Program order
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Alfred Schnittke - Hymnus II
Thomas Adès - Les Barricades Mystérieuses Bernardo Alviz Iriarte - Luz en Niebla (world premiere) Ludwig van Beethoven - Grand Fugue Op 133 (Grosse Fugue) Paul Dean - Chaconne for solo cello (in the time of Covid 19) Catherine Likhuta - Lesions Paul Dean - Dancing with Ghosts |
Performers
Sophie Rowell & Anne Horton, violins Benjamin Roskams, viola (UK/Germany) Trish Dean, cello Phoebe Russell, double bass Paul Dean, clarinet Hamish Cassidy, bass clarinet David Mitchell, bassoon Peter Luff, French horn Bernardo Alviz, electronics |
Living composer profiles
Thomas Adès (UK)
Born in London in 1971, Thomas Adès studied piano at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and read music at King’s College, Cambridge. A prodigious composer, conductor and pianist, Adès was described by the New York Times in 2007 as one of today’s ‘most accomplished overall musicians.’
Adès’s chamber opera Powder Her Face (1995) has been performed worldwide whilst The Tempest (2004) was commissioned by London’s Royal Opera House and has since been taken up by international houses including New York’s Metropolitan Opera, where it was recorded for a Deutsche Grammophon DVD which subsequently won a Grammy Award. Adès’s third opera, after Luis Buñuel’s The Exterminating Angel, premiered at the Salzburg Festival in July 2016 before travelling to London, New York and Copenhagen.
Between 1993 and 1995, Adès was Composer in Association with the Hallé Orchestra, producing These Premises Are Alarmed for the opening of the Bridgewater Hall in 1996. Asyla (1997) was written for Sir Simon Rattle and the CBSO. In 2005 Adès premiered his Violin Concerto ‘Concentric Paths’, with Anthony Marwood and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, at the Berlin Festspiele and the BBC Proms. His chamber music includes the clarinet quintet Alchymia (2021), two string quartets Arcadiana (1994) and The Four Quarters (2010), a Piano Quintet (2000) and Lieux retrouvés (2009) for cello and piano.
Tevot (2007), was commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic and Carnegie Hall whilst In Seven Days (a concerto for piano with moving image) was premiered in 2008 in London and Los Angeles. Polaris (2011) was premiered by the New World Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas in Miami and was later choreographed to acclaim by Crystal Pite as part of an all-Adès evening at Sadler’s Wells. In addition to Wayne McGregor and Pite, other choreographers who have worked with his music include Karole Armitage, Kim Brandstrup, and Ashley Page. Totentanz for mezzo-soprano, baritone and large orchestra was premiered at the 2013 Proms by the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
As a conductor, Adès appears regularly with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw, and Finnish Radio Orchestra. He was the inaugural Artistic Partner with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with whom he premiered a Concerto for Piano and Orchestra with Kirill Gerstein as soloist in March 2019. Other recent works include Dawn, a chacony for orchestra at any distance (2020), Shanty – over the Sea for strings (2020) and Märchentänze for solo violin and piano/orchestra (2021). Air – Homage to Sibelius for violin and orchestra was premiered at the 2022 Lucerne Festival, where Adès was Composer-in-Residence.
Adès has won numerous awards, including the 2015 Léonie Sonning Music Prize, the Leoš Janáček Award, and the Grawemeyer Award (2000), of which he was the youngest ever recipient. He was awarded a CBE in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours. Adès was Artistic Director of the Aldeburgh Festival from 1999 to 2008 and coaches piano and chamber music at the International Musicians Seminar, Prussia Cove.
Adès’s chamber opera Powder Her Face (1995) has been performed worldwide whilst The Tempest (2004) was commissioned by London’s Royal Opera House and has since been taken up by international houses including New York’s Metropolitan Opera, where it was recorded for a Deutsche Grammophon DVD which subsequently won a Grammy Award. Adès’s third opera, after Luis Buñuel’s The Exterminating Angel, premiered at the Salzburg Festival in July 2016 before travelling to London, New York and Copenhagen.
