MOZART PLUS BRAHMS Kristian Chong & Friends LOCAL Monday 20 November 2017, 6pm Salon HEROES

PRESENTED BY Melbourne Recital Centre & Kristian Chong and Friends

ARTISTS Kristian Chong piano Rebecca Chan violin Christopher Moore viola Rachael Tobin cello

PROGRAM WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 - 1791) Sonata for piano and violin in G, K.379 Adagio - Allegro Theme (Andantino Cantabile), five variations – Theme (Allegretto)

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833 - 1897) Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op.25 Allegro Intermezzo. Allegro ma non troppo — Trio. Animato Andante con moto Rondo all Zingarese. Presto

ABOUT THE ARTISTS Leading Australian pianist Kristian Chong has performed throughout Australia, the U.K., China, France, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, U.S.A. and Zimbabwe. As soloist, he has appeared with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, and orchestras in the U.K., New Zealand and China, with highlights including Rachmaninoff’s Paganini Rhapsody in Beijing and Canberra.

A highly sought after chamber musician, his collaborations have included performances with Tinalley String Quartet and Australian String Quartet, violinists Natsuko Yoshimoto, Sophie Rowell, Dale Barltrop, Ilya Konovalov (Concertmaster at Israel Philharmonic), baritone and cellist Li-Wei Qin amongst many. His festival appearances include the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Huntington, and Bangalow festivals. Other highlights include Australian Music Week on Gulangyu Island (Xiamen) with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, performances with Yoshimoto and Qin and Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata in Melbourne and Perth. Kristian studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Piers Lane and Christopher Elton, and with Stephen McIntyre at the University of Melbourne where Kristian currently teaches piano and chamber music.

Melbourne born violinist Rebecca Chan was appointed in 2017 as the Assistant Concertmaster of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London. She studied with Alice Waten at the Australian National Academy of Music, Sydney Conservatorium of Music and under the tutelage of William Hennessy at the University of Melbourne, where she also completed degrees in Medicine and Arts. As a soloist, Rebecca has played with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Tasmania Symphony Orchestra, Canberra Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra and the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Her competition successes include the Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards and as a prizewinner at the International Citta di Brescia Violin Competition. As a chamber musician, Rebecca has toured Australia, Europe and Asia and played in many festivals worldwide, she has appeared as guest concertmaster with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and West Australian Symphony Orchestra, as well as guest principal second violin with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Camerata Bern and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. She was a member of the Australian Chamber Orchestra from 2010-2015, and is also a member of the Australian World Orchestra.

After studying with two prominent Sydney Suzuki teachers, Marjorie Hystek and the late Harold Brissendon, Christopher Moore completed his Bachelor of Music in Newcastle with violinist and pedagogue Elizabeth Holowell. Christopher went on to work with Adelaide and New Zealand Symphony Orchestras as tutti violin, before moving his focus and energy to the viola. Following nine years performing with the Australian Chamber Orchestra Christopher returned to Victoria with an appointment as Principal Viola with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Rachael Tobin was appointed Associate Principal Cellist of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in 2014. She completed her undergraduate study at the Royal Academy of Music, and a Masters’ degree at Mannes College of Music in New York. Performance highlights include solo performances at the Park Lane Group’s New Year Series (Southbank Centre, London), and concertos with The London Soloists’ Chamber Orchestra and the Mannes Symphony Orchestra.

Melbourne Recital Centre acknowledges the people of the Kulin nation on whose land this concert is being presented.

PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT PARTNER LOCAL HEROES LEASERSHIP CIRCLE MAJLIS PTY LTD MARIA SOLA