The Artists for 2010
Over 20 years of Huntington Estate Music Festivals, we have had the privilege to present some of the best known and most-loved chamber musicians in Australia (and indeed the world), including Richard Tognetti and the ACO, Yvonne Kenny, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Hesperion XXI and long-time Huntington favourites, the Goldner Quartet. It's also been a pleasure to introduce a succession of unknowns whose charisma and talent have shone on stage - from cellist Jian Wang, solo violinist Alina Ibragamova and last year's Andrew Goodwin, to name just a few from recent years.
The unique intimacy and informality of The Huntington Estate Music Festival offers unparalled audience access to our talented musicians - whether through the popular "In Conversation" pre-concert discussions hosted by Artistic Director Carl Vine, or by simply having a chat over a post-concert glass of wine under the trees.
Carl has selected a diverse collection of brilliant artists to delight and inspire for 2010. You will find out a little about them below, and can download the draft concert program for 2010: here (subject to change without notice).
Amelia Farrugia (soprano)
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"Australian soprano Amelia Farrugia has got all the tricks in the coloratura armory - agility, lightness, a brilliant top 'E' - but more impressively, she sings with bags of charm and dramatic insight too." Warwick Thompson, Classic FM Magazine.
"Over the past decade, Amelia Farrugia has established herself in the first rank of Australian opera singers and is already being touted as the next superstar of opera." Mark Chipperfield, Sydney Morning Herald.
For more about Amelia Farrugia, visit her website
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Ray Chen (violin)
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Winner of the Queen Elizabeth International Violin Competition (2009) and the Yehudi Menuhin competition 2008.
"Ray Chen can do pretty much anything he wants on the violin" Anne Midgette, The Washington Post
"His whole performance was out of this world" Elise Simoens, De Standaard
For more about Ray, see his website
or on YouTube: clip 1 (Saint-Saens), clip 2 (Tchaikovsky), clip 3 (Tchaikovsky)
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Australian National Academy of Music Chamber Orchestra
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ANAM offers a unique classical music training program for Australia's finest young musicians. The Academy presents more than 170 events each year and is instructed and coached by some of the world's most prolific conductors and musicians including Oleg Caetani, Daniel Harding and Richard Tognetti.
Academy musicians and faculty Paul Wright and Howard Penny will join 13 students at the Huntington Estate Music Festival.
For more about ANAM, visit their website
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John Chen (piano)
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In 2004, aged 18, John Chen was the youngest-ever winner of the prestigious Sydney International Piano Competition.
"brings to mind those few really creative interpreter-pianists like Richter and Serkin" Clive O'Connell, The Age
"(Chen) introduceed himself with magnificence and mega-chords... When a virtuoso line was called for, as in the final cadenza, Chen responded with torrential brilliance" William Dart, New Zealand Herald
For more about John , visit his website
or on YouTube watch him play: Mozart or Chopin
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Atos Trio (piano trio)
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Winners of many prestigious awards in Europe (eg. Grand Prize winners at the Deutsche Musik Wettbewerb), the US and Australia (eg 1st Prize, Grand Prize, Audience Prize and Musica Viva Tour Prize at the 5th Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition).
"With Schubert's Notturno D897, the ATOS Trio demonstrated a nuanced consciousness of sound, and gift for seamless lowing of opposing feelings..." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
"The ATOS Trio demonstrated a breathing and vigorous playing, that again and again caught fire: playing whose magic never let up" Nordfriesland Tageblatt
For more on the Atos Trio, visit their website
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Goldner String Quartet
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All members of the Goldner String Quartet have occupied principle positions in organisations such as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Unanimous audience and critical acclaim for their concerts in Australia and Europe have led to many repeat performances at Festivals and prestigous venues including the Wigmore Hall.
Their recent recordings of Ernest Bloch (with Piers Lane) and Frank Bridge have received rave reviews, awards and "editor's choice" declarations.
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Ian Munro
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Ian Munro has won multiple awards both as pianist and composer (eg. 2003 Premier Grand Prix Queen Elizabeth International Competition for composers) - he returns to Huntington in both capacities (and together with the rest of the Australia Ensemble) in 2010.