Between 1993 and 1995, Adès was Composer in Association with the Hallé Orchestra, producing These Premises Are Alarmed for the opening of the Bridgewater Hall in 1996. Asyla (1997) was written for Sir Simon Rattle and the CBSO. In 2005 Adès premiered his Violin Concerto ‘Concentric Paths’, with Anthony Marwood and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, at the Berlin Festspiele and the BBC Proms. His chamber music includes the clarinet quintet Alchymia (2021), two string quartets Arcadiana (1994) and The Four Quarters (2010), a Piano Quintet (2000) and Lieux retrouvés (2009) for cello and piano.
Tevot (2007), was commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic and Carnegie Hall whilst In Seven Days (a concerto for piano with moving image) was premiered in 2008 in London and Los Angeles. Polaris (2011) was premiered by the New World Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas in Miami and was later choreographed to acclaim by Crystal Pite as part of an all-Adès evening at Sadler’s Wells. In addition to Wayne McGregor and Pite, other choreographers who have worked with his music include Karole Armitage, Kim Brandstrup, and Ashley Page. Totentanz for mezzo-soprano, baritone and large orchestra was premiered at the 2013 Proms by the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
As a conductor, Adès appears regularly with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw, and Finnish Radio Orchestra. He was the inaugural Artistic Partner with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with whom he premiered a Concerto for Piano and Orchestra with Kirill Gerstein as soloist in March 2019. Other recent works include Dawn, a chacony for orchestra at any distance (2020), Shanty – over the Sea for strings (2020) and Märchentänze for solo violin and piano/orchestra (2021). Air – Homage to Sibelius for violin and orchestra was premiered at the 2022 Lucerne Festival, where Adès was Composer-in-Residence.
Adès has won numerous awards, including the 2015 Léonie Sonning Music Prize, the Leoš Janáček Award, and the Grawemeyer Award (2000), of which he was the youngest ever recipient. He was awarded a CBE in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours. Adès was Artistic Director of the Aldeburgh Festival from 1999 to 2008 and coaches piano and chamber music at the International Musicians Seminar, Prussia Cove.
Bernardo Alviz Iriarte (Colombia/Australia)
Bernardo Alviz (b. 1987) is a composer and performer from Bogota, Colombia. Through his career as a double bassist, he has explored the role of the instrument from orchestral music to electric performances with metal distortion and music written specifically for AI. After enduring an injury to his right wrist, he developed his music for left-hand only which became the subject of his doctoral research. His music centres around the physicality in performance.
As a double bassist, Bernardo was a scholarship recipient of the orchestra academy of the Komische Oper Berlin (2013-2014) and the Staatskapelle Berlin (2014-2016) as well as a regular guest with world leading orchestras including the Staatskapelle Berlin, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphony Orchester Berlin, Netherlands Philharmonic and Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin, among others. He has performed with some of the world’s leading conductors and soloists such as Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Gustavo Dudamel, Antonio Pappano, Pablo Heras Casado, Lahav Shani, Marta Argerich, Pekka Kussisto, Hakan Hardenberg, George Benjamin, Lisa Batiashvili, Renaud Capucon, Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Sol Gabetta.
Bernardo is a passionate performer of contemporary music and has performed in some of the most renowned festivals including the Lucerne festival in 2017 with Heinz Holliger and Mathias Pintcher as chief conductors; as principal bass with the Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop at the Donaueschingen Musiktagen in 2017 as well as at the Rainy Days music festival in Luxembourg 2014; as principal bass of the Staatskapelle Berlin during the Infektio! Music festival in Berlin in 2016; and as principal bass with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra at the Malmo International Chamber music festival 2016 in Sweden.
Bernardo is committed to fostering excellence through education, teaching and collaborating in some of the best primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in Australia such as Brisbane Girls Grammar School, Somerville House, St. Margaret's Anglican School, St. Peter's Lutheran College, Clayfield College, St. Joseph's College, The University of Queensland, Griffith University Conservatorium of Music, Queensland Youth Orchestras, Gold Coast Youth Orchestras and the Australian Youth Orchestra.
Bernardo holds a Bachelor's degree from the Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, where he studied under double bassist Alexandr Sanko. He further pursued his education, obtaining a Bachelor's and Master's degree from the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin, Germany. During his time in Berlin, he studied double bass with Janne Saksala, Axel Scherka, Esko Laine, Otto Tolonen, and Klaus Stoll. Additionally, he earned a PhD in composition/performance from the University of Queensland in Australia.
