Tognetti plays old and new violins with the ACO in a programme of Mozart, Haydn and Dean

Tognetti plays old and new violins with the ACO in a programme of Mozart, Haydn and Dean

Old and new violins are the stars of the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s opening 2013  concerts in Sydney. Richard Tognetti plays his treasured 270-year-old Guarneri del Gesù violin as soloist in his favourite Mozart Violin Concerto (No.3) and leads the Australian Chamber Orchestra in symphonies by Mozart and Haydn. Australian composer Brett Dean joins the orchestra to…

Discovering Brett Dean

Sydney gets a touch of the Grawemeyers with works by two of its composition award winners being performed over the next week.   On Monday October 10th, the Sydney Symphony conducted by Richard Gill, performs Brett Dean’s  Etudenfest.In 2009 Brett Dean was awarded the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for his 4 movement concerto for violin and orchestra The…