This solo recital is part of the inaugural Montsalvat 20-Concert Series, with the dynamic Zoe Knighton as artistic director.  The series has 3 categories - Melbourne Star Performers, Chamber, and Young Performers.  To see details of the entire series, view the series brochure.

• Date: Sunday 26th July, 2009
• Time: 2:30pm
• Venue: Montsalvat, 7 Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham.  Telephone: (03) 9439 7712.  Web: www.montsalvat.com.au
• Admission: Single tickets - $35 ($25 concession).  Subscription packages available - please click here to see details of entire series and subscription packages.
• Bookings and Enquiries:  Single tickets available by calling (03) 9685 5111, or online at www.malthousetheatre.com.au.  Subscriptions purchasable only by phone.
• Program: Will include works by Chopin, Beethoven and Ligeti.

I hope you can join us at this most stunning venue; the perfect surroundings for an afternoon of music!

“At the (MSO Sidney Myer Music Bowl Series) concert’s heart stood the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2, the nonpareil of passionately charged music. Soloist Amir Farid outlined an interpretation distinguished by its assured urgency, making the most of the score’s exposed passages, slotting into the MSO’s eloquent accompaniment with a mature expertise. Farid avoided any temptation to overdraw technical flourishes, husbanding his outbursts carefully and producing a sensitive, generous-spirited interpretation of this ever-welcome warhorse.”

Clive O’Connell - The Age, 16/2/2009 (click here for the full review)

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“The Russian theme (at the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl Valentine’s Day Concert) continued with the Rachmaninov that followed, the justifiably popular Piano Concerto no 2 with Amir Farid at the keyboard. This was a perfect program choice, as the performance provided the spectacle necessary for entertaining a large crowd in an open air venue. Farid delivered the ‘whole package’ so to speak, with a technically accomplished performance, full of the emotion that the occasion demanded. The importance of choosing accomplished young musicians at these free concerts cannot be underestimated as a source of inspiration for other young people. Young children throughout the audience were transfixed by Farid’s inspiring performance, which must have a long term effect upon musical futures.”
Ronald McCoy - Arts Hub, 16/2/2009 (click here for the full review)

To read more reviews of Amir Farid’s performances, please go the the Reviews page.

I am excited to be presenting the Sorrento Autumn Music Days Gala Concert in one of the most beautiful parts of Victoria.  Details of this recital are as follows:

Date: Saturday 21st February 2009.

Time: 8pm.

Venue: Sorrento Masonic Centre, 3385 Point Nepean Road, Sorrento Victoria 3943 (click here for map).

Program:

• Brahms - Rhapsody in G minor, Op.79 No.2
• Chopin - Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23
• Beethoven - Sonata in C, Op.53 ‘Waldstein’
• Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

Unfortunately this event has been sold out.

I am excited to be playing with the Melbourne Symphony once again in one of the most loved of all piano concertos - Rachmaninoff’s 2nd in C minor, conducted by the MSO Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, Maestro Oleg Caetani.

Date:  Saturday 14th February, 2009

Time:  7pm

Venue:  Sidney Myer Music Bowl, King’s Domain, Linlithgow Avenue, Melbourne.  Click here for more information about the venue, including a map of its location.

Program:

• Mahler - Symphony No.5: Adagietto
• Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No.2
• Ravel - Daphnis and Chloe: Suite No.2
• Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy Overture

Admission: Free!

Enquiries: Please visit the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra website at www.mso.com.au.