Greytown Music Group: Magic Carpet Trio
57 Wood Street, Greytown, Wairarapa
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The Greytown Music Group is pleased to be supporting young and inovative Rakuto Kurano, a versatile performer and composer. As a multi award-winning violinist. pianist, conductor and composer, Rakuto has completed numerous concert tours around New Zealand, and currently averages 60 concerts each year! He has played twice previously in Greytown, and for this Greytown Concert on 30 July his fellow musicians will be Gabriel Baird on piano and Boudewijn Keenan on cello.
The programme features Piano Trio No1 by Anton Arensky ( Russian, 1861 - 1905), Piano Trio by Guy Ropartz (French, 1864 - 1955) , "Fantail in Tokyo" by Rakuto, and a new composition by Gabriel Baird.
Gabriel is a pianist, bassoonist and composer. He frequently performs with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and is an accompanist and musical director for local choirs and ensembles. He has been described as "having a unique sense of creatitivity" and "an inspiring young musician". He played in Greytown in 2021 in a concert with Professor Mark Menzies.
Boudewijn is a second year music student at Otago University. For a cellist of his age he has had extensive orchestral experience with Dunedin Youth Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra and now Dunedin Symphony Orchestra. He was a member of Rakuto's Magic Carpet String Quartet that toured the South Island last year, and is delighted to be part of this new series of trio concerts.
Rakuto made his debut as a composer in 2016 with his composition "Angelic Glow" selected as a winning work in the NZ Harp Duo composition competition. In 2019 his "Fantail in Tokyo" was selected as a winning work in the NZ Trio competition, and it was performed by the NZ Trio in Auckland. In 2021 he was commissoned by the Baroque Music & Educational Trust of NZ to compose a Concerto Grosso, a neo-Baroque style work for 3 soloists, string ensemble and harpsichord, for a national tour. The work was met by a standing ovation at every concert!
Advance bookings essential! Admission $30 adults, children $10. For bookings, contact Ed and Juliet Cooke on efjacooke@gmail.com or Ph 06 304 9497.
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