Avital And Sollima Return To Australia For National Tour With Music Viva

Musica Viva Australia welcomes back to Australia both world-renowned mandolinist Avi Avital and his good friend and esteemed Italian cellist Giovanni Sollima, touring nationally from 20th September to 8th October.

The unusual combination of instruments creates a rich musical landscape, with world roots in he program entitled  Mediterranean
Avital and Sollima will use words and music to present four centuries of culture from opposite sides of the sea. The concert will encapsulate traditional Salento, Bulgarian, Turkish, Sephardic and Macedonian works, along with Sollima performing one of his own
improvisations as well as Tarantella orientale from composer Eliodoro Sollima (Sollima’s father). Included in the program are Baroque sonatas from Italian legends Scarlatti and Castello and a 17th-century canzona by Frescobaldi.

The program: TRADITIONAL SEPHARDIC Yo en la prison/ TRADITIONAL TURKISH Nacyem Nacyem/ TRADITIONAL MACEDONIAN Ako umran il zaginam/ SCARLATTI Sonata in D Minor, K89/ SOLLIMA Improvisation/SOLLIMA ‘Federico II’ from Il viaggio in Italia/
SOLLIMA ‘Alep Pesce’ from Il bestiario di Leonardo/ CASTELLO Sonata No. 4/SOLLIMA Tarantella orientale (1939)/FRESCOBALDI Canzona No. 3/ TRADITIONAL SEPHARDIC Una ora/TRADITIONAL SALENTO Fronni d’alia

When and where around the country:

• Hobart Town Hall, Mon 19th Sept, 7:30pm
• Melbourne Recital Hall, Tues 20th Sept, 7:00pm
• Melbourne Recital Hall, Sat 24th Sept, 7:00pm
• Newcastle City Hall, Thurs 22nd Sept, 7:30pm
• Sydney City Recital Hall, Mon 26 Sept, 7:00pm
• Sydney City Recital Hall, Sat 8 Oct, 2:00pm
• QLD Conservatorium Theatre, Brisbane, Tues 27th Sept, 7:00pm
• Perth Concert Hall, Sun 2nd Oct, 6:30pm
• Llewellyn Hall, Canberra, Wed 5th Oct, 7:00pm
• Adelaide Town Hall, Thurs 6th Oct, 7:30pm
• Orange Regional Conservatorium, Mon 10th Oct, 6:30pm

Sydney: The Saturday 8 October concert is a Ken Tribe Tribute Concert.