Sep
26
1:30 PM13:30

KIAZMA Piano Duo at Beleura

This program begins with Hungarian composer György Kurtág’s reverent transcriptions of some of Bach’s most beautiful Chorales that confront death, devotion and consolation. Composed in the shadow of his father's sudden death in 1922, Shostakovich's Suite for two pianos, Op.6, is music of immense power and tragic intensity, written when the composer was just 15.

Composer Holly Harrison is one of Australia's rising stars. Her music embraces juxtaposing styles, blending the visceral energy of rock with whimsical humour. She writes, ‘Crunch is a highly rhythmic work for piano four-hands which draws inspiration from honky-tonk, blues, punk, and grunge music. The word ‘crunch’ refers to dissonance and rhythmic punch, and …the percussiveness and physicality of the piano.

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May
4
6:00 PM18:00

Jane Austen's Music

Rachael Beesley music director
Aura Go
piano
Lizzy Bennet’s Band

Carl Davis
Opening Music from Pride and Prejudice

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
March from The Marriage of Figaro, K.492
Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K.467

Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle No.25 in A minor ‘Für Elise’, WoO 59

Henry Purcell
Chaconne from The Fairy Queen, Z.629

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May
4
3:00 PM15:00

Jane Austen's Music

Rachael Beesley music director
Aura Go
piano
Lizzy Bennet’s Band

Carl Davis
Opening Music from Pride and Prejudice

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
March from The Marriage of Figaro, K.492
Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K.467

Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle No.25 in A minor ‘Für Elise’, WoO 59

Henry Purcell
Chaconne from The Fairy Queen, Z.629

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Apr
22
7:00 PM19:00

ACO UP CLOSE: Beethoven Arranged (Melbourne)

Beethoven Arranged features two beloved works reimagined in arrangements from Beethoven’s own lifetime.

BEETHOVEN (arr. Beethoven) Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.36
BEETHOVEN (arr. Ferdinand Ries) Cello Sonata in F major, Op.5 No.1

Helena Rathbone Violin
Liisa Pallandi Violin
Stefanie Farrands Viola
Timo-Veikko Valve Cello
Melissa Barnard Cello
Aura Go Piano

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Apr
22
4:00 PM16:00

ACO UP CLOSE: Beethoven Arranged (Melbourne)

Beethoven Arranged features two beloved works reimagined in arrangements from Beethoven’s own lifetime.

BEETHOVEN (arr. Beethoven) Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.36
BEETHOVEN (arr. Ferdinand Ries) Cello Sonata in F major, Op.5 No.1

Helena Rathbone Violin
Liisa Pallandi Violin
Stefanie Farrands Viola
Timo-Veikko Valve Cello
Melissa Barnard Cello
Aura Go Piano

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Apr
20
7:00 PM19:00

ACO UP CLOSE: Beethoven Arranged (Sydney)

Beethoven Arranged features two beloved works reimagined in arrangements from Beethoven’s own lifetime.

BEETHOVEN (arr. Beethoven) Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.36
BEETHOVEN (arr. Ferdinand Ries) Cello Sonata in F major, Op.5 No.1

Helena Rathbone Violin
Liisa Pallandi Violin
Stefanie Farrands Viola
Timo-Veikko Valve Cello
Melissa Barnard Cello
Aura Go Piano

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Mar
4
6:30 PM18:30

CLARA SCHUMANN'S PIANO CONCERTO (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)

Take a deep dive into Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto with host Ingrid Martin, soloist Aura Go and conductor Jen Winley.

A child prodigy and a renowned concert pianist in the 19th century, Clara Schumann premiered her concerto, filled with ravishing, memorable themes, at the age of just sixteen.

However, it was one of the only public performances of the work for many years, as Schumann’s own compositions were rarely performed in her own time.

Join us to explore this remarkable work from a composer whose brilliance was long overlooked.

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Dec
9
6:00 PM18:00

KIAZMA: CHRISTMAS TREES

Usher in the festive season with a rare performance of Liszt’s enchanting Christmas Trees.

Let the magic of classical music transport you to a realm of musical wonder. Join KIAZMA Piano Duo for a feast of magical piano duet music across two family concerts. These concerts are the perfect introduction to the world of classical music for young children, and an opportunity to delve deeper into the delightful repertoire for seasoned listeners. Musical fun and entertainment for the whole family, there will be opportunities to get up close and personal with the piano, the musicians, and the music in these immersive musical experiences.

