performed concerts at prestigious theatres and musical institutions, and has frequently participated in festivals such as the Venice Biennale and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Roberto has recorded several albums and has been professor of master classes at the University Mozarteum in Salzburg.

Khalil Gudaz Ustad Khalil Gudazâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s love affair with music started at 13, when he began learning the Rubab and Tanboor (traditional Afghani instruments). His desire to train under the best musicians took him to India, where he became the student of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, one of Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most talented classical musicians. During this time, Khalil mastered the intricacies of Indian classical music and went on to become an accomplished musician in his own right, winning numerous awards.

Khalilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music includes Indian Classical Raga and melodies from Afghanistan. Khalil Gudaz now lives in Melbourne and teaches his unique style of Sitar music and other musical instruments to interested people in Australia and beyond.

Anthony Halliday Anthony Halliday gives piano and organ recitals and concerto performances annually in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, England, Ireland and throughout Australasia and has been critically acclaimed by several internationally renowned conductors. In 2013 he became the first artist outside Europe or America invited to give the opening recital in the International Bach Festival in Leipzig, Germany and was commissioned by the ancient German City of Kleve to compose an extensive piano work Symphony for Kleve which he premiered. During his 2014 European tour the German press again described his interpretations of Beethoven as exceptional and supported by a huge knowledge. 13

His recent CD’s feature works by Händel, Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Saint-Saëns, Shafton and his own compositions. He has recorded all 32 piano sonatas by Beethoven and performed from memory Bach’s complete Well Tempered Clavier.

Rosemary Hodgson

Described as the lute world’s “new star” by the UK Lute Society Journal, Rosemary Hodgson is well known to her Melbourne hometown audience and maintains a vibrant career as one of Australia’s leading lutenists. Specialising in the performance of historic guitars and lutes, she is regularly engaged in major festivals, recordings and concert series throughout Australia and abroad. A Graduate of Melbourne University, Rosemary completed her post-graduate studies at the Royal College of Music London. Rosemary has enjoyed performances with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Opera Australia, Western Australian Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, E21, Consort

Eclectus and The Consort of Melbourne among others. She features in the Melbourne Recital Centre Series 2015 with La Compania for their sixth season.

Massimo Scattolin After a number of meetings with Andres Segovia, Massimo Scattolin began his concert career as a soloist, since developing his chamber music and orchestral activities to include some of the best-known concertos for guitar and orchestra. Composers such as Astor Piazzolla and Violet Archer have written concertos for him. Massimo thus rose to the attention of European, Asian, American and now Australian audiences and has been described by critics as being one of the best guitarists of our times. He has worked with the main European television networks, as well as with great theatre actors such as Cucciolla, Pagliai and Gassman. He regularly takes part in international festivals and is the first Italian guitarist to have held master classes at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

Far left: Rosemary Hodgson, Massimo Scattolin, Allan Zavod Right: The Sunraysia Quartet

Allan Zavod

The Sunraysia Quartet

Dr. Allan Zavod is an internationally recognised Jazz pianist voted in the “Top Ten US Jazz Pianists” of the 80’s, having toured and recorded with bands such as the Glen Miller Orchestra, Woody Herman, Maynard Ferguson and Jean-Luc Ponty. This culminated in a world tour with Frank Zappa which earned him 31st place in the “Top 150 Greatest Keyboard Players of Rock”, placing him in the distinguished company of Sir Elton John, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, and many others. Today, U.S. catalogues include him in the “Top 100 Best Keyboardists of all time”. He has had remarkable success combining classical and Jazz genres. As an educator he has also lectured at universities throughout Australia. Allan is presently orchestrating and performing for the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra in Hanoi.

Blair Harris (cello)

Blair completed his Bachelor of Music at the Queensland Conservatorium. Blair won every performance prize offered by the university and graduated amongst the top 5% of his cohort. Deciding to further his studies, Blair took up a position at the Australian National Academy of Music where he was offered a full scholarship. Blair has attended the Mozarteum Akademie Salzburg, and the International Music Seminars Prussia Cove. Since embarking on a professional career Blair has had numerous soloist engagements with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, and others. His solo and chamber music repertoires have been recorded for ABC Classic FM and 3MBS-FM. In 2012 he joined the Australian String Quartet, and subsequently was invited to join ASQ again for their opening season in 2013. As an avid devotee of new music, Blair is a member of the contemporary chamber music group Syzygy Ensemble, currently in residence at the Melbourne Recital Centre. 15

Francesca Hiew (violin)

Cameron Hill (violin)

