Inaugural Paderewski Tour 2023 BRISBANE SYDNEY CANBERRA MELBOURNE 4-12 Nov 2023

Friends of Chopin Australia

A musical and cultural renaissance is currently flowering between Australia and Poland based on the compositions of Fryderyk Chopin
 

Join Orava Quartet and pianist Aleksandra Świgut for a performance of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No 1 not to be missed. Consummate artists in their own right, together they will treat us to a performance unlike any you’ve heard before. Rounding out the program with some Chopin works for solo piano, Wojciech Kilar’s Orawa, and Krysztof Penderecki’s 3rd String Quartet.

I have always felt the performance of the quartet version of the concerto is a remarkable complement to that with the full orchestra. It gives a suitable chamber music feel to the entire work which reveals an intimacy rarely encountered.

and 

9-10 December 2023

Kyohei Sorita in Recital 

Sydney Conservatorium of Music, SYDNEY

9-10 Dec 2023

World-renowned Japanese superstar pianist Kyohei Sorita performs in Sydney for the first time at the iconic Verbrugghen Hall.

Regarded as one of the most sought-after pianists of his generation, Kyohei Sorita is the recipient of the Silver Medal at the prestigious 18th International Chopin Piano Competition (2021) - the highest prize for a Japanese-born pianist since Mitsuko Uchida’s second prize in 1970.

The piano is a vitally important musical instrument in Australia and has been since the initial 18th Century settlement of the nation

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Official Site Friends of Chopin Australia

https://www.friendsofchopin.org.au/

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