C1 Alive (free event)
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Wednesday, 1 May 2024
11:00 am
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Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture
15 Blackall St, Barton ACT 2600
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In Association with
Let us welcome the youngest generation of artists to the stage to start the Festival proper. Emerging out of Canberra’s own music community, the Ellery String Quartet is going places, with daring and entertaining repertoire choices. Enter Holly Harrison and Caroline Shaw, two of the most prominent young women composers in Australia and the United States respectively. Be prepared for flashes of virtuosity and more than a dash of youthful verve in the renditions by the Ellery quartet, joined by Melbourne pianist Anna Gao, making her first appearance at the Festival.
This concert is dedicated to the memory of Ara Vartoukian OAM, piano whisperer and founder of Theme & Variations Foundation.
PROGRAM
Franz Liszt, Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude
Holly Harrison, Swoop
Caroline Shaw, Entr’acte
Caroline Shaw, Plan & Elevation
Frédéric Chopin, Scherzo No.2 in Bb Minor, Op.31
ARTISTS
Ellery String Quartet
Brad Tham & Anika Chan, violins
Pippa Newman, viola
James Monro, cello
Anna Gao, piano
(courtesy of Theme & Variations Foundation)
This event is free and not ticketed, however seating is limited and guests will be seated on a first come – first served basis.
Ellery String Quartet photo credit – Konstantinos Katsanis
Anna Gao photo credit – Cameron Jamieson
The Ellery Quartet are supported by Peter Wise
Concert supported by Juliet Tootell
ARTIST Learn more about the artist
Artist Ellery String Quartet
The Ellery String Quartet is a dynamic group of musicians, formed at the end of 2021 and based on Ngunnawal/Ngambri land (Canberra). With their “youthful exuberance and fearless approach” (Canberra CityNews), they aim to push the boundaries of the classical string quartet through programs of contemporary classical and folk music across diverse performance spaces. The quartet have a particular fondness for Scandinavian folk music, and modern works from composers such as Caroline Shaw, Ella Macens and Holly Harrison.
Artist Anna Gao, piano
Anna Gao is currently studying a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music under renowned pedagogue Glenn Riddle and after completing her Masters aspires to travel abroad to Europe in order to further her studies.