Bernardo performs on a Benedict Puglisi double bass from 2011 made in Melbourne, Australia, as well as a Yamaha SLB300 running through his favourite Boss ME80.
As a double bassist, Bernardo was a scholarship recipient of the orchestra academy of the Komische Oper Berlin (2013-2014) and the Staatskapelle Berlin (2014-2016) as well as a regular guest with world leading orchestras including the Staatskapelle Berlin, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphony Orchester Berlin, Netherlands Philharmonic and Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin, among others. He has performed with some of the world’s leading conductors and soloists such as Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Gustavo Dudamel, Antonio Pappano, Pablo Heras Casado, Lahav Shani, Marta Argerich, Pekka Kussisto, Hakan Hardenberg, George Benjamin, Lisa Batiashvili, Renaud Capucon, Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Sol Gabetta.
Bernardo is a passionate performer of contemporary music and has performed in some of the most renowned festivals including the Lucerne festival in 2017 with Heinz Holliger and Mathias Pintcher as chief conductors; as principal bass with the Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop at the Donaueschingen Musiktagen in 2017 as well as at the Rainy Days music festival in Luxembourg 2014; as principal bass of the Staatskapelle Berlin during the Infektio! Music festival in Berlin in 2016; and as principal bass with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra at the Malmo International Chamber music festival 2016 in Sweden.
Bernardo is committed to fostering excellence through education, teaching and collaborating in some of the best primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in Australia such as Brisbane Girls Grammar School, Somerville House, St. Margaret's Anglican School, St. Peter's Lutheran College, Clayfield College, St. Joseph's College, The University of Queensland, Griffith University Conservatorium of Music, Queensland Youth Orchestras, Gold Coast Youth Orchestras and the Australian Youth Orchestra.
Bernardo holds a Bachelor's degree from the Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, where he studied under double bassist Alexandr Sanko. He further pursued his education, obtaining a Bachelor's and Master's degree from the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin, Germany. During his time in Berlin, he studied double bass with Janne Saksala, Axel Scherka, Esko Laine, Otto Tolonen, and Klaus Stoll. Additionally, he earned a PhD in composition/performance from the University of Queensland in Australia.
Bernardo performs on a Benedict Puglisi double bass from 2011 made in Melbourne, Australia, as well as a Yamaha SLB300 running through his favourite Boss ME80.
Catherine Likhuta (Ukraine/Australia)
Paul Dean (Australia)
Brisbane born and bred clarinetist Paul Dean is regarded as one of Australia's foremost musicians in his multiple capacities as soloist, chamber musician, composer and artistic director. He is currently a Professor at Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University, Co-Artistic Director of Ensemble Q and conductor of the Queensland Youth Orchestra 2. He is in high demand as an award-winning composer, most recently commissioned by the Australian World Orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the prestigious Aspen Festival in Colorado.
Recent composing awards include Winner of the Paul Lowin Prize 2022 for his Symphony No 1 "Black Summer' and Winner of the APRA Art Music Awards Work of the Year - Large Ensemble for his Concert for Double Bass and Orchestra. He was awarded Finalist in the APRA ART MUSIC AWARDS 2022 for Symphony No 1 "Black Summer", and in 2023 for his Septet.
Paul was the Artistic Director of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) from 2010 - 2015 and is a Principal Clarinet with the Australian World Orchestra. He is a founding member of the Sculthorpe Wind Quintet, the Endeavour Trio and is Co-Artistic Director of Ensemble Q with cellist and wife Trish Dean.
Paul was the Artistic Director of the Four Winds Festival and the Tutti Beijing International Youth Music Festival and was also the founder of the Southern Cross Soloists, the Bangalow Music Festival, the Coramba Chamber Music Festival and the Sunwater and Stanwell Winter Music School.
