FEBRUARY–JULY 2025
UKARIA honours our First Nations by fostering a shared sense of respect for this land, and we acknowledge and pay our respects to the Peramangk, traditional custodians of the land on which the Cultural Centre stands.
CALENDAR
Sunday 2 February 8
Cédric Tiberghien
Saturday 8 February 10
Vika & Linda
Sunday 23 February 16
Grigoryan Brothers
Sunday 23 March 18
Ensemble Q
Saturday 26 April 24
Clare Bowditch
Iain Grandage
Sunday 4 May 26
Alexander Gavrylyuk
Sunday 9 February 12
James Morley
Erin Helyard
Saturday 12 April 20
Reginald Mobley
Paul Grabowsky
Saturday 17 May 28
ACO Collective
Sunday 16 February 14
Notos Piano Quartet
Sunday 13 April 22
Bach Akademie Australia
Reginald Mobley
Sunday 18 May 30
Daniel Lozakovich
FEBRUARY–JULY 2025
Saturday
Photo: Randy Larcombe
WELCOME
In 2025 we celebrate 10 years! A milestone we are excited to share with you over the course of the whole year, with concerts, commissions, residencies and a special weekend in August to commemorate our opening curated by Pekka Kuusisto.
You only need to look at early photos of our garden to see how far we’ve come. From our modest beginning when we presented 10 concerts a year and the plants were sparse, to our flourishing garden of today and a program which features artists from around the world and across Australia performing more than 45 concerts each season. This growth has been guided by a steadfast commitment to our vision which is to inspire people through culture and for UKARIA to be a place for connecting artists, audiences and creativity.
Our momentum is predicated on change, finding new ways to keep music alive and relevant. Next year we launch UKARIA Chamberfest – an evolution of UKARIA 24 which for the first time will be curated by an ensemble. Brooklyn Rider return from New York to create a unique weekend just for us in late October.
Fostering creativity is at the heart of our residency program, where we support and encourage artists to push boundaries and take risks. Building on the success of the A Cappella Academy, we are hosting a choral cultural
exchange between Nobuntu, a phenomenal all-female a cappella quartet from Zimbabwe, and Academy Voices, a brand-new vocal ensemble born out of the Academy. ACO Collective will be with us for a week-long chamber music residency, and Sjaella have extended their stay so they can collaborate with Australian composer Wally Gunn.
In our contemporary and jazz series, Iain Grandage returns with a new season of Weavers of Story and Song, and saxophonist Sandy Evans pays tribute to the legacy of John Coltrane.
This will be our only printed brochure and contains our activities from February to July. To assist with your planning we have included the dates of our special weekend events. In early June we will release a digital guide for the second part of our season.
Our thanks to you, our audience, for your unwavering support since we opened on 29 August 2015. We look forward to sharing many more memorable performances in the years ahead.
Ulrike Klein AO
Alison Beare Founder CEO
CÉDRIC TIBERGHIEN
SUNDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2.30PM
The French pianist Cédric Tiberghien makes his UKARIA debut with a program featuring a conversation between two composers: the Australian composer Lisa Illean’s 2024 Sonata in ten parts, and the work that inspired it, Beethoven’s monumental set of thirty-three Diabelli Variations. It is the kind of dynamic programming that, along with sensitive musicianship, has taken Tiberghien to performances with the Berlin Philharmoniker, London Philharmonic, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Boston Symphony. Tiberghien recently launched his Illean/Beethoven pairing at London’s Wigmore Hall – a venue with which he has had a long-standing association. This UKARIA performance is its Australian premiere.
Beethoven’s original challenge was to invent a set of variations using minimal fragments derived from a waltz theme by the publisher and composer Anton Diabelli. Two hundred years later, Lisa Illean responds imagistically and sensorially not simply to Beethoven’s sounds and ideas but also to touch, to the feeling of playing. Illean is feted for her ‘exquisitely quiet shadows’ (Sydney Morning Herald) and meticulously detailed scores: the Sonata – her first work for solo piano – is no different, the loudest written dynamic a mezzo forte. Illean describes being drawn to thematic fragments: ‘each of the ten parts making up this sonata’ beginning as ‘an improvisation on a pattern derived from a moment… of Beethoven’s 33 Variations… I was interested in transforming the patterns under my fingers, while also drawing disparate starting points into a common nocturnal atmosphere.’ Illean recounts her music in visceral language: the Sonata ‘cascades like sudden vistas of light,’ ‘patterns often reaching or grasping,’ each of the ten parts ‘belonging to and illuminating the others.’ Beneath this chiaroscuro, Beethoven lies in wait, to ‘surface like an iceberg’; but, for the most part, the original musical impetus is ‘partially dissolved, coiling and uncoiling, altering, aqueous, lightening.’
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Light lunch ($16)
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval. This will be Cédric Tiberghien’s first appearance at UKARIA.
Note | Since the brochure was printed, Cédric Tiberghien has amended his program as follows:
Lisa Illean
Sonata in ten parts (2024)
Commissioned by Wigmore Hall, London Australian premiere
Ludwig van Beethoven
33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120
Photo: Jean-Baptiste Millot
Photo: Lisa Businovski
VIKA & LINDA
SATURDAY 8 FEBRUARY 7.30PM
Sibling duo Vika & Linda are the most loved Australian vocal duo of their generation: admired and respected by fans and fellow artists, they’ve been singing together their entire lives. Their shared musical life began in a church, and Vika & Linda have enjoyed a remarkable musical journey from church to the charts.
The duo’s recording catalogue is prolific: three classic albums with The Black Sorrows were followed by seven studio albums, two live albums and a chart-topping anthology. They have featured on acclaimed albums by Paul Kelly, Kasey Chambers and John Farnham, performed for the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela and the King of Tonga, and have been nominated for four ARIA Awards.
For this performance, Vika & Linda have crafted a very personal show, in which they will be joined by their close collaborator and producer, pianist Cameron Bruce, and guitarist Ben Hauptmann. Hear Vika & Linda showcase their distinctive voices and ensemble in a careerspanning selection of their repertoire.
Vika Bull | Vocals
Linda Bull | Vocals
Cameron Bruce | Piano
Ben Hauptmann | Guitar
TICKETS
Adult $75 | Concession $70
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Antipasti platter (from $32; serves two)
Vika & Linda first performed at UKARIA on 6 May 2022.
JAMES MORLEY AND ERIN HELYARD
SUNDAY 9 FEBRUARY 2.30PM
Adelaide-born cellist extraordinaire James Morley shares the striking program that garnered him a position in London’s prestigious 2024 Young Classical Artists Trust at Wigmore Hall. This is a two-part program: in the first half, James weaves together diverse works for solo cello. His aim, he says, is to ‘capture the essence of a voice in all its forms: proud singing in Britten’s Canto Primo; Berio’s lost words; the correlation between the instrument and the human voice in Marais’ viola da gamba music; the literal vocalising that forms the emotional end of Liza Lim’s ‘Cello Playing ~ as Meteorology.’ In an additional layer of personal curation, James facilitates these conversations with bridging improvisations as well as Kaija Saariaho’s Papillon II.
The program’s second half operates in complete contrast to the first: James is joined by renowned Australian harpsichordist, pianist and scholar, Erin Helyard, to revel in an Austro-German classical world. Here, Clara Schumann’s moving Drei Romanzen counterbalances two earlier voices: Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata, and Beethoven’s charming variations on a theme from Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute, ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’.
Benjamin Britten Canto Primo from Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72
Luciano Berio
Les mots sont allés ...
Kaija Saariaho Papillon II
Johann Sebastian Bach
Allemande from Cello Suite No. 6 in D, BWV 1012
Benjamin Britten Fuga from Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72
Kaija Saariaho Papillon II (reprise)
Marin Marais
Les Voix Humaines
Liza Lim ‘Cello Playing ~ as Meteorology
Ludwig van Beethoven
Variationen über einen Thema ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’, Op. 66
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Light lunch ($16)
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
James Morley and Erin Helyard first performed at UKARIA on 11 March 2022.
Clara Schumann
Drei Romanzen, Op. 22
Franz Schubert
Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821
Photo: Cassandra Hannagan
Photo: Kaupo Kikkas
NOTOS PIANO QUARTET
SUNDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2.30PM
Professional piano quartets are rare, and the Berlin-based Notos Quartet has carved a unique path through the international chamber music landscape: they are a staple of performance calendars from Beijing to Vienna, sweeping top prizes at Dutch, English, Italian and Chinese competitions. Renowned for their interpretative style and ‘virtuosic brilliance’, the Notos Quartet is committed to showcasing the breadth and diversity of repertoire written for piano quartet. In 2017, the Notos Quartet recorded the world premiere of Béla Bartók’s recently discovered piano quartet to great acclaim, and the Quartet has been the dedicatee of many recent contributions to the genre.
This program features one of those contemporary perspectives: American composer and guitarist Bryce Dessner’s 2020 quartet Spirals (commissioned by the Notos Quartet) dialogues with two quartets in E flat – Mozart at his most gently delighted, and Schumann in roiling high spirits. This concert offers a chance to revel in world-class musicianship and to discover a truly unique ensemble genre.
Sindri Lederer | Violin
Andrea Burger | Viola
Benjamin Lai | Cello
Antonia Köster | Piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat, K. 493
Bryce Dessner Spirals
Robert Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat, Op. 47
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Light lunch ($16)
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval. Notos Piano Quartet first performed at UKARIA on 9 February 2020.
GRIGORYAN BROTHERS
SUNDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2.30PM
Beloved ARIA Award-winning guitarists Slava and Leonard Grigoryan return to UKARIA to perform their latest album in concert, as well as favourite pieces from previous recordings. Amistad –their most recent Decca-released disc – is a tribute to the musical connections yielded by their twenty-year career. Each piece on the program has been created for the brothers by composers encountered during their travels, the list of names a testament to the range and diversity of the duo’s musical interests and talents: Cuban guitarist Leo Brouwer, legendary jazz guitarist Ralph Towner, Sting’s guitarist Dominic Miller, guitarist Gus Isidore (Seal, Peter Gabriel) and Australian neoclassical pianists Luke Howard and Nat Bartsch.
As the Grigoryans put it: ‘Crafted with love, respect, and a profound understanding, these compositions symbolise the reciprocal appreciation between the composers and the Grigoryan Brothers. Amistad, meaning ‘friendship’ in Spanish, is a celebration of camaraderie – a project resonating with respect and connection, a heartfelt tribute from the duo.’
Slava Grigoryan | Guitars
Leonard Grigoryan | Guitars
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Light lunch ($16)
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
The Grigoryan Brothers first performed at UKARIA on 29 November 2015.
Photo: WILK
Photo: Kate O’Brien
ENSEMBLE Q
SUNDAY 23 MARCH 2.30PM
Hailed as an ensemble drawn from ‘Australia’s top echelon of musicians’, Ensemble Q is directed by Trish and Paul Dean. The ensemble appeared nationally for Musica Viva in 2024 and is Company-in-Residence at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. They are celebrated for their engaging and bold programming and their desire to champion lesser-known works by master composers.
In this septet-centric program, we hear a ‘new’ work by Dvořák: a quixotic septet reimagination of the Bagatelles, an old household favourite that went out of favour with the demise of the harmonium. This is followed by Dohnányi’s virtuosic yet deeply melodic trio for violin, viola and cello. The mercurial and charming Grand Septet by Swedish composer Franz Berwald takes a well-deserved central point in the program before a gypsy/klezmer-infused performance of Osvaldo Golijov’s Lullaby and Doina.
