MUSICA VIVA FESTIVAL 25–28 APRIL 2019 SYDNE Y CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC
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FESTIVAL ARTISTS
FESTIVAL PROGRAM
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Edgar Meyer
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Festival Calendar
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Dover Quartet
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Concerts 1 & 2
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Tessa Lark
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Concerts 3 & 4
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Andrew Tyson
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Concerts 5 & 6
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Adam Walker
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Masterclass
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Goldner String Quartet
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Festival Experiences
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Konstantin Shamray
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Festival Family Fun
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Aura Go
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Book Tickets
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Timo-Veikko Valve
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TESSA LARK EDGAR MEYER
DOVER QUARTET
GOLDNER STRING QUARTET
ADAM WALKER ANDREW TYSON
TIMO-VEIKKO VALVE KONSTANTIN SHAMRAY
AURA GO
WELCOME Another two years has passed and it is again time for the walls of the Sydney Conservatorium to pulse with that powerful distillation of chamber music that is the Musica Viva Festival. Heading the list of visiting artists for 2019 is a double bass player who is only ever referred to as “the best in the world”: Edgar Meyer. He is joined by some of his friends and collaborators – the Dover Quartet and pianist Andrew Tyson – as well as getting to work for the first time with the brilliant young violinist Tessa Lark and our own chamber music legends, the Goldner String Quartet. The roster is rounded out by the incredibly talented Principal Flute of the London Symphony, Adam Walker, the esteemed Principal Cello of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, TimoVeikko Valve, and two multiple awardwinning pianists, Konstantin Shamray and Aura Go. Also under the Festival spotlight – and revelling in the opportunity to work with and learn from these stellar artists – are some of Australia’s brightest young musicians, thanks to the Chamber Players Program of the Australian Youth Orchestra.
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The 2019 Festival also features some exceptional ensembles from Musica Viva’s national education program, providing holiday activities for youngsters and genial entertainment for festival patrons. The six major festival concerts contain nine hours of music, covering a massive swathe of chamber music with great classics alongside new and less familiar repertoire. There will be two major compositions by Edgar Meyer plus the world premiere of a new string octet by Australian composer Nicole Murphy. If you enjoy chamber music as much as we do, then you should set aside the week after Easter for self-indulgence. If you’re still not sure, but have ever wondered about the insane dedication of its aficionados, this is the place to find out what makes the intimacy and concentration of the best chamber performances an unmissable thrill and an affirmation of life itself.
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EDGAR MEYER CONCERTS 1, 3, 4, 5 & 6
In demand as both a performer and a composer, Edgar Meyer has formed a role in the music world unlike any other. His unparalleled technique and musicianship in combination with his gift for composition have brought him to the fore, where he is appreciated by a vast, varied audience. As well as being a solo classical bassist, he moves freely between genres, with regular collaborators for performances and recordings including Joshua Bell, Yo-Yo Ma, banjoist BÊla Fleck and tabla player Zakir Hussain, fiddler Mark O’Connor, and fellow MacArthur Award winner and mandolinist Chris Thile. Currently, he is Visiting Professor of Double Bass at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia; an artist member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; and a visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music. THE MOS T REM ARK ABLE VIRTUOSO IN THE REL ATIVELY UN-CHRONICLED HIS TORY OF HIS INS TRUMENT. THE NEW YORKER
Edgar will also lead a public masterclass on Friday.
