Friends of the APO Inc - Meet The Artist
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The morning will start with a programme of music from Trio Chicago which recently received the National KBB Award at the NZCT Chamber Music Finals, the chamber music contest for secondary school musicians. The members of the Trio s are, Alex Martin, (clarinet), St Peter's College, Eva Wu, (cello), Crimson Global Academy, and Charles Sang (piano), St Kentigern College. The contest organised by Chamber Music NZ and sponsored by NZ Community Trusts is a national contest with regional winners qualifying for the national final which this year was held in Auckland at the beginning of August.
The music will be followed by an interview with Kristian Bezuidenhout the soloist In Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 22 with the APO on Thursday 29 September. Born in South Africa in 1979, Kristian began his studies in Australia, completed them at the Eastman School of Music, and now lives in London. After initial training as a pianist with Rebecca Penneys, he explored early keyboards, studying harpsichord with Arthur Haas, fortepiano with Malcolm Bilson, and continuo playing and performance practice with Paul O’Dette. Kristian first gained international recognition at the age of 21 after winning the prestigious first prize, and audience prize in the Bruges Fortepiano Competition.
Kristian is a regular guest with the world’s leading ensembles including the Freiburger Barockorchester, Les Arts Florissants, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchestre des Champs Elysées, Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester; and has guest-directed (from the keyboard) the English Concert, Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Tafelmusik, Collegium Vocale, Juilliard 415 and the Kammerakademie Potsdam, & Dunedin Consort (Bach St. Matthew Passion).
He has performed with celebrated artists including John Eliot Gardiner, Philippe Herreweghe, Bernhard Haitink, Daniel Harding, Frans Brüggen, Trevor Pinnock, Giovanni Antonini, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Isabelle Faust, Alina Ibragimova, Rachel Podger, Carolyn Sampson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Mark Padmore & Matthias Goerne.
The morning will conclude with a light finger food lunch.
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