Sophie Rowell | Violin
Christopher Moore | Viola
Trish Dean | Cello
Oakley Paul | Double Bass*
Artist to be advised | Flute*
Paul Dean | Clarinet
David Mitchell | Bassoon
Peter Luff | Horn
*Guest musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM)
Antonín Dvořák
Bagatelles, Op. 47 (arranged for septet by Trish Dean)
Ernő Dohnányi
Serenade in C, Op. 10
Franz Berwald
Grand Septet in B flat
Osvaldo Golijov Lullaby and Doina
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Light lunch ($16)
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
Ensemble Q first performed at UKARIA on 25 March 2018.
REGINALD MOBLEY WITH PAUL GRABOWSKY BECAUSE
SATURDAY 12 APRIL 7.30PM
Reginald Mobley is a GRAMMY-nominated American countertenor and scholar, lauded by critics and audiences on both sides of the Atlantic as one of the finest singers of baroque, classical and modern repertoire. Paul Grabowsky AO is one of Australia’s most distinguished artists: an ARIA, Helpmann and APRA Award-winning pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. In a true meeting of musical minds, Mobley and Grabowsky unite at UKARIA to present Mobley’s latest, much-feted album Because. Originally recorded with French jazz pianist Baptiste Trotignon, Because celebrates spiritual and gospel traditions, alongside music of black composers such as Florence Price and Harry Burleigh. In praising Mobley for the ‘dignity and power’ of his album performance, BBC Music Magazine described the experience of listening to Because succinctly: ‘For all its beauty, the album feels like a call to action.’
Reginald Mobley | Countertenor
Paul Grabowsky | Piano
TICKETS
Adult $75 | Concession $70
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Antipasti platter (from $32; serves two)
This will be Reginald Mobley’s first appearance at UKARIA.
Photo: Richard Dumas
BACH AKADEMIE AUSTRALIA
THE COUNTERTENOR – BACH’S HOLY SPIRIT
SUNDAY 13 APRIL 2.30PM
Internationally esteemed, GRAMMY-nominated American countertenor Reginald Mobley joins period performance specialists Bach Akademie Australia (BAA) for a dramatic and moving program of music by JS Bach and Troy Russell. BAA was founded in 2016 by violinist Madeleine Easton, and dedicates itself to performing the music of JS Bach. Reginald Mobley is renowned as a period and baroque specialist, frequently collaborating with the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, the Academy of Ancient Music, the New York Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, among others. Together, their innovative program for UKARIA juxtaposes the striking imagination of Bach’s secular instrumental works with vocal arias and recitatives from Bach’s Cantatas. This delicate interweaving of vocal and instrumental voices in a musical selection drawn from across the span of Bach’s working life will provide an afternoon of unique insight into the mind and inspiration of this revered composer.
Madeleine Easton | Artistic Director / Violin
Reginald Mobley | Countertenor
Simone Slattery | Violin
Anthea Cottee | Cello
Neal Peres Da Costa | Harpsichord
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata BWV 170, Aria 1: Vergnügte Ruh
Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord in A, BWV 1015
Cantata BWV 82a, Aria 3: Schlummert ein
Largo and Allegro Assai from Sonata for Solo Violin No. 3 in C, BWV 1005
Agnus Dei from Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Cantata BWV 201, Aria: Aufgeblasne Hitze
Cantata BWV 54, Widerstehe doch der Sünde
Troy Russell
Clans (arr. solo violin by Madeleine Easton)
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Light lunch ($16)
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
This will be Bach Akademie Australia’s first appearance at UKARIA.
Photo: Bridget Cambridge
CLARE BOWDITCH WITH IAIN GRANDAGE
SATURDAY 26 APRIL 7.30PM
‘Many moons ago, much of Australia fell in love with Clare Bowditch and her band The Feeding Set as they released their ARIA Awardwinning album What Was Left. Our love for her has only grown over the intervening years as she has spread her creative wings into writing and broadcasting.
This promises to be a night of tenderness and truths, delivered by one of our finest singer/songwriters.’
– Iain Grandage
This concert features newly-imagined arrangements shared by Clare and a handpicked ensemble, including every track from What Was Left on the twentieth anniversary of its release – arrangements that amplify her humanity and extraordinary musicianship, commissioned by UKARIA from curator and colleague Iain Grandage.
This concert is generously supported by
TICKETS
Adult $75 | Concession $70
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Antipasti platter (from $32; serves two)
This will be Clare Bowditch’s first appearance at UKARIA.
Clare Bowditch | Vocals
Iain Grandage | Cello / Piano
Xani Kolac | Violin / Backing Vocals
Stephen King | Viola
Samuel Pankhurst | Bass / Guitar
Marty Brown | Drums
Photo: She is Aphrodite
ALEXANDER GAVRYLYUK
SUNDAY 4 MAY 2.30PM
Ukrainian-born Australian pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk returns to UKARIA fresh from his season as Artist-in-Residence at Wigmore Hall in London to present a program that journeys from Mozart to Rachmaninov. Gavrylyuk is a celebrated recitalist, renowned for his ‘electrifying and poetic’ performances – in addition to Wigmore Hall, recent performances have taken him to the Vienna Musikverein, Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, London’s Southbank Centre and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw. He is also a renowned concerto soloist – The Times described his BBC Proms debut as ‘revelatory’ – and orchestral partnerships include the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the Melbourne and Sydney Symphonies and the Hamburg Symphoniker. This recital is a rare opportunity to hear a formidable pianistic talent rise to the demands of some of the key musical cornerstones of the solo piano repertoire.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo in D, K. 485
Frédéric Chopin
Ballade No. 2 in F, Op. 38
Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66
Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
Claude Debussy
Two Arabesques, L. 66
Sergei Rachmaninov
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36 (Second Version)
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Light lunch ($16)
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
Alexander Gavrylyuk first performed at UKARIA on 31 August 2024.
ACO COLLECTIVE CHAMBER MUSIC RESIDENCY
SATURDAY 17 MAY 5.00PM
Under the guidance of Principal Violin Helena Rathbone, ACO Collective is the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s critically-acclaimed ensemble that brings together the musicians of the ACO with Australia’s most talented young professional string players.
In May 2025, ACO Collective travels to UKARIA for an intensive residency during which the ACO Emerging Artists will work side-byside with their ACO Mentors. Together, they will immerse themselves in favourites from Romantic chamber repertoire and new Australian music.
You are invited to experience the culmination of this week-long residency and hear a showcase of Romantic string quartets and quintets by Antonín Dvořák, Robert Schumann and George Onslow, as well as a world premiere from Australian composer Bryony Marks in collaboration with playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer.
TICKETS
$75 | Includes post-concert drinks and canapés with the artists
Duration | Seventy-five minutes, without interval
This will be ACO Collective’s first appearance at UKARIA.
Photo: Maria Boyadgis
Photo: Lyodoh Kaneko
SPECIAL EVENT | DANIEL LOZAKOVICH
SUNDAY 18 MAY 4.00PM
In this special event, Swedish violinist Daniel Lozakovich performs an intimate recital of JS Bach’s music for solo violin. Lozakovich has been feted around the world for his elegant virtuosity since he burst onto the international scene in 2016, aged fifteen, as an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon recording artist. His recent recital debuts have included Carnegie Hall and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and he regularly appears as concerto soloist with major orchestras including the LA Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, the Oslo Philharmonic and the BBC Symphony.
The six Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin represent both a pinnacle and a companion that accompany a violinist throughout their evolving musical life. This recital, in which Lozakovich presents three works – the brooding G minor Sonata, the sunny E major Partita and the stormy D minor Partita (which includes the famous Chaconne) – is an opportunity to hear a young star converse with Bach at the beginning of their career, and to take a front row seat to a very personal dialogue.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata for Solo Violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
Partita for Solo Violin No. 3 in E, BWV 1006
Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Seventy-five minutes, without interval
Note | The bar will be open prior to the concert to purchase refreshments
This will be Daniel Lozakovich’s first appearance at UKARIA.
14 NOVEMBER 2014
Klein Family lay Foundation Stone in rammed earth wall
29 AUGUST 2015
UKARIA (then Ngeringa Arts) official opening.
String Quartet No. 3 by Matthew Hindson, commissioned to mark the occasion and performed by the Australian String Quartet
23–24 APRIL 2016
First UKARIA 24 weekend (then Ngeringa 24), curated by Genevieve Lacey
Such an honour to create in this space. Ngeringa is already a national treasure. Thank you with all my heart.
Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO July 2016
6–11 JULY 2016
First Residency at Twin Peaks – Quartet & Country with Deborah Cheetham Fraillon, William Barton, Iain Grandage, Jessie Lloyd, Eric Avery | Marrawuy and Australian String Quartet
MARCH 2017
First Adelaide Festival, Chamber Landscapes curated by Anna Goldsworthy
8 APRIL 2017
First contemporary concert by Lior and Paul Grabowsky
18 DECEMBER 2017
Guadagnini Quartet Project completed. Commenced 2010 and laid the groundwork for UKARIA’s DGR status.
2018
Peter Freund Collection, 47 abstract European prints, gifted to UKARIA; permanent home at Twin Peaks
Photo: Mandy Foot
Photo: Randy Larcombe
JUNE 2018
UKARIA 24 curated by Nicolas Altstaedt, the first international curator of the weekend
JULY 2018
UKARIA Foundation established, chaired by David McKee AO
1 DECEMBER 2018
Five-time GRAMMY Award winner Dawn Upshaw (soprano) performed with Tamara-Anna Cislowska (piano) and Nicole Divall (viola)
FEBRUARY 2019
Natsuko Yoshimoto announced as custodian of ‘The Adelaide’ Guadagnini violin, held in trust by UKARIA
Thank you for letting us make music in this national treasure of a building. Such a gift! Hope to be back.
Kate Miller-Heidke May 2019
18–25 FEBRUARY 2019
Archie Roach AC and Paul Grabowsky AO in residence to work on a new album Tell Me Why
2 JUNE 2019
First performance by ACO at UKARIA
3 AUGUST 2019
First jazz concert by Paul Grabowsky, Lloyd Swanton and Dave Beck 2019
Steve Hailstone prepares a new design to rejuvenate the garden
28 OCTOBER 2019
Quatuor Ébène performed as part of the 250th Anniversary of Beethoven’s birth
2021 Artworks commissioned Seven Sisters by Mitakiki Women’s Collective Kapi Tjukula by Margaret Richards
Photo: Mandy Foot
Photo: Mandy Foot
Photo: Mandy Foot
Photo: Dylan Henderson
Oh UKARIA, we’re in LOVE!
Words cannot describe how blown away by this wonderful place we are!
Thank you so much for having us here – beautiful hall, lovely acoustics, enthusiastic audience, all of this gorgeous Australia – we can’t wait to be back!
Notos Piano Quartet February 2020
1 NOVEMBER 2021
Official opening of the Garden Terrace
3 SEPTEMBER 2022
First Jazz Weekend curated by and featuring James Morrison
1 MAY 2022
First A Cappella Academy curated by Timothy Wayne-Wright
4 FEBRUARY 2023
Steinway Model D piano purchased with funds from the bequest of John Koch and inaugurated by Paul Lewis
5 MARCH 2023
World premiere Ngapa William Cooper by Nigel Westlake, Lior and Lou Bennett
Part of Finding Our Voice and the Adelaide Festival Co-commissioned by UKARIA and the Adelaide Festival
They say ‘home is where your heart is’ – so a big piece of our heart is on this ground which we can now call a part of home.
Much love to everyone, we’re so grateful for having been here and experiencing this incredible place and its warm people.
Sjaella July 2023
DECEMBER 2023
Emily Sun announced as custodian of ‘The Adelaide’ Guadagnini violin, held in trust by UKARIA
Thank you UKARIA for an absolutely magical week in every way imaginable: the surroundings, the hospitality, the company and the opportunity to spend a week of intense musical and cultural exchange. This is a week that we will not forget!
Members of Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra July 2023
21 JUNE 2024
Double bass crafted by Gasparo da Salò in Brescia, Italy, c. 1580 gifted to UKARIA by a generous Australian patron. On loan to ACO
7 DECEMBER 2024
GRAMMY Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell performs at UKARIA
Opening concert. Photo: Dylan Henderson
SANDY EVANS AND FRIENDS A TAKE ON JOHN COLTRANE
SATURDAY 24 MAY 7.30PM
John Coltrane’s life was short – he died at forty – but his musical and cultural legacy is immense. The heart-stopping beauty and extreme virtuosity of his playing redefined the way we hear the saxophone. As a composer, he shaped a new form of jazz that has influenced numerous genres of music. And, most profoundly, he framed music as a means of deeply spiritual self-expression that resonates to this day.
In the latest in this sell-out series curated by Toby Chadd, the extraordinary Sandy Evans presents a tour through Coltrane – a man who has shaped her own musicianship, and who shared her deep affinity with Indian music. Across two sets, she shares a very personal response to the full spectrum of Coltrane’s music, from gorgeous ballads to hard bop classics to modal tunes and free jazz.
Evans has handpicked a band of Australia’s finest musicians to join this celebration, drawing on relationships she’s forged through a decadeslong career acknowledged as one of our country’s jazz luminaries.
A pillar of Coltrane’s legacy is deep engagement with contemporary culture and social issues; Rhyan Clapham, aka DOBBY, brings an Indigenous Australian slant to the evening, incorporating rap into Coltrane’s late masterpiece A Love Supreme.
Sandy Evans | Tenor and Soprano Saxophone
Andrea Keller | Piano
Paul Cutlan | Tenor Saxophone / Bass Clarinet
Jonathan Zwartz | Double Bass
Chloe Kim | Drums
DOBBY | Rapper
TICKETS
Adult $75 | Concession $70
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Antipasti platter (from $32; serves two)
Sandy Evans first performed at UKARIA on 3 September 2022.
Photo: Shane Rozario
ACO WEEKEND
SATURDAY 31 MAY–SUNDAY 1 JUNE
‘One of the wonders of the musical world.’
– The Guardian UK
The Australian Chamber Orchestra and Artistic Director Richard Tognetti return to UKARIA with a three-program weekend, featuring a combination of much-loved masterworks and important contemporary voices that showcase the ACO’s world-renowned energy and spirit.
In the opening concert, Erwin Schulhoff’s Five Pieces take us back to the popular dances of early-twentieth-century Europe, while Krzysztof Penderecki’s string quintet drifts through memories of his childhood. The performance concludes by exploring the intimate connection between Beethoven and Brahms, combining their last string quartets in new arrangements for string orchestra.
Photo: Simon Lekias
The second concert features contemporary works including Osvaldo Golijov’s gripping tango duel and Gabriella Smith’s wild quartet. Enough to incite a musical revolution, these pieces draw attention to the energy for which the ACO is famous. The concert culminates with Richard Tognetti’s own arrangement for string orchestra of Brahms’ monumental Violin Concerto, featuring Richard as soloist.
The weekend concludes with celebrations of rhythm and vitality alongside some of the most exquisite music ever written. Jörg Widmann’s 180 beats per minute whizzes past at maximum speed, and young Australian composer Harry Sdraulig’s string quintet is hot off the press. In Pēteris Vasks’ sublimely meditative Viola Concerto, time stands completely still. The ACO says farewell with Brahms’ second String Sextet, the composer’s own farewell to a love that slipped away.
ACO WEEKEND
SATURDAY 31 MAY–SUNDAY 1 JUNE
CONCERT ONE
SATURDAY 31 MAY 4.00PM
Erwin Schulhoff Five Pieces for String Quartet
Krzysztof Penderecki Leaves of an Unwritten Diary
Johannes Brahms
Allegro from String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 (arr. strings)
Ludwig van Beethoven Lento assai and Der schwer gefasste Entschluss from String Quartet No. 16 in F, Op. 135 (arr. strings)
Duration | One hour, without interval
CONCERT TWO
SATURDAY 31 MAY 6.00PM
Osvaldo Golijov Last Round
Gabriella Smith Carrot Revolution
Johann Sebastian Bach Adagio from Sonata for Solo Violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 (arr. for cello by Timo-Veikko Valve)
Kate Moore Lidy’s Piece
Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77 (arr. strings by Richard Tognetti)
Duration | Seventy-five minutes, without interval
Post-concert dining option | Two-course dinner at 7.30pm
CONCERT THREE
SUNDAY 1 JUNE 2.30PM
Jörg Widmann
180 beats per minute
Pēteris Vasks
Andante and Adagio from Viola Concerto
Harry Sdraulig New work
Johannes Brahms
Sextet No. 2 in G
Duration | Seventy-five minutes, without interval
Pre-concert dining option | Buffet lunch at 12.30pm
TICKETS
Individual concerts | Adult $120 | Concession $110
Saturday Package (two concerts and dinner)
Adult $295 | Concession $275
Sunday Package (one concert and lunch)
Adult $155 | Concession $145
The ACO first performed at UKARIA on 2 June 2019.
Photos: Simon Lekias
Photo: Jarrad Seng
MAMA KIN WITH IAIN GRANDAGE
SATURDAY 14 JUNE 7.30PM
‘Mama Kin is one of Australia’s most charismatic and compelling performers. Revered for her richly evocative voice, she creates music that is imbued with a wonderfully organic rhythmic momentum. Hers are songs that connect worlds and conjure deep human emotion, centred around her profound storytelling gifts. Her music has taken her to stages all across the globe from Canada to Ireland, France and the USA.
For this very special concert, she is joined by another great conjurer of sound worlds, percussionist Vanessa Tomlinson, alongside the string playing support of Samuel Pankhurst and myself. Join us as Mama Kin opens her heart and invites you to do the same.’
– Iain Grandage
This concert is generously supported by
TICKETS
Adult $75 | Concession $70
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Antipasti platter (from $32; serves two)
This will be Mama Kin’s first appearance at UKARIA.
Mama Kin | Vocals / Percussion
Iain Grandage | Cello / Piano
Vanessa Tomlinson | Percussion
Samuel Pankhurst | Bass / Guitar
NOBUNTU
WITH ACADEMY VOICES
CULTURAL CONNECT: A CHORAL RESIDENCY
SATURDAY 21 JUNE 7.30PM
SUNDAY 22 JUNE 2.30PM
‘Choral music has the power to not only bring people together but possesses the strength to integrate cultures and nations. Cultural Connect aims to foster a profound sense of community, mutual understanding and artistic growth.’
– Timothy Wayne-Wright, Director of the A Cappella Academy
In this unique choral cultural exchange, we welcome Nobuntu as Ensemble-in-Residence; a vocal quartet who embody a new wave of female African artists dedicated to sharing their heritage and traditions through the universal language of music.
This residency opens a musical dialogue between Nobuntu and Academy Voices, a brand-new ensemble directed by Jonathan Bligh. This group of twelve singers is formed from members of four outstanding A Cappella Academy choirs – Adelaide Chamber Singers, Aurora Vocal Ensemble, Festival Statesmen Chorus and Rising Voices. Through intensive workshops and rehearsals, Nobuntu will share traditional music from Zimbabwe, passing on African harmonies, rhythms and unique vocal techniques to Academy Voices, who will reciprocate and explore the Australian cultural matrix.
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Saturday pre-concert dining option | Pizza ($42)
Sunday pre-concert dining option | Light lunch ($16)
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval of the Sunday concert.
This will be Nobuntu’s first appearance at UKARIA.
As part of the exchange, we are delighted to commission two of the leading choral figures in Australia today, Anne Cawrse and Carl Crossin, to create new work for this distinctive combination of voices.
Zanele Manhenga | Vocals
Thandeka Moyo | Vocals
Duduzile Sibanda | Vocals
Joyline Sibanda | Vocals
Academy Voices
Directed by Jonathan Bligh
Note | Different programs will be performed at each concert. Nobuntu will also present two public workshops during their residency. Please visit www.ukaria.com/acappella for more information.
Photo: Tswarelo Mothobe
KRISTIAN WINTHER, TIMO-VEIKKO VALVE AND AURA GO
SUNDAY 6 JULY 2.30PM
Kristian Winther, Timo-Veikko Valve and Aura Go are no strangers to UKARIA. Each of these celebrated soloists and chamber musicians has featured frequently in recent years amid their busy and varied schedules around Australia and internationally, but Winther, Valve and Go have rarely performed together.
This special performance for UKARIA is a unique opportunity to hear them explore the specificity and diversity of the piano trio genre, courtesy of a program that features familiar compositional voices –Beethoven and Schumann – in conversation with voices that may be lesser-known – the Finnish composer Helvi Leiviskä, and the French composer Lili Boulanger (sister of Nadia). Beethoven’s Ghost Trio is a beloved staple of the piano trio repertoire, but Helvi Leiviskä’s 1924 Piano Trio – composed while she was a student at the Helsinki Music Institute – and Lili Boulanger’s 1918 trio D’un Soir Triste – composed in the year of her death at the tragically young age of twenty-four – offer distinctive perspectives and approaches to the piano trio: here are two young women, living in different parts of Europe in the early twentiethcentury, conjuring very different sonic landscapes for this combination of instruments. The program closes with Robert Schumann’s D minor Piano Trio, a work that tests the limits of the genre: volatile, turbulent, despairing, but also yearning, gleeful, truly jubilant – this is Schumann at his intoxicating best.
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Light lunch ($16)
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
Kristian Winther first performed at UKARIA on 25 April 2021; Timo-Veikko Valve on 15 April 2018; Aura Go on 12 February 2021.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio in D, Op. 70 No. 1 Ghost
Helvi Leiviskä
Piano Trio
Lili Boulanger
D’un Soir Triste
Robert Schumann
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63
Photo: Jan Safar
LIOR WITH STRING QUARTET
SATURDAY 12 JULY 7.30PM
ARIA Award-winning Australian singer-songwriter Lior needs no introduction to UKARIA. A frequent and cherished guest, he will bring his latest album The Blue Parade to life, collaborating with members of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. As Lior himself explains:
‘For many years now, my relationship with UKARIA and the wonderful team there has been incredibly enjoyable and artistically rewarding.
The space itself nurtures and encourages creativity of all kinds. I am so pleased to be able to present this special performance which will include songs from my new album The Blue Parade, as well as songs from my back catalogue, some of which have been re-arranged especially for this occasion.
I am thrilled to be working with my dear friend and amazing cellist
Sharon Grigoryan, who has toured with me in the past and has performed on several of my recordings. Sharon has gathered together some of Adelaide’s finest string players to form a bespoke string quartet for the concert.’
Lior | Vocals / Guitar
Kate Suthers | Violin
Belinda Gehlert | Violin
Linda Garrett | Viola
Sharon Grigoryan | Cello
TICKETS
Adult $75 | Concession $70
Duration | Approximately two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Pizza ($42)
Lior first performed at UKARIA on 8 April 2017.
Photo: Alice Healy
SJAELLA HEAD & HEART
SUNDAY 20 JULY 2.30PM
The Leipzig-based vocal sextet Sjaella returns to UKARIA with a program exploring the age-old human dilemma between the head and the heart, including music by Eleonora d’Este, Nicolas Gombert, Hildegard von Bingen, Heinrich Schütz, Henry Purcell, Paola Prestini, David Lang, Laura Marconi, and a new work by Australian composer Alice Chance. This selection of early and contemporary music illustrates the tension between intellect and emotion: a plea for the truthfulness of thinking and feeling.