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DOVER QUARTET
CONCERTS 1, 3, 4 & 6 The phenomenal Dover Quartet catapulted to international stardom following a stunning sweep of the 2013 Banff Competition prizes. Recently named the Cleveland Quartet Award winner, and awarded the coveted Avery Fisher Career Grant, the Dover has become one of the most in-demand ensembles in the world. The Quartet’s distinctive sound has helped confirm its status as ‘the young American string quartet of the moment’ (New Yorker). The Quartet serves as the quartet-inresidence for the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University. Hailed as ‘the next Guarneri Quartet’ (Chicago Tribune), the Dover Quartet draws from the teaching lineage of that distinguished ensemble, as well as that of the Cleveland and Vermeer Quartets; its members studied at the Curtis Institute of Music and Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. It was at Curtis that the Quartet first formed, and its name pays tribute to Dover Beach by fellow Curtis alumnus Samuel Barber. THE D OVER QUARTE T ’ S KENNEDY CENTER DEBUT SHOWED WH Y THE Y SHOULD BE ON MUS T-HE AR LIS T … A TRIUMPH . WASHINGTON POST
Joel Link violin | Bryan Lee violin Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt viola Camden Shaw cello
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TESSA LARK CONCERTS 1, 2, 4 & 5 Violinist Tessa Lark’s immense talents have been recognised with numerous awards, most recently a 2018 BorlettiBuitoni Trust Fellowship. She has appeared as concerto soloist with several notable US orchestras in a variety of repertoire including works written especially for her. Recent performances include a concert for Carnegie Hall’s Distinctive Debuts series (where she premiered her own composition Appalachian Fantasy and Michael Torke’s Spoon Bread), as well as for San Francisco Performances, Ravinia, Caramoor, the Seattle Chamber Music Society, and the Marlboro, Yellow Barn, and Music@Menlo festivals. Keeping in touch with her Kentucky roots, Tessa Lark also performs and programs bluegrass and Appalachian music, as well as playing jazz violin. She is a graduate of the New England Conservatory and the Juilliard School. She plays the 1683 ‘ex-Gingold’ Stradivari violin on generous loan from the Josef Gingold Fund for the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. …A MARVEL OF EMOTIONAL CONCENTRATION, TECHNICAL PROWESS AND NOT A LIT TLE SHOWMANSHIP. CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER
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ANDREW TYSON
CONCERTS 1,2,3,4 & 6 Hailed by BBC Radio 3 as ‘a real poet of the piano,’ Andrew Tyson’s youth belies his achievements. When a student at the Curtis Institute and then the Juilliard School, Andrew won the Gina Bachauer Piano Competition and received the Arthur Rubinstein Prize in Piano. A winner of the Young Concert Artist auditions (New York), he is also a laureate of the Géza Anda Competition in Zurich (First Prize, Mozart and Audience Prizes), and the Leeds International Piano Competition (the Terence Judd-Hallé Orchestra Prize, awarded by the orchestra and conductor Sir Mark Elder). From his home state of North Carolina, Andrew now performs with orchestras across America and Europe. Recital appearances include major venues and festivals around the globe, including Brussels’ Palais des BeauxArts and New York’s Carnegie Hall. As a chamber musician, Andrew regularly appears in recital with violinist Benjamin Beilman, including a major tour with Musica Viva in 2016. SCINTILL ATING Y E T SENSITIVE … MR T YSON IS A P OE TIC VIRTUOSO. NEW YORK TIMES
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ADAM WALKER CONCERTS 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 At the forefront of a new generation of wind soloists, Adam Walker was appointed Principal Flute of the London Symphony Orchestra in 2009 at the age of 21. As a soloist Adam regularly performs with all the major UK orchestras, and others in the US, South Korea, New Zealand, Sweden, Austria and Ireland. He has given world premieres of concertos by Brett Dean, Kevin Puts and Huw Watkins. A committed chamber musician, highlights over recent seasons have included perfomances at LSO St Luke’s, Musée du Louvre, and the Utrecht, Delft and Moritzburg Chamber Music Festivals. In 2017 Adam was selected to take part in the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s prestigious CMS Two program. Born in 1987, Adam Walker studied at Chetham’s School of Music and at the Royal Academy of Music with Michael Cox. Adam is a visiting professor at the Royal College of Music. WALKER , PL AY ING WITH S TAGG ERING VIRTUOSIT Y AND CHARM , KEP T THE AUDIENCE ON THE ED G E OF THEIR SE AT S THROUG HOUT, AND BROUG HT THE HOUSE D OWN AT THE END. THE GUARDIAN
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CONCERTS 2, 3, 4 & 6 The founding members of the Goldner String Quartet have played together for more than 20 years, making them one of the most experienced ensembles in professional chamber music anywhere in the world. Yet every note is still played as though it is a fresh discovery, and the glances of humour, or understanding, which pass between them on stage only add to the audience’s enjoyment of their exceptionally personal approach to music.