"Much loved as the Australia Ensemble's pianist, Munro is emerging as a singualr voice... engages the heart and soul with its profound sincerity." Vincent Plush, The Australian.
For more on Ian Munro visit his website
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Catherine McCorkill
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Acclaimed and awarded clarinet player, Catherine McCorkill returns to the Huntington Estate Music Festival to perform with a variety of artists including the Australia Ensemble. |
Lacey, Gower & Mortensen
Genevieve Lacey (recorders)
Genevieve Lacey is a recorder virtuoso who performs music spanning ten centuries. She works in contexts as diverse as her medieval duo with Danish pipe and tabor player Poul Høxbro, guest appearances with the Black Arm Band, who present music of the Australian indigenous experience, and her role in Barrie Kosky's production of Liza Lim's opera 'The Navigator'.
Genevieve has performed at many of the world's pre-eminent music and arts festivals including The Proms, Paris Festival d'Automne, Klangboden Wien, Copenhagen Summer, Sablé, Montalbane, Europäisches Musikfest, Adelaide, Cheltenham, Huddersfield, Lichfield, Spitalfields, Sydney and Perth Festivals.
Jane Gower (bassoon)
As a specialist in historical bassoon, Jane Gower performs extensively throughout Europe, the United States and Australia. In 2005 she was appointed Principal Bassoon of Sir John Eliot Gardiner's acclaimed English Baroque Soloists and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique.
She is currently the Principal Bassoon of Concerto Copenhagen, and appears as Principal with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, The Academy of Ancient Music, La Petite Bande, Les Arts Florissants, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and San Francisco's Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra.
Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)
Lars Ulrik Mortensen studied with Karen Englund and Jesper Bøje Christensen at the Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen and with Trevor Pinnock in London. He works extensively as a soloist and chamber musician in Europe, the United States, Mexico, South America, Japan and Australia, performing regularly with such distinguished colleagues as Emma Kirkby, John Holloway and Jaap ter Linden. Since 1999, he has been Artistic Director of the Danish Baroque orchestra Concerto Copenhagen, and in 2004 he succeeded Roy Goodman as Musical Director of the European Union Baroque Orchestra.
Zoë Black (violin)
Zoë Black teaches violin at the Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne University, and has extensive experience as both soloist and ensemble player. Her work overseas includes study at the Guildhall School of Music with David Takeno and the Vienna Hochschule with Michael Schnitzler, studying chamber music with the Takacs Quartet and performing with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Wiener Kammerorchester.
After seven years as assistant leader of the Australian Chamber Orchestra she became a founding member of the Freshwater Trio, one of Melbourne's most exciting chamber ensembles.
Caroline Henbest (viola)
Born in England, Caroline Henbest studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and the Guildhall School of Music with Robert Masters and David Takeno. She moved to Australia to become Principal Viola with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, with which she still holds a part time position.
Caroline has worked extensively as a teacher, and since 2008 she has lived in both London and Sydney. She has performed as Guest Principal Viola with the Sydney Symphony, Melbourne Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, City of London Sinfonia and Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
Andrew Meisel (double bass)
Andrew Meisel was born in Sydney and began his double bass studies at the age of sixteen. He graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium in 1996 after five years of study with Brett Berthold and in the same year was awarded a Big Brother Scholarship for overseas study.
Andrew studied in London before returning to take a position with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, in which he now holds the position of Associate Principal Double Bass. He has performed as guest Principal with the Tasmanian Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Australian Chamber and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestras.
Daniel Mendelow (trumpet)
Daniel Mendelow, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra's Principal Trumpet, is celebrated as one of Australia's leading brass performers and teachers. Born in New York, Daniel studied at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music with Gene Young and Louis Davidson, graduating with Honours, and was awarded a Fellowship to the Berkshire Music Centre at Tanglewood Festival.
Daniel held positions in the Jerusalem Symphony and Israel Philharmonic Orchestras before being offered the position of Principal Trumpet with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, which he has now held for more than thirty years.
