My debut solo CD, ‘Veiled Virtuosity’, has been released on the Move Records label.  This solo recital at the beautiful St. Michael’s Uniting Church will be the official launch of the album. 

Date: Sunday, 25th October 2009 (please note this concert was originally scheduled for the 18th October)

Time: 1pm

Venue: St. Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne (corner Russell Street)

Admission: TBC

For more information on the CD, please visit the Recordings page.

Would be great to see you at the launch!

This year is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Felix Mendelssohn. He wrote two masterpieces for cello and piano - the Sonatas Op 45 and 58. They are notable for their wonderful melodic lines and their virtuosic instrumental writing. It is a great Festival treat to hear both Sonatas together, played by two of Melbourne’s finest young players.

Zoe Knighton is cellist with Flinders Quartet, a core player with Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, and Artistic Director of the Montsalvat Concert Series.

Amir Farid is known as a soloist and chamber music player particularly with the Benaud Trio. He made his London solo debut last year.

A special Anniversary concert.

Date: Saturday, October 10th 2009

Time: 10am

Venue: Lecture Hall, Port Fairy, Victoria

Program: Mendelssohn’s 2 Cello Sonatas

For more information about the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival, please visit www.portfairyspringfest.com.au.

Unfortunately this concert has been sold out.

I am thrilled to be asked once again to play at the exciting Port Fairy Spring Music Festival for 2009.  This menage concert will take place at 10pm, and will include some of the piano literature’s most loved works, as well as music by the festival’s featured composer, Stuart Greenbaum.

A particular focus on intimacy, and a romantic late night piano atmosphere.

Date: Friday, 9th October 2009

Time: 10pm

Venue: Lecture Hall, Port Fairy, Victoria

Program: Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, Debussy’s Claire de Lune, Chopin’s 1st Ballade, Greenbaum’s Evocation and Scriabin’s Vers la Flamme.

For more information about the festival, please visit www.portfairyspringfest.com.au.

Unfortunately this concert has been sold out.

This concert will be the Benaud Trio’s 2nd appearance as part of the Elder Hall Lunchtime Concert Series.  We will be playing one of the most glorious of all chamber music works, Schubert’s 2nd Piano Trio in E flat.

Date: Friday, 2nd October 2009

Time: 1.10pm

Venue: Elder Hall, University of Adelaide

Program: Franz Schubert - Piano Trio No.2 in Eb

For further details, please click here or call 08 8303 5925.

VEILED VIRTUOSITY - Move Records

My debut solo CD has finally been released on the Move Records label.

‘Veiled Virtuosity’ contains works by Liszt, Brahms, Prokofiev, Beethoven, Vine and Maroufi, as well as the premiere recording of Stuart Greenbaum’s Evocation (2006).

$25 plus postage and handling.

For more information, or to order your own copy, please email me at info@amirfarid.com.

Please visit the Recordings page for track listing details.

Please come along to this unique concert to raise money for a wonderful cause.

Cellists David Pereira and Bonnie Smart, with pianist Amir Farid will be playing works by Pärt, Debussy, Rautavaara, Edwards, Bach, Maroufi and Hindson.

Every $100 raised gives a child in an under-developed country a wheelchair.

Date: Sunday 20th September 2009

Time: 12.15pm (concert will go for approximately 1 hour)

Venue: St. Michaels’ Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne (cnr Russell Street)

Admission: $15 full, $10 concession

Considered one of the most popular composers of the Romantic period, Felix Mendelssohn’s body of work includes symphonies, concerti, oratorios, piano and chamber music. This year marks the bicentenary of his birth in Germany in 1809. This concert includes a sample of his cello works performed by two local rising young stars. Zoë is the cellist with Flinders Quartet and Amir won the prestigious 2006 Australian National Piano Award; together they perform a selection of Mendelssohn’s great music for cello.

Date: Wednesday, 9th September 2009

Time: 6pm

Venue: The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, Cnr Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street, Southbank, Victoria.

Admission: $30 ($20 concession)

Bookings and Enquiries:  Please call the Melbourne Recital Centre box office on 03 9699 3333, or visit www.melbournerecital.com.au.