Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Edward Walton with Laurence Matheson

11.45am – 12.20pm

Edward Walton is thirteen years old and is a student of Dr Robin Wilson. In 2019, he was awarded first prize at the Medallion International Concerto Competition (Atlanta, USA); first prize at the Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition (London); and Premier Grand Prix at the Concours Jeunes Artistes des Musicales du Centre (France). In 2018, he was joint winner of the Premio Antonio Salieri Young Prize (Italy) and was awarded several other top prizes at the same competition. He also received the Hans Reiner Storz Memorial Award at the Melbourne International Violin Competition.

Laurence Matheson performs regularly as a chamber musician with some of Australia’s leading artists, including violinists Sophie Rowell and Wilma Smith, and pianist Timothy Young. He has appeared as a soloist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Victoria, and regularly performs with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

TELEMANN Fantasia No.9 in B minor, TWV 40:22
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No.4 in A minor, Op.23, Mvt I
RODE Caprice No.4
KREISLER Marche Miniature Viennoise
HINDSON Song of Life
WAXMAN Carmen Fantasie

Elizabeth Sellars, Christopher Cartlidge and Chris Howlett

11.45am – 12.20pm

A prize-winning violinist and graduate of the Guildhall School of Music, Elizabeth Sellars has performed in festivals and on radio worldwide. Her recording The Messiaen Nexus received the Limelight Chamber Music Recording of the Year (2014). Elizabeth is a founding member of Sutherland Trio with Caroline Almonte and Molly Kadarauch.

A member of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Cartlidge has also performed with Orchestra Victoria, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Victorian Opera and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra. In 2015, he was a grand-finalist and multiple prize-winner in the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards.

Chris Howlett is a cellist, festival director and producer who performs regularly in Australia and abroad. Chris has been a finalist and prize winner at numerous chamber music competitions including the prestigious Premio Trio di Trieste International Competition and the Asia Pacific Chamber Music Competition.

HYDE String Trio
BEETHOVEN String Trio in C minor, Op.9 No.3

Aura Go

1.45pm – 2.30pm

Aura Go’s multifaceted musical life reflects her diverse interests. She has been soloist in concertos ranging from Bach to Schnittke; collaborated with composers on the creation of new works; and appeared at international music festivals in Finland, Italy, Scotland, Poland, Denmark, the USA and Australia. Aura has spent the past seven years living and working in Finland, where she performed at the Kuhmo, Kauniainen, Rauma Festivo and PianoEspoo festivals, recorded for the Finnish Broadcasting Corporation and was soloist with the Tapiola Sinfonietta. She is a doctoral candidate at the Sibelius Academy, where her research explores how musicians can achieve a state of creative freedom when practising and performing. She is a member of the acclaimed KIAZMA Piano Duo with Tomoe Kawabata, and is a Musica Viva FutureMakers artist in 2018–19.

ADÈS Darknesse Visible
BEETHOVEN Sonata No.17 in D minor, Op.31 No.2 ‘Tempest’
LIM Summer from The Four Seasons
DEBUSSY L’Isle joyeuse

James Crabb

1.45pm – 2.30pm

James Crabb is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading classical accordionists. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music with classical accordion pioneer Mogens Ellegaard and was awarded the Carl Nielsen Music Prize in 1991. James went on to become professor at RDAM from 1995 – 2010 and has held a guest professorship at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz, Austria. Critics internationally have praised him for his breathtaking virtuosity and versatile musicianship. Recent performance highlights include the Sally Beamish accordion concerto ‘The Singing’ at London Proms; on-stage and orchestral roles in Brett Dean’s opera Hamlet at Glyndebourne and the Adelaide Festival; and touring Beamish’s ‘Seavaigers’ double concerto with violinist Anthony Marwood in the USA. James is also a passionate and sought-after music educator, mentor and curator, and since 2016 has been Artistic Director of Four Winds, Bermagui.

RAMEAU La Poule, L’Entretien des Muses, Les Cyclopes
GUBAIDULINA De Profundis
HAMILTON Wheel of Moments
ZORN Road Runner