In his role as composer, Paul Dean has gained a name as one of the most significant Australian composers and is now multi-award winning as recipient of the coveted 2022 Paul Lowin Prize for his Symphony No 1 "Black Summer" and the 2023 APRA Work of the Year - Large Ensemble for his Double Bass Concerto. His first Symphony was commissioned and performed to great acclaim by the Australian World Orchestra in their 2021 season and subsequently recorded and performed by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. He held the position of Composer in Residence in 2019 with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, featuring the world premieres of his clarinet concerto and violin concerto with Jack Liebeck as soloist. In 2022 he was Composer in Residence at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville. His opera "Dry River Run" was commissioned and premiered by the Queensland Conservatorium Opera School and performed in 2018. Paul has been commissioned to write works for violinists Jack Liebeck and Anthony Marwood, cellists Torleif Thedeen, Trish Dean, Blair Harris and Patrick Murphy, tenor Andrew Goodwin and pianist Daniel De Borah, harpist Marshall McGuire, the Brodsky and Flinders Quartets, Katie Noonan, the Melbourne Piano Trio, the Seraphim Trio, the Endeavour Trio, the Australian Flute Festival, Melbourne Chamber Players and more. He was commissioned by the Aspen Festival in Colorado in collaboration with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra to write a horn concerto for Andrew Bain, to be premiered in August 2022 by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.
His Concerto for Cello and Wind Quintet has been selected by Musica Viva to be performed by Ensemble Q with Trish Dean as soloist on their national tour in 2024. His APRA Award winning Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra was commissioned by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and premiered in 2022 by Phoebe Russell and the QSO at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. His most recent symphonies were performed on the same day on May 23, 2024 - Symphony No 2 at QPAC by the Queensland Youth Symphony and Symphony No 3 in Port Douglas by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. His string quartet commissioned for the Orava Quartet
premieres in Melbourne at the Melbourne Recital Centre in August 2024.
Recent composing awards include Winner of the Paul Lowin Prize 2022 for his Symphony No 1 "Black Summer' and Winner of the APRA Art Music Awards Work of the Year - Large Ensemble for his Concert for Double Bass and Orchestra. He was awarded Finalist in the APRA ART MUSIC AWARDS 2022 for Symphony No 1 "Black Summer", and in 2023 for his Septet.
Paul was the Artistic Director of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) from 2010 - 2015 and is a Principal Clarinet with the Australian World Orchestra. He is a founding member of the Sculthorpe Wind Quintet, the Endeavour Trio and is Co-Artistic Director of Ensemble Q with cellist and wife Trish Dean.
Paul was the Artistic Director of the Four Winds Festival and the Tutti Beijing International Youth Music Festival and was also the founder of the Southern Cross Soloists, the Bangalow Music Festival, the Coramba Chamber Music Festival and the Sunwater and Stanwell Winter Music School.
In his role as composer, Paul Dean has gained a name as one of the most significant Australian composers and is now multi-award winning as recipient of the coveted 2022 Paul Lowin Prize for his Symphony No 1 "Black Summer" and the 2023 APRA Work of the Year - Large Ensemble for his Double Bass Concerto. His first Symphony was commissioned and performed to great acclaim by the Australian World Orchestra in their 2021 season and subsequently recorded and performed by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. He held the position of Composer in Residence in 2019 with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, featuring the world premieres of his clarinet concerto and violin concerto with Jack Liebeck as soloist. In 2022 he was Composer in Residence at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville. His opera "Dry River Run" was commissioned and premiered by the Queensland Conservatorium Opera School and performed in 2018. Paul has been commissioned to write works for violinists Jack Liebeck and Anthony Marwood, cellists Torleif Thedeen, Trish Dean, Blair Harris and Patrick Murphy, tenor Andrew Goodwin and pianist Daniel De Borah, harpist Marshall McGuire, the Brodsky and Flinders Quartets, Katie Noonan, the Melbourne Piano Trio, the Seraphim Trio, the Endeavour Trio, the Australian Flute Festival, Melbourne Chamber Players and more. He was commissioned by the Aspen Festival in Colorado in collaboration with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra to write a horn concerto for Andrew Bain, to be premiered in August 2022 by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.
His Concerto for Cello and Wind Quintet has been selected by Musica Viva to be performed by Ensemble Q with Trish Dean as soloist on their national tour in 2024. His APRA Award winning Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra was commissioned by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and premiered in 2022 by Phoebe Russell and the QSO at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. His most recent symphonies were performed on the same day on May 23, 2024 - Symphony No 2 at QPAC by the Queensland Youth Symphony and Symphony No 3 in Port Douglas by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. His string quartet commissioned for the Orava Quartet
premieres in Melbourne at the Melbourne Recital Centre in August 2024.