GOLDNER STRING QUARTET
Comprising some of Australia’s best string players, the Goldners are heard in major festivals across the country, and have a popular following overseas through regular appearances in the UK and a series of highly successful recordings with colleague Piers Lane on the Hyperion label. IT WOULD BE HARD TO IM AG INE A MORE PERSUA SIVE OR COMPELLING PERFORM ANCE THAN THIS ONE . GRAMOPHONE
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Dene Olding violin | Dimity Hall violin Irina Morozova viola | Julian Smiles cello
KONSTANTIN SHAMRAY CONCERTS 2 & 5 Konstantin Shamray became known to Australian audiences in 2008 as the first competitor in the 40 years of the Sydney International Piano Competition to win both First and People’s Choice Prizes. Born into a musical family in Novosibirsk, Konstantin attended the Gnessin Special Music School, Moscow, the Russian Gnessin Academy of Music and the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg. He has toured Australia with the Australian String Quartet, and recorded CDs with Naxos and ABC Classics. He has performed with the Russian National Philharmonic, Moscow Virtuosi, Orchestre National de Lyon and the Sydney Symphony among others. Konstantin won First Prize at the 2011 Klavier Olympiade in Bad Kissingen, Germany and now performs yearly at the Kissinger Sommer festival. He is currently completing a PhD at the Elder Conservatorium, University of Adelaide. SHA MR AY WA S E XHIL AR ATING , PL AY ING WITH FE ARLESS COMM AND OF THE INS TRUMENT, SPARKLING P OWER , AND A FAULTLESSLY CLE AR TECHNIQUE . ADELAIDE REVIEW
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AURA GO CONCERTS 2, 3, 5 & 6 Australia’s Aura Go enjoys a multifaceted musical life, performing as a soloist, chamber musician, Lieder pianist and conductor. She has been soloist with many of Australia’s professional orchestras in concertos ranging from Bach, Mozart and Beethoven to Gubaidulina and Schnittke. Recent highlights include appearing as soloist with the Tapiola Sinfonietta in Aarre Merikanto’s Third Piano Concerto, and recitals in Denmark, Poland, Italy and Australia. Aura studied at the Victorian College of the Arts and at ANAM, and attained her Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music. She is now a doctoral candidate at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Her artistic research addresses the aspect of creativity in classical music performance, drawing on the psycho-physical approach of actor Michael Chekhov and exploring ways in which musicians can achieve a more open, spontaneous creative state when practising and performing. A TOUCHING LY BE AUTIFUL SING ING SOUND AND A DA Z ZLING ABILIT Y TO ELICIT THE MULTI-L AY ERED TE X TURES . RONDO
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TIMO-VEIKKO VALVE
CONCERTS 4 & 5 Timo-Veikko ‘Tipi’ Valve is known as one of the most versatile musicians of his generation. He performs as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral leader on both modern and period instruments. He studied at the Sibelius Academy in his home town of Helsinki and at the Edsberg Music Institute in Stockholm, focusing on solo performance and chamber music. Tipi works closely with a number of composers and has commissioned new works for the cello. Most recently he has premiered concertos by Aulis Sallinen and Olli Virtaperko as well as two new cello concertos written for him by Eero Hämeenniemi and Olli Koskelin. In 2006, he was appointed Principal Cello of the