Francesca Hiew began her violin studies aged 4 and at age 9, was the youngest member on her first music tour to the USA as a soloist with the senior students of the Stoliarsky School. Francesca completed a Bachelor of Music in the Advanced Performance Strand at the Queensland Conservatorium in 2008. During her time at the Conservatorium, she won the Matilda Jane Aplin Scholarship, the Paganini Prize and the Gertrude Langer Ensemble Prize in 2008 and 2009. Francesca then commenced studies at the Australian National Academy of Music in 2010. A keen chamber musician, Francesca was in the winning group in the ANAM Chamber Music Competition in 2010 and 2011 and performed in the Asia-Pacific Chamber Music Competition in 2013 with the Auric Quartet. She is a full-time member of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Cameron appears regularly as soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player. He studied with Cathryn Bills, William Hennessy and Alice Waten, with whom he is currently undertaking a Master of Music at the University of Sydney. He has appeared as a soloist with the Melbourne, Tasmanian, Queensland and Canberra Symphony Orchestras. Cameron has also had success in major competitions, winning both the 2005 Dorcas McClean National Violin Competition and the 2006 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year Grand Final. He performs with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and recently returned from Japan, where he performed chamber music with Richard Tognetti. In 2012, Cameron appeared as Guest Leader of the Flinders Quartet and as Principal Viola of the ACO2.

From left: Gianfranco Bortolato, Michele Benuzzi, and Claudia Lopez

Leah Zweck (viola) Leah has performed with some of the best orchestras and ensembles in Australia and overseas and has a wealth of experience in classical music, musical theatre and the pop industry. Leah’s career has seen her perform regularly with ensembles which include the Sydney, Queensland, Adelaide and Munich Symphony Orchestras, and as soloist with the Australian Ballet’s “Bodytorque” series. An active chamber musician, in 2011 she founded the Ensemble Urbane chamber music series in Melbourne. She also has a great deal of experience in non-classical collaborations and has performed at private functions for the Duchess of Kent and the crown Prince and Princess of Denmark.

Trio Sine Nomine Michele Benuzzi (harpsichord) Michele Benuzzi obtained the Harpsichord Performance Diploma at the Royal College of Music in London and studied musicology at the University of Pavia. In 2003 he won third prize at the seventeenth Yamanashi International Harpsichord Competition in Japan. He performs in major festivals in Europe, Australia and Asia. He promoted, and played the opera omnia of Domenico Scarlatti’s Sonatas, which were performed from 1995 to 2002 in France. Michele founded Arcomelo, a group performing seventeenth and eighteenth-century music, and examining baroque music. Michele is now under contract with the label Brilliant Classics. His next project with Brilliant Classics will start in 2015 and will be the complete J. W. Hassler keyboard music in 10 CDs.

Trio Sine Nomine

Gianfranco Bortolato (oboe)

Claudia Lopez (violin)

Born in Venice, Gianfranco Bortolato began studying oboe at 11 and graduated with honours from “B. Marcello Conservatoire” in Venice. He studied later in Florence and then at Musk-Akademie der Stadt Basel where he was awarded the Konzerdiplom. In addition, renowned teachers like Maurice Bourgue and Hans Elhorst have contributed to his artistic development. In May 1995 he was a prizewinner in the “Concorso nazionale Vittorio Pitzianti” for oboe. His performance of A. Dorati’s Trittico in the US has been the subject of a thesis at the Indiana University. As a soloist Gianfranco has played all over the world. He has been the principal oboe of the Young Italian Philharmonic Orchestra, played at the Orchestra Sinfonica of Sanremo and first oboe with I Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano. He is currently Solo-Oboe of the Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera in Rome.

Born in Guatemala, Claudia Lopez began her musical studies at a young age with her grandfather Manuel Gomez, first oboe at the Symphony Orchestra of Guatemala. She then carried on at the National Conservatory of Music in Guatemala. Afterwards, she studied in Belgium and at the Antwerp Conservatory. Claudia has participated in various festivals in Puerto Rico and Colombia and in 1991 she joined the Balearic Symphony Orchestra (Palma de Mallorca, Spain) violin section, until she transferred to Rome in 2005 where she now lives. During this time she has collaborated with numerous European orchestras. In 2010 she received her masters degree in art issued by USAC (University San Carlos) of Guatemala. Claudia currently performs freelance with various groups in Rome.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Executive Director: Paul Lambeth Artistic Director: Sergio de Pieri Assistant Artistic Director: Domenico de Pieri Logistics: Danielle Hanifin Marketing: Kerry Thompson Development: Rohan Morris

COMMITTEE

Geoffrey Brown, Sergio de Pieri, Domenico de Pieri, Philip Shugg, Ron Povey, Alison MacGregor, Cynthia Keenan, Meryl Hale, Chris Riordan

PATRONS

Special thanks to the Mills Family of Ampelon Gardens for the location of the opening night.

CANCELLATIONS

In case of extreme weather conditions, the organisers may cancel or change the location of outdoor performances. For details please visit the Arts Mildura website or phone.

REFUNDS

Arts Mildura regrets that it is not possible to refund or exchange on completed bookings unless the event is cancelled.

VOLUNTEERS

We thank the many volunteers that make this festival happen. If you are interested in volunteering please email: info@artsmildura.com.au