This event will be the 2nd of 3 exciting concerts that make up the Peninsula Music Society’s Winter Solstice Piano Festival Weekend, held between 20th and 22nd June 2008.

Once again I am honoured to team up with William Hennessy and the Australia Pro Arte Orchestra in Mozart’s Concerto No.12 in A, K.414.

Details are as follows:

Date: Saturday, 21st June, 2008

Time: 8pm

Venue: Peninsula Community Theatre, Cnr Nepean Hwy and Wilsons Rd, Mornington, Victoria (melway 145 E2).  Free parking.

Bookings and Enquiries: Please go to www.pmsmusic.asn.au for more details, including how to book tickets.

This concert is surrounded by 2 other exciting events.  Friday evening on 20th June will feature the Rob Burke and Tony Gould quartet, or come to hear one of Australia’s finest pianists, Kristian Chong, in recital on Sunday 22nd June.

The Peninsula Music Society, Australia Pro Arte and myself all hope to see you there!

A Saxophone in Paris

The great Claude Delangle, Professor of saxophone at the Paris Conservatoire and renowned performer, will be visiting Melbourne to present masterclasses, lectures and lessons, as well as this recital not to be missed.

It is a truly great honour for me to have the opportunity to play with Maestro Delangle, considered one of the true masters of the instrument.  The details of the recital, organised by the Univesity of Melbourne Faculty of Music and the Victorian College of the Arts, are as follows:

Date: Tuesday, May 20th

Time: 7.30pm

Venue: Melba Hall, University of Melbourne, Gate 12, Royal Parade, Parkville 

Tickets: $30, $15 concession.  Faculty of Music and VCA students free!

Enquiries/bookings: Please phone 03 8344 8280.

For more information about Claude Delangle, visit his website at www.sax-delangle.com.

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - KPMG Melbourne Town Hall Proms Concert 1

This will be my debut public performance as a concerto soloist with a Symphony Orchestra. It is a great thrill for me to have the opportunity to perform one of the most loved of Mozart’s Piano Concertos, No.21 K.467 in C (nicknamed ‘Elvira Madigan’), with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Conducted by Alexander Briger, this concert entitled ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ will also include music by two Czech masters - Dvorak and Smetana.

Date: Friday 16th May, 2008

Time: 7.30pm

Venue: Melbourne Town Hall

Program:

• Dvorak - Symphony No.7
• Mozart - Piano Concerto No.21, “Elvira Madigan”
• Janacek - Sinfonietta

Bookings and Enquiries: Please call the MSO Box Office on 03 9929 9600, or visit www.mso.com.au for subscription details and admission prices.

THIS CONCERT IS SOLD OUT.