Australian Chamber Orchestra with whom he frequently appears as soloist. With the ACO he has premiered arrangements of Olli Mustonen’s Sonata for cello and chamber orchestra and an orchestrated version of the Debussy Cello Sonata. Tipi also curates the ACO’s chamber music series in Sydney. Tipi is a founding member of Jousia Ensemble and Jousia Quartet. He plays a 1616 Brothers Amati cello, purchased by the ACO Instrument Fund. HIS TONE WA S SO S TUNNING LY BE AUTIFUL THAT A SING LE NOTE EMIT TING FROM HIS INS TRUMENT COMMUNIC ATED MORE THAN OTHERS C AN E XPRESS IN A LIFE TIME . NEW YORK TIMES
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MUSICA VIVA FESTIVAL 2019
THURSDAY 25 APRIL
FRIDAY 26 APRIL
7:30pm – 10pm
10am – 11am
FESTIVAL CONCERT 1 Verbrugghen Hall
Family Concert – B’Tutta
11:30am – 1pm AYO Chamber Players Concert 1 Music Workshop 2pm – 3:30pm Edgar Meyer Masterclass Verbrugghen Hall 3:45pm – 4:30pm Inside the Music Talk Recital Hall 4:45pm – 6:15pm AYO Chamber Players Concert 2 Music Workshop 6:45pm – 7:15pm Artists in Conversation 1
7:30pm – 10pm FESTIVAL CONCERT 2 Verbrugghen Hall
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SATURDAY 27 APRIL
SUNDAY 28 APRIL
11:30am – 1pm
10:30am – 11:15am
AYO Chamber Players Concert 3 Music Workshop
Inside the Music Recital Hall
1:00pm – 1:45pm
11:30am – 2pm
Inside the Music Recital Hall
FESTIVAL CONCERT 5 Verbrugghen Hall
2pm – 4:30pm
2:30pm – 3:15pm
FESTIVAL CONCERT 3 Verbrugghen Hall
AYO Chamber Players Concert 5 Music Workshop
4:45pm – 6:15pm
3:45pm – 4:15pm
AYO Chamber Players Concert 4 Music Workshop
Artists in Conversation 3
6:45pm – 7:15pm
4:30pm – 7pm
Artists in Conversation 2
FESTIVAL CONCERT 6 Verbrugghen Hall
7:30pm – 10pm
7pm – 8pm
FESTIVAL CONCERT 4 Verbrugghen Hall
Meet & Mingle – Festival Farewell The Atrium
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CONCERT 1
CONCERT 2
OPENING NIGHT
CONNECTIONS
THURSDAY 25 APRIL 7:30PM
FRIDAY 26 APRIL 7:30PM
JS BACH Cello Suite no 1 in G major, BWV1007
RACHMANINOFF Suite no 2 for two pianos, op 17
BERG Piano Sonata, op 1
GRIEG Violin Sonata no 3 in C minor, op 45
CHOPIN Ballade no 4 in F minor, op 52 JS BACH Partita for Solo Violin no 3 in E major, BWV1006 SCHUMANN String Quartet no 3 in A major, op 41 no 3 Featuring: Edgar Meyer, Andrew Tyson, Tessa Lark, Dover Quartet Opening Night of the Festival offers a personal introduction to many of this year’s international artists: an opportunity to get to know them through music they love. Double bass legend Edgar Meyer presents Bach’s popular first cello suite on his rich-toned instrument. Solo Bach is also the choice of violinist Tessa Lark, making her Australian debut. Pianist Andrew Tyson couples a favourite Chopin ballade with Berg’s intensely expressive sonata, and the Dover Quartet introduce themselves with Schumann’s heartfelt Third Quartet.
DUTILLEUX Sonatine for Flute and Piano FRANCK Piano Quintet in F minor Featuring: Konstantin Shamray, Aura Go, Tessa Lark, Adam Walker, Andrew Tyson, Goldner String Quartet The Festival is a wonderful opportunity for artists to meet and work with new colleagues in great chamber repertoire, and Concert 2 highlights these connections. Gloriously exuberant Rachmaninoff brings Aura Go and Konstantin Shamray together; Kon then slips into the gentler territory of Grieg, with Tessa Lark, while Aura partners British flautist Adam Walker in virtuoso Dutilleux. Andrew Tyson and the Goldner Quartet all adore Franck’s explosive Piano Quintet, so expect some emotional fireworks!
