Musica Viva | Garrick Ohlsson – Melbourne

melbourne recital centre Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

In 1970 Garrick Ohlsson – a gangly pianist from White Plains, New York, all of 22 and unknown beyond his hometown – pulled off an astonishing feat: from nowhere he won the Chopin Competition in Warsaw, the only American to have done so. He somehow missed the announcement, a kindly audience member informing him that […]

$15

Musica Viva | Garrick Ohlsson – Adelaide

Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide 128 King William St, Adelaide, SA, Australia

In 1970 Garrick Ohlsson – a gangly pianist from White Plains, New York, all of 22 and unknown beyond his hometown – pulled off an astonishing feat: from nowhere he won the Chopin Competition in Warsaw, the only American to have done so. He somehow missed the announcement, a kindly audience member informing him that […]

$15

Musica Viva | Garrick Ohlsson – Melbourne

melbourne recital centre Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

In 1970 Garrick Ohlsson – a gangly pianist from White Plains, New York, all of 22 and unknown beyond his hometown – pulled off an astonishing feat: from nowhere he won the Chopin Competition in Warsaw, the only American to have done so. He somehow missed the announcement, a kindly audience member informing him that […]

$15

Southern Cross Soloists | From the Heartland: Vienna to Budapest

QPAC Queensland Performing Arts Centre, South Bank Cnr Grey & Melbourne Sts, South Bank, QLD, Australia

Beginning in the imperial city of Vienna with Mozart’s witty Horn Concerto No. 4, this musical odyssey takes us through the heartland of Central Europe to the artistically rich countries of Austria, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic. Despite their complex histories and ever-changing borders, the cultural treasure trove cities of Vienna, Prague, Warsaw and Budapest […]

$85

Flinders Quartet | Julian Yu’s Bach with Dong Ma’s Erhu, and Brenda Gifford’s “Dissipate”

Macedon Music Lowland Farm 70 Brougham Road Mount Macedon, VIC, Australia

A marriage of musicians and culture matched with times past, present, and future to create a soundscape that is unexpectedly homogenous and extraordinarily beautiful. Dong Ma's virtuosity on the erhu is perfectly matched with Julian Yu's arrangement of Bach's Goldberg Variations, and together they create a mesmerising performance that transcends time and cultural barriers. Yuin […]