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Flinders Quartet to launch 2013 season with prize-winning virtuoso Dmitry Onishchenko
Opening its 2013 subscription series with trademark flare and virtuosity, Flinders Quartet proudly welcomes the winner of the 2012 Sydney International Piano Competition (SIPCA) ‘Flinders Quartet Prize’, Ukrainian pianist Dmitry Onishchenko, as their guest in a concert of Shostakovich, Ravel and Ian Munro.
Hand-picked by the quartet to tour with them in 2013, Dimitry also won the Australian Music Prize and the prize for Best Performance of a Debussy work at the Sydney International Piano Competition in 2012.
“When we selected Dimitry as the winner of the SIPCA ‘Flinders Quartet Prize’, we were attracted by his adventurous musical spirit, his interaction with other performers on stage and his obvious gift for connecting with the audience. This performance is bound to excite and inspire both new audiences and loyal Flinders Quartet subscribers,” said Flinders Quartet cellist, Zoe Knighton.
“This is the first time that the quartet has performed with a guest international artist, and what better opportunity to programme the quintessentially RussianPiano Quintet in G minor by Shostakovich alongside an equally fabulous Australian work by Ian Munro, Divertissement sur le nom d’Erik Satie - a delightful, whimsical piano quintet which is close to our hearts,” she added.
The quartet will also perform Ravel’s String Quartet in F major.
Australian composer Ian Munro’s Divertissement sur le nom d’Erik Satie is a series of eight brief movements following a day in the life of Eric Satie and was commissioned by Flinders Quartet in 2006. Since its debut performance this work has steadily gained recognition and earned itself a place in the canon of contemporary repertoire for piano quintet.
Flinders Quartet violinist Helen Ayres, who performed Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 with Dmitry in the SIPCA 2012 Chamber Music round, described the experience of performing alongside him as ‘like having Shostakovich in the room’.
For Flinders Quartet 2013 is a season of new beginnings, welcoming Helen Ayres (violin) as a new permanent member of the ensemble and a series of guest violinists throughout the year: Shane Chen for this programme with Dimitry Onishchenko, and in later concerts, Shaun Lee-Chen and Cameron Hill.
FLINDERS QUARTET with Dmitry Onishchenko
May 25 – June 15, 2013 Programme
Maurice Ravel – String Quartet in F major
Ian Munro – Divertissement sur le nom d’Erik Satie
Dimitri Shostakovich – Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
Performers
Dimitry Onischenko – Piano | Shane Chen – Violin |
Helen Ayres – Violin | Helen Ireland – Viola | Zoe Knighton – Cello
Dates
ROMSEY: Cope Williams Winery, (03) 5429 5595 www.copewilliams.com.au – Saturday 25 May 2.30pm
ELTHAM: Montsalvat Barn Gallery, Bookings through (03) 9699 3333 www.melbournerecital.com.au – Sun 26 May 2.30pm
WANGARATTA: Performing Arts Centre (03) 5722 8105 www.wangarattapac.com.au – Thursday 30 May, 7.30pm
WOLLONGONG: Wollongong City Gallery (02) 4228 1122 www.wollcon.com.au/events – Saturday 1 June, 7.00pm
BATEHAVEN: St Bernard’s Catholic Church Bookings: www.southcoastmusicsociety.com – Sunday 2 June, 4.00pm
SYDNEY: Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House (02) 9250 7777 www.sydneyoperahouse.com – Tuesday 4 June 7.00pm
MELBOURNE: Melbourne Recital Centre, (03) 9699 3333 www.melbournerecital.com.au – Wednesday 5 June 7.00pm
BENDIGO: The Capital (03) 5434 6100, Bookings www.thecapital.com.au – Friday 7 June, 8.00pm
NOOSA: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Bookings: www.noosamusic.org – Saturday 15 June, 7.30pm
ABOUT FLINDERS QUARTET
Having been nominated for numerous national awards including APRA, ARIA, Limelight and the Melbourne Prize, Flinders Quartet is instantly recognizable as one of Australia’s most loved chamber music ensembles. Flinders Quartet’s 2013 performance schedule their includes the annual Melbourne and Sydney subscription series, concerts with SIPCA finalist and winner of the 2012 ‘Flinders Quartet Prize’ Dmitry Onishchenko, a collaboration with internationally renowned percussionist Claire Edwardes, the premiere of a commission from Elena Kats-Chernin, as well as recitals and masterclasses in various parts of metropolitan and regional Australia.
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