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.

I am thrilled to be making my Sydney Symphony debut in June 2009 with one of Mozart’s rarely heard gems, the Concerto No.14 in Eb K449, directed by Michael Dauth (violin).

Mozart and Mendelssohn didn’t live long enough to grow old, but their music has survived the ages. Mendelssohn’s Octet was the work of a 16-year-old – it’s perfect in its mastery but it’s also fresh and full of imagination.

Mozart was the grand age of 28 when he wrote this piano concerto, but he too came up with something fresh: a new sense of intimacy in what was normally a very ‘public’ genre.

Date: Thursday June 4th, 2009.

Time: 7pm.

Venue: City Recital Hall, Angel Place.

Program:

• Mendelssohn: Octet for strings
• Mozart: Piano Concerto No.14 in E flat, K449

Bookings and Enquiries: Please visit www.sydneysymphony.com for all related enquiries, or click here to go directly to the specific concert link.

Celebrate Father’s Day at the beautiful Montsalvat on Sunday 7th September with a solo piano recital!

This will be my last concert at home before I depart for London to commence studies at the Royal College of Music.

Date: Sunday, 7th September, 2008

Time: 3pm

Venue: Montsalvat - 7 Hillcrest Ave Eltham.

Admission: $20 adults, $15 concession.  Bookings essential.

Bookings and Enquiries: 03 9439 7712 or arts@montsalvat.com.au

Program will include Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata, works by Iranian Composer Javad Maroufi and Prokofiev’s Toccata.

For more information about Montsalvat, visit www.montsalvat.com.au.

Hope to see you there!

This recital will be one of 2 performances I will be giving at the Knox Community Arts Centre on 19th June, 2008. 

Date: Thursday, 19th June 2008

Time: 8pm (also 1.30pm)

Venue: Knox Community Arts Centre, Cnr Mountain Hwy and Scoresby Rd, Bayswater Victoria 3153.

Admission: $20, $12.50 concession.

Enquiries and Bookings: Phone the Box Office on 03 9729 7287 (or fax to 03 9720 0160), or email knoxarts@knox.vic.gov.au.  Group Bookings available.

Program:  Haydn’s C# minor sonata, Brahms’ 2 Rhapsodies Op.79, Beethoven’s Waldstein sonata, works by Persian composer Javad Maroofi and Prokofiev’s Toccata.

A similar program will be performed at 1.30pm.  Click here for details.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Richard Mitchell and the Knox Community Arts Centre for organising this concert, as well as a tour in June 2008 of performances throughout Victoria in places such as Portland, Shepparton, Colac, Cardinia, Wyndham and Plenty Ranges.  This has enabled me not only to expand my profile to key centres throughout Victoria, but also to help raise money for my planned studies in London, commencing September 2008.

This recital will be one of 2 performances I will be giving at the Knox Community Arts Centre on 19th June, 2008. 

Date: Thursday, 19th June 2008

Time: 1.30pm (also 8pm)

Venue: Knox Community Arts Centre, Cnr Mountain Hwy and Scoresby Rd, Bayswater Victoria 3153.

Admission: $10.

Enquiries and Bookings: Phone the Box Office on 03 9729 7287 (or fax to 03 9720 0160), or email knoxarts@knox.vic.gov.au.  Group Bookings available.

Program:  Brahms’ 2 Rhapsodies Op.79, Beethoven’s Waldstein sonata, works by Persian composer Javad Maroofi and Prokofiev’s Toccata.

A similar program will be performed at 8pm.  Click here for details.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Richard Mitchell and the Knox Community Arts Centre for organising this concert, as well as a tour in June 2008 of performances throughout Victoria in places such as Portland, Shepparton, Colac, Cardinia, Wyndham and Plenty Ranges.  This has enabled me not only to expand my profile to key centres throughout Victoria, but also to help raise money for my planned studies in London, commencing September 2008.

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.

Jacqueline Porter is one of Australia’s finest rising stars, and it is a great thrill for me to be teaming up with her in this concert for Macedon Music.

Seating is strictly limited, so be sure to book early!

Date: Sunday, 13th April 2008

Time: 2.30pm

Venue: Lowland Farm, 70 Brougham Rd, Mt Macedon 3441.

Bookings and Enquiries: Contact the Macedon Music Society:

Telephone - 03 5426 2414       

Email - info@macedonmusic.com

Web - www.macedonmusic.com

Post- Lowland Farm, 70 Brougham Rd, Mt Macedon 3441.

The acclaimed Australia Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra have recently released details of their 2008 season, ‘The Range of Light’.

The season opener, entitled ”Diamonds in the Sky”, will take place on 30th and 31st March 2008, featuring Amir Farid as concerto soloist in one of the most dramatic of Mozart’s Piano Concertos, No.24 in c minor.

Dates: Two performances - Sunday 30th at 2.30pm,  and Monday 31st March at 7pm.

Program:

• Haydn - Symphony No.90
• Frank Martin - Polytptyque Six Images de la Passion du Christ (1973)
• Mozart - Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor, K491

Venue: BMW Edge, Federation Square, entrance off Flinders street (near corner Russell Street - click here to view map), Melbourne.

Bookings and Enquiries: Please call the APA office on 03 9650 3365 for Subscription details. For more information, click here to visit the Australia Pro Arte website.