Live at the Great: Richard Tognetti x Konstantin Shamray

"Audacious, thrilling, unconventional"

The incomparable Richard Tognetti AO, Artistic Director of the ACO, joins forces with Australia's most formidable pianist, Konstantin Shamray in this tour-de-force recital that will leave you gasping for more.

Programme:

BACH Fugue from Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major

SCHUBERT Fantasie in C Major

BACH/Rachmaninov Prelude from Violin Partita No. 3 in E major

BRAHMS Violin Sonata No.1 in G Major

"It’s our job to bring the listener in through our portal. A numinous moment when, hopefully, we can make time stand still." - Richard Tognetti

Richard Tognetti has established an international reputation for his compelling performances and artistic individualism. He began his studies in Wollongong NSW with William Primrose, then with Alice Waten at the Sydney Conservatorium, and Igor Ozim at the Bern Conservatory, where he was awarded the Tschumi Prize as the top graduate soloist in 1989. Later that year he led several performances of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and that November was appointed as the Orchestra’s lead violin and, subsequently, Artistic Director. He is also Artistic Director of the Festival Maribor in Slovenia.

Richard plays a 1743 Guarneri del Gesu worth over $15m, an instrument that Paganini himself has played.

Described as an exhilarating performer with faultless technique and fearless command of the piano, pianist Konstantin Shamray enjoys performing on an international level with the world’s leading orchestras and concert presenters.

In 2008, Konstantin burst onto the concert scene when he won First Prize at the Sydney International Piano Competition. He is the first and only competitor to date in the 40 years of the competition to win both First and People’s Choice Prizes, in addition to six other prizes. He then went on to win First Prize at the 2011 Klavier Olympiade in Bad Kissingen, Germany. In 2013 he was awarded the Kissinger Sommer festival’s coveted Luitpold Prize for “outstanding musical achievements”.

Since then, Konstantin has performed extensively throughout the world. In Australia, recent and future season highlights include engagements with the Queensland Symphony, West Australian Symphony and twice with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, with whom he enjoys a special relationship. Konstantin has also undertaken a prestigious nationwide tour for Musica Viva with players of ANAM directed by Sophie Rowell. Outside of Australia he has performed with the Russian National Philharmonic, the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Moscow Virtuosi, Orchestre National de Lyon, Prague Philharmonia, Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra and the Calgary Philharmonic.