Penny Quartet

Fri 1 Sep

Penny Quartet have gained a reputation as a driven and multifaceted voice in Australian chamber music and brings a vibrant approach to their performances across the country.

They were nominated for the Freedman Fellowship award, recipients of the John and Rosemary Macleod Travelling Fellowship, winners of the ANAM Chamber Music Competition and two-time recipients of the MRC Contemporary Masters Award. The Penny Quartet have been ensemble in residence at Four Winds Festival, Canberra International Music Festival, presented independent recital tours across Australia as well as Featured Artists with Musica Viva Australia’s regional touring program. They made their international debut as full scholarship holders at the St. Lawrence String Quartet seminar at Stanford, CA.

BARTÓK

String Quartet No. 4 in C major, Sz. 91

DUTTON

New work (World Premiere)

HAYDN

String Quartet in F major ‘The Dream’, Op. 50 No. 5

Classic Melbourne

Bandaluzia

Fri 29 Sep

An experience that ignites the senses with the grace of Flamenco.

Bandaluzia Flamenco are celebrated for their powerful performances, unique sound and explosive displays of dazzling dance, musicianship and virtuosity. They present a spectacular new show that showcases contemporary flamenco dance and music whilst displaying the essential characteristics of the flamenco tradition.

Bandaluzia performed at the prestigious Four Winds Festival, the International Guitar Festivals in Adelaide and Sydney, the International Gypsy Music Festival, in a sold out Sydney Opera House as invited artists to TEDx Sydney, and they were awarded ‘The Pick of the Sydney Fringe Festival’.

Damian Wright Artistic Director/flamenco guitar

Yuhki Mayne violin

James Hauptmann percussion

Rosalie Cocchiaro flamenco dance

Jessica Statham flamenco dance

Wildschut & Brauss

Not one new discovery, but two! Hiding in plain sight in the great halls of Europe, violinist Noa Wildschut and pianist Elisabeth Brauss make one of the most exciting musical partnerships heard in years.

The young Dutch violinist Noa Wildschut already firmly gained her place on the international stage. Described by Anne-Sophie Mutter as “undoubtedly one of the musical hopes of her generation”, she works with orchestras such as the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra amongst others.

Elisabeth Brauss is quickly establishing herself as one of the most exciting and versatile musicians of her generation. She has been praised by Gramophone Magazine for “the maturity and sophistication of her thoughtful interpretations, which would be the pride of any pianist twice her age”.

Schumann

Violin Sonata No 1 in A minor, Op. 105

MESSIAEN

Thème et variations

DEBUSSY

Sonata in G minor for Violin and Piano, L. 140

LYON

New work (World Premiere)

FRANCK

Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano