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We can’t wait to start 2013 with a fresh look at the engrossing musical tradition which binds us together. For us, playing these stimulating, thought-provoking and inspired works of chamber music for an audience is such a privilege and a joy. Always creative, Flinders’ raison d’être remains unchanged - to keep these magnificent works of art alive!
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Program One And Our Winner Is... May-June 2013 with SIPCA Flinders Quartet prize winner, Dmitry Onishchenko (piano) Ian Munro Divertissement sur le nom d’Erik Satie Ravel String Quartet in F major Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
Program Two Folk Memories August 2013 Bartók Rumanian Folk Dances (arranged by Flinders Quartet) Elena Kats-Chernin New work* Beethoven String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59, No. 1 *World premiere commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from Joyce Evans
Program Three Shall We Dance? October 2013
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with Claire Edwardes (percussion) Piazzolla Tango Ballet Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D major Edwards Enyato V (arranged for marimba and string quartet) Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite (arranged for percussion and string quartet by Jessica Wells) Piazzolla Libertango
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Pr o g r a m On e A n d Our Wi nner Is... with SIPCA Flinders Quartet prize winner, Dmitry Onishchenko (piano) Ian Munro Divertissement sur le nom d’Erik Satie Ravel String Quartet in F major Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 For our winner of the Sydney International Piano Competition ‘Flinders Quartet Prize’ we chose finalist, Dmitry Onishchenko. Dmitry stunned audiences in Sydney with his arresting technique and thought-provoking interpretations. We are thrilled to welcome him to our stage for the emotional power of Shostakovich’s piano quintet. Bringing light into the darkness is Ravel’s luminescent string quartet in F major and Ian Munro’s Divertissement sur le nom d’Erik Satie.
Montsalvat Sunday 26 May, 2.30pm Sydney Tuesday 4 June, 7.00pm Melbourne Wednesday 5 June, 7.00pm
D m it ry O n is h c h e n k o Born in 1983 in Lviv (Ukraine), Dmitry Onishchenko graduated from the Lviv Special Music School in 2000. In 2002 Dmitry joined the Moscow P. I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory studying under Professor Lisichenko, Professor Lev Naumov and Professor Andrei Diev, graduating in 2006. He has also studied at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester with Professor Norma Fisher, from
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2006-2009 in Hochschule fuer Musik Hannover with Vladimir Krainev and from 2009 until the present time with Arie Vardi. At the 2012 Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia (SIPCA), Dmitry won the Flinders Quartet Prize, as well as third prize in the overall competition and the prizes for best performance of an Australian work, best performance of a Debussy Prelude, and runner up for best chamber music performance. Dmitry has performed in cities across Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Jordan, USA and Japan.
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Pr o g r a m two Fo lk M em ori es Bartók Rumanian Folk Dances (arranged by Flinders Quartet) Elena Kats-Chernin New work* Beethoven String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59, No. 1 *World premiere commissioned by Flinders Quartet with support from Joyce Evans
Beethoven, Kats-Chernin and Bartók have all used folk themes as inspiration for music that stirs the soul and gives voice to national pride. In his towering quartet Op. 59 No. 1, Beethoven uses a Russian theme to pay tribute to the Ambassador Count Razumovsky, while Bartók remains more earth-bound for his Rumanian Folk Dances. These two works cradle a new creation by Elena Kats-Chernin; we always know we are going to love Elena’s work!
Montsalvat Sunday 25 August, 2.30pm Sydney Tuesday 27 August, 7.00pm Melbourne Wednesday 28 August, 7.00pm
E l e na K at s -C h er n i n Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Elena Kats-Chernin studied music in Moscow, Sydney and Hanover. She has created works across nearly every genre, from rags to operas and works for robotic instruments to a full-scale choral symphony. Her music featured at the opening ceremonies of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and the 2003 Rugby
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World Cup. She has received several awards, including the Sounds Australian Award in 1996 and Helpmann Award in 2004. Her Russian Rag was used as Max’s theme in the 2009 claymation Mary and Max, by Oscar-winning director Adam Elliot. It has also been the theme for Late Night Live on ABC Radio National for many years, until 2011 when it was replaced by her Eliza Aria. Three of Elena’s CDs have been nominated for ARIA awards. EKC music is exclusively published by Boosey & Hawkes.