CONCERT 3
CONCERT 4
RESONANCE
ESSENCE
SATURDAY 27 APRIL 2PM
SATURDAY 27 APRIL 7:30PM
PROKOFIEV Flute Sonata in D major, op 94
MOZART Flute Quartet in D major, K285
BEETHOVEN String Quartet no 16 in F major, op 135
RAVEL Sonata for Violin and Cello
MOZART Piano Trio in E major, K542
SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A major, D667 ‘Trout’
MEYER Quintet for String Quartet and Double Bass Featuring: Adam Walker, Aura Go, Goldner String Quartet, Andrew Tyson, Dimity Hall, Julian Smiles, Dover Quartet, Edgar Meyer Saturday afternoon presents three great classics and an appealing new work, with abundant variety across the whole concert to tantalise. A late, great quartet from Beethoven is matched by an elegantly charming Mozart piano trio. Prokofiev’s dashing Flute Sonata opens the concert, looking back to the Classical masters, while Edgar Meyer’s own String Quintet sets a scene from our own time: a musical land without borders, warm and inviting.
HINDSON String Quartet no 2
Featuring: Adam Walker, Tessa Lark, Goldner String Quartet, Timo-Veikko Valve, Andrew Tyson, Dover Quartet, Edgar Meyer Mozart’s Flute Quartet, which opens the concert, was written as the purest of chamber music, to be performed at home with friends. This was almost certainly the same setting for Schubert’s justly famous ‘Trout’ Quintet, which closes the evening. In between are works with big ideas, written for the public stage: Matthew Hindson’s vibrant Second Quartet celebrates the thrill of scientific discovery, while Ravel’s Sonata began as a small commemoration to his late compatriot Debussy, before expanding into a duo he described as symphonic in its breadth.
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CONCERT 5
CONCERT 6
SCENES
FINALE
SUNDAY 28 APRIL 11:30AM
SUNDAY 28 APRIL 4:30PM
DVOŘÁK Piano Trio no 3 in F minor, op 65
DEBUSSY Syrinx
ESCAICH Scènes d’enfant au crépuscule
MESSIAEN Première communion de la Vierge
JS BACH Sonata in G major, BWV1027
CHOPIN Nocturne in F-sharp major, op 15 no 2
MEYER Concert Duo for Violin and Double Bass (Mvts I & IV)
RAVEL Oiseaux tristes and Alborada del gracioso
Featuring: Tessa Lark, Konstantin Shamray, Timo-Veikko Valve, Adam Walker, Aura Go, Edgar Meyer, Camden Shaw
VARÈSE Density 21.5
Dvořák is renowned for his seemingly endless supply of great melodies. In this trio, they take on a touchingly serious, mature quality that has led many to regard it as his greatest achievement in the genre. Thierry Escaich’s haunting Scenes of a Child at Dusk vindicates his reputation as one of France’s finest living composers. Edgar Meyer takes centre stage with an unusual adaptation of a Bach sonata, highlighting its masterly interwoven lines, before settling into his own Concert Duo with Tessa Lark – a piece which draws the listener into an extraordinary mix of Classical forms and folk-inspired joy.
BRUCH String Octet in B-flat major, op posth*
MURPHY String Octet (World Premiere) MARTINŮ Sonata for Flute and Piano, H306
*Commissioned for Musica Viva
Featuring: Adam Walker, Andrew Tyson, Goldner String Quartet, Dover Quartet, Aura Go, Edgar Meyer From the tiny scintillating lines of Varèse’s flute solo Density 21.5 to the rich warmth of Bruch’s sweeping Octet with bass, the Festival’s final concert finishes in style as an opportunity to farewell the musicians we’ve come to admire over the previous four days. Of special interest is a world premiere from Queensland composer Nicole Murphy, commissioned for the Festival and featuring the combined power of the Goldner and Dover Quartets.
MASTER CLASS WITH EDGAR MEYER
A virtuoso double bassist and acclaimed composer, Edgar Meyer is also one of his instrument’s most highly respected teachers, with postings including the Aspen School of Music and Festival, the Royal Academy of Music, Blair School of Music and the Curtis Institute. However, his busy schedule and the difficulties of transporting his bass mean he is a very rare visitor to Australia. This masterclass is an exceptional opportunity for young Australian bassists to receive peerless insights from their instrument’s most famous champion.
