Event
Bowlines
- Date: Sunday, 12 November 2017, 4pm
- Venue: 75 Reid Street — 75 Reid Street , Fitzroy North, VIC
- Tickets: Adults: $15 | Children: $5 | Concession: $12 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on 0418 549 631
Event Details
BOWLINES String Trio – Chamber music meets World music and Jazz Sunday November 12th 2017, 4pm 75 Reid St, North Fitzroy
BOWLINES includes three of Australia’s leading improvising bowed string players led by Ernie Gruner.
This concert features Helen Mountfort – cello, Hope Csutoros – violin, Ernie Gruner – violin, viola. Their collective musical flights of fancy draw inspiration from many sources including classical and world music. Original cross-genre music from three eclectic string players, heard in My Friend the Chocolate Cake, Stiletto Sisters, Bohemian Nights and more.
THE MUSICIANS OF BOWLINES
Helen Mountfort was a founding member of the band My Friend the Chocolate Cake with whom she still records performs, also Fine Blue Thread & Cosmo Cosmolino & Not Drowning,Waving.. She has recorded with many Australian artists including Missy Higgins, Archie Roach, Paul Kelly, Midnight Oil, Renee Geyer, Mark Seymour and the John Butler Trio.
Hope Csutoros studied at the Victorian College of the Arts and the Budapest Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Hungary. Performances and touring overseas includes My Friend the Chocolate Cake, Stilleto Sisters, Circus Oz, State Orchestra of Victoria, Phantom of the the Opera, David Chesworth Ensemble, Chamber Made Opera, Deflocked String Quartet. Her recording credits include Midnight Oil, Deborah Conway, Mark Seymour and Renee Geyer.
Ernie Gruner led the Monash String Quartet and Orchestra, then focussed on Irish fiddle and jazz . He’s improvised music for 15 years with Melbourne Playback Theatre Company. Ernie is Australia’s leading klezmer violinist following studies in New York, Kracow, Budapest, and Montreal. He’s played jazz and blues, gypsy, middle-eastern and balkan music with Jugularity, Klezmeritis, Yalla!, Bohemian Nights and Saray Iluminado. Ernie appeared twice on TV’s “Spicks and Specks” and has over 75 recording credits.
For more on Bowlines See video of Bowlines performance at https://vimeo.com/156985144 www.facebook.com/bowlinestrings
Contact Ernie Gruner : 0418 549 631 or ernie@erniegruner.com & www.bowlines.com.au
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on 0418 549 631 or by email to ernie@erniegruner.com
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