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Pr o g r a m thre e S h a ll We Danc e? w i t h C la ir e Edwa r de s (pe rc us si on) Piazzolla Tango Ballet Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D major Edwards Enyato V (arranged for marimba and string quartet) Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite (arranged for percussion and string quartet by Jessica Wells) Piazzolla Libertango Internationally renowned percussionist Claire Edwardes brings her vitality to the stage for a program inspired by the energy of dance. Piazzolla’s tango masterpieces will have you dancing down the aisles before we bring you back to the uniquely Australian sound world of Ross Edwards’ Enyato V. We celebrate the golden years of Russian romanticism in Borodin’s Quartet No. 2 and present an exciting new arrangement of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet for percussion and string quartet.
Montsalvat Sunday 27 October, 2.30pm Melbourne Monday 28 October, 7.00pm Sydney Tuesday 29 October, 7.00pm C lai r e E d wa r d e s Award winning Australian percussionist Claire Edwardes is an in demand soloist worldwide. Graduating as Student of the Year in 1997 from the Sydney Conservatorium (where she now teaches), she went on to win the coveted ABC Young Performers Award in 1999 and subsequently relocated to the Netherlands to undertake a Masters Degree at the Rotterdam and Amsterdam Conservatories. Resident there for seven years, she was the recipient of many international
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awards and prizes including first place at the Tromp Percussion Competition (2000) and Llangollen International Instrumentalist (2001). Claire was the 2005 MCA/Freedman Fellow and she is the two time winner (2007/2012) of the AMC/APRA Art Music Award for Excellence for her contribution to Australian Music. Claire has performed concertos with all of the Australian orchestras as well as numerous European and New Zealand orchestras. In her role as co-artistic director of Ensemble Offspring and as one of Australia’s top percussion soloists, Claire has commissioned over sixty composers worldwide and released nine world first albums.
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Fli nder s Q u art e t
Flinders Quartet is instantly recognisable as one of Australia’s most loved chamber music ensembles. A quartet for the twenty-first century, Flinders continues their second decade with acknowledged musical skill and maturity. Their dynamic and stirring performances of a full spectrum of repertoire have audiences and critics articulating their esteem, and the quartet is now a highly respected force in Australian chamber music. Since their formation, Flinders has regularly commissioned and premiered works by Australian composers. In 2013, the quartet will premiere a new string quartet by Elena Kats-Chernin, and a new work by Paul Dean is slated for 2014. Flinders has previously commissioned and premiered works by Peter Sculthorpe, Ian Munro, Calvin Bowman, Richard Mills, Elena Kats-Chernin, Ross Edwards, Stuart Greenbaum, and Katy Abbott in their ongoing mission to further the Australian tradition of chamber music. In addition to presenting their own annual subscription season, the quartet is regularly invited to perform and tour for chamber music presenters such as
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Musica Viva, and is in demand at festivals throughout Australia where they often appear in association with some of the country’s finest talents, including Slava Grigoryan, David Thomas, Kristian Chong, Ian Munro, Paul Dean, Karin Schaupp and Genevieve Lacey. Building on their 2006 Limelight Award and identification amongst Australia’s most influential artists, and nominated for both the 2007 and 2010 Melbourne Prize for Music, Flinders was nominated for a 2007 ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) award for their performance of Gillian Whitehead’s Bright Forms Return for string quartet and mezzo-soprano; and again in 2011 for their Fandango CD release with classical guitarist, Karin Schaupp. For Flinders, 2013 is a season of new beginnings, with a performance schedule that includes their 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 an Elena Kats-Chernin commission, as well as recitals and masterclasses in various parts of metropolitan and regional Australia.
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“They create wonderful new synergies, setting sparks flying as player bounces off player with the skill, simpatico and exhilaration of a jazz combination.� Pat r i c i a K e l ly, C o u ri e r Mail
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