These six female voices, perfectly blended, ‘radiated a special kind of warmth... and held the audience spellbound’ (The Advertiser). They began singing together as children and have been performing as Sjaella – named after a Scandinavian word meaning ‘soul’ – since 2005. Their appearances in renowned music festivals and international concert tours are testament to their reputation as one of the most outstanding and captivating a cappella ensembles of our time.
Sjaella feeds the hearts and stimulates the minds of their listeners, as they ask: ‘How can we listen to both inner poles of reason and emotion, and learn to trust them?’
Viola Blache | Soprano
Marie Fenske | Soprano
Franziska Eberhardt | Soprano
Marie Charlotte Seidel | Mezzo Soprano
Luisa Klose | Alto
Helene Erben | Alto
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Light lunch ($16)
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
Sjaella first performed at UKARIA on 16 July 2023.
Photo: Lara Müller
Photo: Igor Studio
JAVIER PERIANES
SUNDAY 27 JULY 2.30PM
Internationally celebrated Spanish pianist Javier Perianes returns to UKARIA with a personal and evocative program of Italian and Spanish music composed over two centuries. The influence of Spanish folk styles and particularly the guitar can be heard in Domenico Scarlatti’s delicately virtuosic eighteenth-century keyboard sonatas – this Neapolitan harpsichordist and composer spent the latter twenty-five years of his life living in Madrid under royal patronage. In this program, Perianes puts Scarlatti’s response to Spanish musical culture in dialogue with two Spanish-born High Romantic, Impressionist voices.
In the first half, three movements from Isaac Albéniz’s stirring Iberia suite are juxtaposed with Scarlatti sonatas of widely varying character, while the second half luxuriates in Enrique Granados’ richly characterful cycle, Goyescas. There can be no better interpreter of such a program than Javier Perianes, a harmonia mundi exclusive recording artist, whose recent appearances have included the Philadelphia Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and the London, LA and New York Philharmonics.
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in F minor, K. 185
Isaac Albéniz
Evocación from Iberia
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in F minor, K. 462
Sonata in D minor, K. 141
Sonata in B flat minor, K. 128
Isaac Albéniz
El Puerto from Iberia
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in D, K. 491
Isaac Albéniz
El Albaicín from Iberia
Enrique Granados Goyescas, Op. 11
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Light lunch ($16)
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
Javier Perianes first performed at UKARIA on 21 August 2022.
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION CURATED BY PEKKA KUUSISTO
SAVE THE DATES
FRIDAY 22–SUNDAY 24 AUGUST
‘Pekka Kuusisto… surely has the most personal sound of any classical violinist now alive.’
– The Telegraph
To commemorate our 10th anniversary, we are delighted to welcome Pekka Kuusisto to curate a weekend of celebratory concerts. Artistic Director of Norwegian Chamber Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor and Artistic Co-Director of Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Pekka is noted for his innovative programming and collaborations across art forms. This will be his first performance at UKARIA.
Pekka Kuusisto plays the Antonio Stradivari Golden Period c. 1709 ‘Scotta’ violin, generously loaned by an Australian patron.
The weekend will include three performances, with a different program performed at each concert.
TICKETS
Tickets, artist line up and full program available in Autumn 2025.
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Photo: Bard Gundersen
UKARIA CHAMBERFEST
CURATED BY BROOKLYN RIDER
SAVE THE DATES
FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER–SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER
From 2025, our UKARIA 24 weekend will be renamed UKARIA Chamberfest, reflecting the evolution of the event. Each year, an exceptional musician is given the freedom to curate the program, and in 2025 we are excited to announce that the members of Brooklyn Rider will be joint curators: the first time we have invited an ensemble to fulfil this role.
Approaching twenty years of shared musical exploration, Brooklyn Rider has used the flexible medium of the string quartet at every point in their adventurous career as a vehicle for collective discovery. Claiming no allegiance to either end of the historical spectrum, Brooklyn Rider most comfortably operates within the long arc of the tradition, seeking to illuminate works of the past with fresh insight while coaxing the malleable genre into the future through their unique programmatic framing, deep-rooted collaborations, and innovative commissioning projects.
Over the course of UKARIA Chamberfest, the quartet will showcase its singular musical lens and gripping performance style. Exploring music from Bach to Bob Dylan, styles from minimalism to cabaret, topics from democracy to Dada, and collaborations from dance to the human voice, Brooklyn Rider invites you to play along in this veritable sandbox of invention.
TICKETS
Tickets, artist line up and full program available in Autumn 2025. Sign up to our email list to receive updates.
Photo: Marco Giannavola
2025 marks 10 years of UKARIA. 10 years of presenting world-class musicians in the Adelaide Hills. 10 years of joyful music making.
The UKARIA Foundation was established in 2018 to support the cultural program in perpetuity. In a short amount of time it has built an impressive corpus thanks to the ongoing commitment of our donors.
To ensure UKARIA remains a cultural icon, you can support by:
GIVING TO THE ENDOWMENT FUND
Your gift will build the corpus and the investment income will support the cultural program and concert experience for musicians and audiences in perpetuity. It will enable us to engage great artists, commission new work, and develop the residency program, as well as maintain the facilities and nurture the grounds that are part of the concert experience.
GIVING TO THE MUSIC PROGRAM
Your donation will be used to support outstanding artists in the forthcoming season.
Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible and the UKARIA Foundation is able to receive distributions from private and public ancillary funds.
www.ukaria.com/donate or phone (08) 8227 1277
LEAVING A BEQUEST
Leaving a bequest can make a profound impact. If you would like to play a part in our future, please consider leaving a bequest which you can direct to the Endowment Fund or a special project. For more information, please start a conversation with our CEO, Alison Beare, or request a brochure.
Thank you for considering a donation to strengthen UKARIA’s mission by supporting great artists, live performances, residencies, masterclasses and the creation of new work.
