I will be making my debut with the Heidelberg Symphony with 2 works - Prokofiev’s 1st piano concerto, and Gershwin’s ever popular Rhapsody in Blue.

Date: Saturday 11th September 2010

Time: 8pm

Venue: The Performing Arts Centre, Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School, Upper Heidelberg Road, Ivanhoe

Enquiries: For all booking enquiries, please call 03 9005 1792, or visit www.heidelbergsymphony.com.au.

The dynamic Elandra Quartet and I will be teaming up once again for Schumann’s divine Piano Quintet in Eb.

Date: Sunday 26th September

Time: 3pm

Venue: St. Johns Southgate, 20 City Road, Southbank Victoria 3006

Admission: $25, $15 concession.  Available at the door.

Enquiries: Please phone 0414 244 810

“Farid’s rapidly developing mastery … distinguishes him for all the right reasons.”  Melbourne Age

Amir Farid is acknowledged as one of Australia’s most significant emerging pianists. Recently graduated with distinction from the Royal College of Music in London, he returns for his first appearance with MCO in the Melbourne Recital Centre.

Date: Sunday 24th October, 2010

Time: 2.30pm

Venue: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, Cnr Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street, Southbank, Victoria.

Program:

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Divertimento in F, K.138
• Richard Mills - Essay for strings (2010)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano concerto No.14 in E flat, K.449
• Antonín Dvořák - Serenade for strings in E, Op.22

Bookings:

• Phone: For single concert tickets, please call the Melbourne Recital Centre box office on 03 9699 3333.  For subscription packages, please call the MCO office 03 9650 3365.
• Online: Please visit www.melbournerecital.com.au.  For MCO subscription packages, please visit www.mco.org.au.

For more information, please click here to be taken to the relevant page on the MCO website.

In a program celebrating the tango and its sultry influence on Argentinian and Spanish composition, Amir Farid and Zoe Knighton explore seductive repertoire for cello and piano, including Piazolla Libertango, Ginastera Pampeana No.2 and Manuel de Falla Suite Populaire Espagnole.

Date: Sunday 7th November 2010

Time: 2.30pm

Venue: Barn Gallery, Montsalvat, 7 Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham, Victoria.

Admission: $35 full, $25 concession, plus booking fee.  $70/$60 special concert and lunch package.

Bookings and Enquiries: Bookings through M-TIX: 03 9685 5111, or in person at Montsalvat.  Please visit www.montsalvat.com.au for further information.

I am honoured to be playing with this wonderful ensemble conducted by Maestro Gerald Gentry.  We will be presenting the wild and wacky ‘Handel in the Strand’ by Australia’s own Percy Grainger.

Date: Thursday 25th November 2010

Time: 7.30pm

Venue: Melba Hall, The University of Melbourne, Royal Parade, Parkville.

Admission: $35, $30 concession, $20 students

Bookings: Please click here to download a booking form.

Enquiries: Please visit www.scpo.com.au, or contact Bianca Rooman - 03 9386 8362, southerncrossphil@pacific.net.au

‘One glance at Schubert’s Trio and the troubles of our human existence disappear and all the world is fresh and bright again’ — Robert Schumann

The first performance of Schubert’s Op.99 Trio was at an informal gathering of his friends - diary accounts recall much drinking, dancing and high spirits! Paul Shoenfield’s 1987 hit ‘Café Music’ was written with exactly this sort of merriment in mind. Combining elements of Viennese, gypsy and Broadway styles, Paul Schoenfield’s witty take on high class dinner music is a rollicking rollercoaster of musical fun.

Date: Saturday 27th November, 2010

Time: 6pm

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

Admission: $35 ($25 concession) -  Special four concert subscription package availlable for $120 ($85 concession).

Bookings and Enquiries:

• In person: Melbourne Recital Centre, Cnr Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street, Southbank, Victoria.
• Online: www.melbournerecital.com.au
• By phone: Call the Melbourne Recital Centre box office on 03 9699 3333.
• By mail: return the booking form (pdf)
• Subscriptions can be purchased in person , or by calling the Box Office (not available online).