HOBART BAROQUEMONACELLOWilliam HewerSUITE 3Christopher PidcockSUITE 4At age seven, William’s height, arm-span and possibly destiny led to his being assignedthe Cello at Sydney’s Scots College. Accordingly he commenced his studies under thetutelage of Catherine Gibney. In the intervening years, his list of teachers has grown toinclude Sue Pickering, Sue-Ellen Paulsen, Uzi Wiesel (<strong>Tasmanian</strong> and SydneyConservatoriums 2008-10) and Howard Penny (ANAM 2011-12).William’s well-proportioned arms have yielded various competition successes includingThe Kantor Prize at the Melbourne Recital Centre’s Great Romantics Competition 2011,First Prize in the 2010 Musica Viva Chamber Music Prize, Second prize in the GordonPrizes for Excellence in Chamber Music and The Nelle Ashdown Memorial Award in2006, 2007 and 2008. He has also performed in live broadcasts on Edge Radio andABC Classic FM and in 2010 performed as the cellist in the Sydney SymphonyFellowship program.Canberra cellist Christopher Pidcock obtained his Bachelor of Music from HobartConservatorium where, studying under Christian Wojtowicz, he won several awardsincluding the Director’s Prize and the Mt Nelson Prize for greatest proficiency in specialisedstudy. In 2006 he completed a Graduate Diploma in Music (Performance) at the Universityof Sydney, studying under Georg Pederson, and then completed a Master of Music(Performance) at the Sydney Conservatorium with Uzi Wiesel. In 2008, he deferred hisuniversity studies to attend the Australian National Academy of Music on full scholarship.The recipient of a Churchill Fellowship, Christopher travelled to Germany for studies withBaroque cellist Anner Bylsma and participated in masterclasses with Peter Bruns andGavriel Lipkind. He performed the Elgar Cello Concerto with the Neue SinfonieorchesterBerlin, and gave recitals at the Schumann-Haus and Euro Arts Festival (Leipzig), and at the Radolfzell SummerFestival (Konstanz).Other highlights have included the 2008 International Cello Congress in Israel, where he played for János Starker,Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi and Gavriel Lipkind; European tours with the Australian Youth Orchestra in 2007 and the SydneyConservatorium Chamber Orchestra in 2009; a private recital for Pope Benedict XVI during World Youth Day; andperformances with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and the Adelaide Chamber Players.His awards include first prize in the 2007 Gisborne International Music Competition (New Zealand) and the 2009Nelson Meers Foundation Scholarship at the Sydney Eisteddfod, awarded by the Sydney Eisteddfod in conjunctionwith the McDonald’s Performing Arts Challenge. In 2010, Christopher was a string finalist in Symphony Australia’sYoung Performer of the Year, performing Dvorak’s Cello Concerto with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.Pidcock most recently returned from Chicago where he completed a Performance Certificate with Prof. Hans JørgenJensen at Northwestern University and studied with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO). He wasalso regular member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and through this has given performances with Yo Yo Ma,Riccardo Muti, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Jaap van Zweden amongst others. In August 2011, Christopher was invitedto perform at the Euro Arts Festival 2011 in Wuppertal, Germany, and he has given chamber music recitals with LynnHarrell, Tomas Tomaszewski, Charmian Gadd and Katherine Selby. Christopher is now permanent a member of theSydney Symphony Orchestra cello section since 2012.24
HOBART BAROQUEMONACELLOChristopher Pidcock (Cont)Robert ManleySUITE 6Recent concert highlights include performances of Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations,C.P.E Bach’s A minor and Haydn’s D major Cello Concertos with the Central CoastSymphony Orchestra, and a special trio performance of Bach’s Goldberg Variations.Christopher gives many recitals in Australia and abroad as soloist, with duo partnerEvgeny Ukhanov, the Sydney Chicago Salon Orchestra, and the Sydney SymphonyChamber Players. Christopher plays on a W. Schnabl cello (Bavaria) based onMontagnana’s ‘Sleeping Beauty’ cello.Robert is a freelance musician based in Melbourne. He has worked as a cellist,recorder soloist and harpsichordist with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra andplayed cello with the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra and Orchestra Victoria. Robertcurrently studies the cello with Howard Penny at the Australian National Academy ofMusic, and was invited to perform at the Huntington Music Festival with the ANAMChamber Orchestra in 2012. He completed a Bachelor of Music majoring in cello(Honours, First Class) at the University of Queensland in 2011, where his teachers wereDavid Lale, Patrick Murphy and Gwyn Roberts. He performed Haydn’s Cello Concertoin D with the Queensland Youth Symphony in 2010, where he was Principal Cello forthree years.25
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