From April 17-20, 2014, the idyllic coastal community of Bermagui will again host the award winning Four Winds Festival a biennial event showcasing rich and vibrant talent from around the world and close to home. In his first festival as Artistic Director, Paul Kildea has gathered four spectacular artists from around the world…
Chamber/cello – There are two outstanding chamber music events in April with the Sitkovetsky Trio presented by Music Viva performing the music of Smetana, Beethoven (the Archduke Trio) and the world premiere of a new work by Carl Vine, commissioned for Music Viva by Julian Burnside AO QC to commemorate the composer’s 60th birthday. April…
Brahms’ Piano Quintet, both powerful and tender, is one of the masterworks of 19th-century chamber music, almost symphonic in its breadth and depth. Jeremy Denk is one of America’s most admired pianists, known for sharp, vibrant performances of programs that are anything but conventional. He is able to take some of the most complex music written and…