Event
Composed by Her
- Date: Wednesday, 7 April 2021, 6pm
- Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, Primrose Potter Salon — Cnr Southbank Blvd & Sturt St, Southbank, VIC
- Tickets: Standard: $40 | Concession: $29 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on (03) 9699 3333
Event Details
Lithuanian-born pianist Gintaute Gataveckaite (Ghin-toe-té Gata-vetsky-té) is a versatile artist whose brilliant performances of diverse repertoire have taken her around the globe, where acclaim has followed at every turn.
About this concert
Gintaute Gataveckaite explores breathtaking piano works by three formidable contemporary female composers from Australia, America and her native Lithuania. The Australian premiere of Lera Auerbach’s powerful Suite for Piano, Op.41a, reveals a snapshot of Auerbach’s deeply personal music, through nine intensely contrasting preludes. Fantasia, another Australian premiere performance, is a compelling piece by distinguished Lithuanian composer Raminta Šerkšnytė, who was inspired by the poetic riches of Baltic mysticism. Her music expresses a striking range of emotions, from melancholy to meditative bliss. Gintaute also shares some of Elena Kats-Chernin’s most popular and beautiful compositions. All of these fascinating piano pieces, written by female composers who are pianists themselves, showcase a virtuosic understanding of the instrument’s capabilities, akin to Gintaute’s as a performer.
Program
Raminta Šerkšnytė
Fantasia
Elena Kats-Chernin
Butterflying
Eliza Aria
Lullaby for Nick
Blue Tears
Dance of the Paper Umbrellas
Russian Toccata
Lera Auerbach
Suite for Piano, Op.41a
(nine preludes from 24 Preludes, Op.41)
Featured non-Australian music: Raminta Šerkšnytė, Lera Auerbach
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website
Featured Australian Works
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| Blue tears (solo piano) (2013) by Elena Kats-Chernin — performed by Gintaute Gataveckaite |
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| Butterflying : for solo piano (2007) by Elena Kats-Chernin — performed by Gintaute Gataveckaite |
| Dance of the Paper Umbrellas (solo piano) (2013) by Elena Kats-Chernin — performed by Gintaute Gataveckaite |
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| Eliza Aria (solo piano) (2007) by Elena Kats-Chernin — performed by Gintaute Gataveckaite |
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| Lullaby for Nick (solo piano) (2012) by Elena Kats-Chernin — performed by Gintaute Gataveckaite |
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| Russian toccata (solo piano) (2013) by Elena Kats-Chernin — performed by Gintaute Gataveckaite |
Featured artists
- Performer Gintaute Gataveckaite
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