James and William Morrison. Photo: Claudio Raschella
INFORMATION
TICKETS
For 2025, a merchant fee of 1% will be applied to all orders. Concessions are available for full-time students, pensioners and health care cardholders. Please note that Seniors Cards do not qualify for concession.
1. PURCHASE ONLINE www.ukaria.com/events
2. BY PHONE (08) 8227 1277
Our office is open Monday to Friday, from 9.00am to 5.00pm, except on holidays.
USING UKARIA CREDIT
If you have a credit on your account, this will show up in the payment screen when you are purchasing tickets online. You can then simply apply credit to pay for any tickets in your shopping cart.
TICKET DELIVERY
We do not issue printed tickets; you will receive a digital copy of your booking confirmation delivered immediately to your nominated email address (sometimes the email goes into the junk folder; please check here if needed). If you misplace your booking confirmation, you can log in to your UKARIA account at any time using your email and password and view your upcoming bookings.
WAITING LIST
Due to the intimacy of the venue, concerts regularly sell out, so we keep a waiting list. To add your name to the waiting list, please sign up via the links on our website, or contact us on (08) 8227 1277 or at info@ukaria.com. Please note that we require 14 days’ notice to facilitate the re-selling of tickets to the waiting list.
GIFT VOUCHERS
Give the ultimate experiential gift of music in nature by purchasing a UKARIA gift voucher for family and friends. Vouchers are valid for three years from the date of purchase and can be used to purchase concert tickets as well as preordered dining options. Please note: vouchers are not valid for performances presented at UKARIA Cultural Centre by other organisations (for example, the Adelaide Festival, State Opera South Australia, etc.).
CONDITIONS OF SALE
All sales are non-refundable once the order has been finalised, except as required by law, or as outlined in the Live Performance Australia Ticketing Code of Practice (if an event is cancelled, rescheduled or significantly re-located).
TRANSFERS AND CREDITS
Your ticket is transferable and can be given to friends or family if you are unable to attend.
If you wish to request a credit for tickets, meals or light meals the request for credit must be made by email/phone at least 14 days before the date of the event.
REFUNDS
We do not offer refunds except as required by law, or as outlined in the Live Performance Australia Ticketing Code of Practice (if an event is cancelled, rescheduled, or significantly re-located).
BUS SERVICE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
• The Bus Service is available for all concerts in the February–July 2025 Season.
• The cost of the ticket is a flat fee of $20 return for each day.
• We do not offer a reduced price for one-way travel.
• If you arrive after the departure time and miss the bus, your concert and bus ticket are non-refundable.
• Tickets for the bus service will be taken off sale at 5.00pm on the Wednesday prior to the concert date.
EASY-ACCESS SEATING
If you require easy-access seating, please let our team know well in advance (at least one week prior) by phoning the office on (08) 8227 1277.
Please note that due to the small size of UKARIA’s auditorium, we can only offer limited accessibility seating. If you book with a larger group and you require easy-access seating, we would be grateful if able-bodied members of your group would consider sitting in the row behind so that our team can accommodate as many mobility-impaired patrons as possible.
FILMING AND PHOTOGRAPHY
We welcome photography inside the main hall before or after the concert, or at interval if applicable. During performances, all unauthorised photography and recording of the artists is strictly prohibited.
For more information, please visit www.ukaria.com/busservice
Please contact us on (08) 8227 1277 or at info@ukaria.com if you have any further queries.
VARIATIONS TO PERFORMANCES OR EVENTS
UKARIA reserves the right to change artists, programs, venue opening and/or performance times should this become necessary.
VENUE INFORMATION
PARKING AT UKARIA
While there is ample parking available on site, please take care when parking close to other vehicles. Please use the car park markers as your guide, and be considerate of fellow patrons by not parking across multiple spaces.
DINING OPTIONS
Full details about the dining option associated with each concert can be found on our website.
Please note that all dining options are in addition to the cost of the concert – you require two separate bookings (one for the concert, another booking for your meal option) in each instance.
For more information, please visit www.ukaria.com/lightmeals
EXTERNAL FOOD AND DRINK
To abide by SA Health regulations, consumption of food and drink that has not been purchased on our premises is not permissible.
To view UKARIA’s full Terms & Conditions, please visit www.ukaria.com/tcs
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The 2025 Season is proudly presented by UKARIA.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ulrike Klein AO | Founder
Rob Brookman AM | Chair
Rod Cornish
Amanda Harkness
Paul Kildea
Sam Saunders
Mathew Trinca AM
Mary Vallentine AO
UKARIA FOUNDATION BOARD
David McKee AO | Chair
Amanda Harkness
Diana McLaurin
Kirsty Roderick
STAFF
Alison Beare | Chief Executive Officer
Paola Niscioli | General Manager, Operations
Emma van Lierop | Business Manager and Artist Liaison
Liam Taylor | Venue and Production Manager
Céline Rittner | Food and Beverage Manager
Rachel Bruerville | Senior Communications Coordinator
Tahlia Williams | Communications Coordinator
John Carter | Facilities Manager
Emma Quinn | Ticketing and CRM Manager
Vernon Schulz | Bookkeeper
UKARIA consists of a small, dedicated team of core staff (FTE 6.2)
To mark our 10th anniversary, we also acknowledge
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2015
Ulrike Klein AO | Founder
David Minns | Chair
Michael Hayes
Thora Klein
David McKee AO
Winnie Pelz
Joan Sedsman
PAST STAFF
Lisa Bird | Food and Beverage Manager
Dylan Henderson | Communications Manager
Kingsley Schmidtke | Operations and Facilities Manager
2025 SEASON BROCHURE CREDITS
Concert descriptions | Brigid Coleridge
Brigid Coleridge is a poet and internationally-acclaimed violinist who performs in the US and Europe with the Merz Trio.
Design | Orange Fridge
Photography | Cover and inside cover by Randy Larcombe
Season Partner
EMBRACING THE LIFE FORCE OF NATURE.
FROM
SEED TO SKIN.
FROM OUR FARM TO YOU.