Offering two delightful concert experiences on one day, this second concert, Christmas Trees ushers in the festive season with a musical celebration of trees and a rare performance of Liszt’s Christmas Trees (Weinachtsbaum). Dedicated to his first grandchild Daniela, this show’s centrepiece is Liszt at his simplest and most enchanting.

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Dec
9
3:00 PM15:00

KIAZMA: Mother Goose

Musical fun and entertainment for the whole family, join KIAZMA Piano Duo for an interactive experience.

Let the magic of classical music transport you to a realm of musical wonder. Join KIAZMA Piano Duo for a feast of magical piano duet music across two family concerts. These concerts are the perfect introduction to the world of classical music for young children, and an opportunity to delve deeper into the delightful repertoire for seasoned listeners. Musical fun and entertainment for the whole family, there will be opportunities to get up close and personal with the piano, the musicians, and the music in these immersive musical experiences.

Offering two delightful concert experiences on one day, the first concert, Mother Goose features the beloved works of the French repertoire, from Gabriel Fauré’s exquisite Dolly Suite and Ravel’s enchanting Mother Goose, to the exhilarating Jeux d’enfants (Children’s Games) of Georges Bizet.

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Oct
27
7:30 PM19:30

NIGHT WALK

  • David Li Sound Gallery, Ian Potter Performing Arts Centre (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The KIAZMA Piano Duo in collaboration with pianists from the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance present Night Walk. Created especially for the David Li Sound Gallery, Night Walk is a musical meditation on our connection with nature, on love and loss, the movement of ideas, on metaphor and metamorphosis. Pianists Aura Go and Tomoe Kawabata interweave music for one and two pianos by composers for whom nature has been a powerful creative force. Evocative night-filled poetry of Judith Wright, Walt Whitman and Amin Malouf gives rise to musical responses by Ian Munro, Matthew Whittall and Kaija Saariaho; Benjamin Britten’s daily “thinking walks” were central to his compositional process; Peter Sculthorpe and Akira Nishimura draw on Japanese concepts of metamorphosis in their sonic explorations of stillness and space. The program features the world premiere of Letter to a Friend for two pianos by Ian Munro.

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Jul
8
to Jul 26

CHOPIN'S PIANO: NATIONAL TOUR

Can a single instrument unlock the DNA of Romantic music? A small, craftsman’s pianino, built in Majorca in the 1830s, gives it a good try: it’s the keyboard on which Chopin completed his Preludes. This exquisite collection reclaimed an intimacy that had been drowned out by the excesses of Chopin’s brilliant peers. It would take 50 years, but these miniatures would eventually outflank and outrank many of the century’s hulking musical monuments.

If this were not enough, Chopin’s piano took on talismanic qualities in the following century. The cast of characters obsessed with its provenance, heritage and symbolism – from harpsichordist Wanda Landowska to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels – completes this miraculous story.

In this captivating staging by Richard Pyros – first filmed and streamed in 2021 – and with the complete Preludes as its backbone, pianist Aura Go and actor Jennifer Vuletic tell the story of this singular instrument, the works composed on it and the artist who created them, and the changing value of music over time.


AURA GO
Piano
JENNIFER VULETIC Actor
RICHARD PYROS Director
RICHARD VABRE Original Lighting
KELLY RYALL Sound
CHRISTINA SMITH Costumes

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Apr
21
7:30 PM19:30

Finding our Voice: Lisa Illean & ANAM

Featuring the world premiere of Lisa Illean’s ‘arcing, stilling, bending, gathering’ (2023) for piano, strings and electronics.

Finding Our Voice sets the pristine beauty of contemporary pieces alongside the aching clarity of renaissance music. Performed by ever-changing constellations of piano, strings and electronics. This through-composed experience of listening works as an incantation, comprising dream-like elegies, enigmas, and odes to the ethereal.

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Jul
28
7:00 PM19:00

Soul Bird

Birds have sparked the imaginations of composers across time, eliciting creative responses that reflect the fascination, affection, and awe these wondrous creatures arouse. Woven from music from 18th century France to 21st century Australia, Aura Go’s Soul Bird is a meditation: on birds themselves, in their infinite splendour and variety, and on the searching human motifs that lie beneath the surface of the creative responses they inspire.

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