Friday 26 April, 2pm Tickets $25 On sale from 30 October 2018 at musicaviva.com.au/festival2019 Or call 1800 688 482
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Make the most of your musical experience by including some of these additional activities into your Festival plans. Be sure to check the Musica Viva Festival website musicaviva.com.au/festival2019 for the full suite of activities prior to your visit. IN CONVERSATION Join Artistic Director Carl Vine at the ever-popular In Conversation sessions, where Festival artists are interviewed about their life and work. Take the opportunity to ask your own questions – there are always some surprising insights into the extraordinary world of music! MORE ABOUT THE MUSIC Expand your musical knowledge through talks, instrument demonstrations and presentations from top music experts. Enrich your enjoyment of the music you hear onstage as we delve more deeply into the lives of the music makers.
THE SOCIAL SIDE Between concerts, indulge in fine food and wine at the various dining options on offer. Be entertained by pop-up musical performances while sharing a meal with old friends, or meeting likeminded new ones. Dining packages will be on sale ahead of the Festival – please check the Festival website for more information. MEET AND MINGLE Attending the final concert of the Festival? Celebrate a superb weekend of fine music by joining us in the foyer following the Sunday afternoon concert, as the Festival musicians, audience, students and staff come together to say farewell. This has become a favourite event for artists and audiences alike – and the perfect way to round off your Festival experience.
All Festival experiences are FREE!
FESTIVAL FAMILY FUN FAMILY CONCERT FRIDAY 26 APRIL 10AM – 11AM
FREE FAMILY ACTIVITIES FRIDAY 26 APRIL 10AM – 3PM
This concert is suitable for all ages and will introduce you and your family to the joys of small ensemble music.
A school holiday treat for children of all ages to immerse themselves in the joy of ensemble music.
B’Tutta are a brilliant percussion ensemble with a gift for removing barriers for anyone who wants to make music. Children are integrated into the group from the very beginning, where they build the courage and confidence to become conductors, composers and players.
Alongside our resident musicians, have the chance to try an instrument, talk to musicians and composers, explore musical interactive books and more. Full details of the activities for this day will be featured on our website. FAMILY CONCERT Single $10 Family of 3+ $25
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Family Concert – B’Tutta
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AYO concerts (General Admission Seating)
$10 per concert Tickets available for purchase at door. Any festival subscribers can attend AYO concerts for free!
FESTIVAL EXPERIENCES The Festival has a rich history of delving deeper into the music and offering audiences insight into the world of chamber musicians, composers and music makers. Attend our star masterclass, talks, AYO concerts, demonstrations and our Family Fun activities. Our website will have a full schedule of daily experiences to assist with planning your days with us.
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The Australian Youth Orchestra is one of the world’s most prestigious and innovative training organisations for young pre-professional musicians aged 12 to 30. AYO occupies a special place in the musical culture of Australia, where one generation of brilliant musicians inspires the next, where aspiring musicians get a taste of life as professional musicians, and where like-minded individuals from all over the country gather for intense periods to learn from each other, study and perform. AYO Chamber Players offers intensive ensemble training for preprofessional musicians interested in chamber performance and enriching musicianship. In 2019 AYO Chamber
Players will again be integrated into the Musica Viva Festival. Immersed in this international celebration of chamber music, players will have the opportunity to learn from some of the world’s greatest chamber musicians. In 2019, 34 young musicians will take part in the AYO Chamber Players program, performing in string quartets, piano trios and a wind quintet. During the Festival, participants will be mentored by visiting ensembles and artists and will perform in a series of public concerts. See pages 14 and 15 for performance times and locations.
SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney, is Australia’s premier tertiary music institution. It plays a pivotal role in the Australian musical landscape and provides an international standard of music education, enhancing the skills and opportunities for its students through internships, overseas study tours, and access to renowned teachers and mentors. The Conservatorium is a creative hub for musicians and scholars, a magical and inspired place where talented musicians and researchers of tomorrow can develop their skills in a fertile academic and performance environment.
HOW TO GET TO SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC Sydney Conservatorium of Music University of Sydney Cnr Bridge & Macquarie Streets Sydney NSW 2000 The Conservatorium is accessible by train, ferry and bus. Parking is not available on-site but street parking and parking stations are available nearby. sydney.edu.au/music
Visit us on Open Day at the Con, Saturday 24 August 2019 from 9am.
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