Musica Viva Australia Season Brochure | 2023

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The Cage Project 

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Karin Schaupp & Flinders Quartet 

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Among the Birds and the Trees 

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Garrick Ohlsson 

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Chopin’s Piano 

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Silk, Metal, Wood 

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Vision String Quartet 

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Wildschut & Brauss 

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Musica Viva Australia Concert Dates 

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Meet our Commissioned Composers 

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Sydney Morning Masters 

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Viva Edge Melbourne 

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Subscriber Benefits 

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Choose Your Subscription 

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Frequently Asked Questions & 

Booking Form 

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Experience Musica Viva Australia 

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Venues 

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We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the many lands on which we 

meet, work and live, and we pay our respects to Elders past and present – 

people who have sung their songs, danced their dances and told their stories 

on these lands for thousands of generations, and who continue to do so. 

Welcome 

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Welcome 

Welcome to Season 2023 

Our 2023 season is an invitation to experience 

chamber music with new eyes and ears. 

Musica Viva Australia will always be home 

to the world’s greatest musicians, performing 

repertory from the last 500 years or so. Yet 

in any season we will also ask our audiences 

and performers a simple question: what does 

chamber music mean to us all today? 

At a long lunch with old friends some years 

ago the conversation turned to the fate of 

great and humble instruments following 

the German invasion and occupation of 

European countries in the Second World 

War. Later, when researching the subject for 

a book, I became preoccupied with one such 

instrument, the small piano on which Chopin 

completed his 24 Preludes in the grim winter 

of 1838–9. In 2021 the director/writer Richard 

Pyros and I fashioned that narrative into a 

theatrical work with Chopin’s Preludes at its 

heart. The production is a virtuosic two-hander, 

with actor Jennifer Vuletic taking on multiple 

roles alongside Aura Go, whose performance 

of the Preludes makes this tour such a 

captivating prospect. 

The flutist Adam Walker, who was such a hit at 

the Musica Viva Festival in 2019, returns with two 

of his friends, Anneleen Lenaerts, solo harpist of 

the Vienna Philharmonic, and Timothy Ridout, 

the outstanding viola player of his generation. 

They’ll perform the Debussy trio – how could 

they not? – as part of a riveting selection of 

ensemble and solo works. These three musicians 

form a lovely counterpoint to the Vision String 

Quartet, a crack ensemble from Berlin that 

performs from memory, offering a deeper, 

more immersive experience for audiences. 

Living composers remain centre stage. 

Carl Vine has written a guitar quintet for 

Karin Schaupp and the Flinders Quartet. 

May Lyon is composing for the exquisite 

soloists Noa Wildschut and Elisabeth Brauss. 

Jakub Jankowski is crafting a new work for 

Jean-Guihen Queyras, Satsuki Odamura 

and James Morley – a trio for two cellos and 

koto – while Thomas Misson is writing for the 

great Garrick Ohlsson. It is a bumper crop, 

all supported by patrons whose generosity 

makes possible this exciting new season. 

Our morning series, Viva Edge and Morning 

Masters, provide platforms for the best 

Australian musicians in repertory old and new. 

The new includes Manduway Dutton’s work for 

the Penny Quartet, Julia Potter’s composition 

for Claire Edwardes, and Sam Wu’s piece 

for Arcadia Winds, the third iteration of our 

FutureMakers to appear on our stages this year. 

It is a season alive with joy – not least 

because once more we will welcome local 

and international ensembles as participants 

in the Melbourne International Chamber 

Music Competition, an opportunity for us all to 

celebrate the next generation of outstanding 

musicians. It will be a pleasure to welcome you 

back into concert halls throughout the country. 

Paul Kildea, Artistic Director 

With special thanks to the Amadeus Society and 

Producers’ Circle for their support for Musica Viva 

Australia’s 2023 Concert Season. 

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World Premiere 

Program 

CAGE 

Sonatas and Interludes 

Artists 

PAUL KILDEA AND MATTHIAS 

SCHACK-ARNOTT 

Original Concept 

MATTHIAS SCHACK-ARNOTT 

Sculptural Design and 

Musical Treatment 

CÉDRIC TIBERGHIEN 

Pianist and Musical Treatment 

KEITH TUCKER 

Technical Design and 

Management, Lighting Design 

NICK ROUX 

System Design and Robotics 

MICHAELA COVENTRY 

(SAGE ARTS) 

Producer 

A Musica Viva Australia 

Production 

Tour Dates 

Perth Festival: 

3 March (Musica Viva Australia 

Perth Subscription Concert) 

Adelaide Festival: 

7–8 March 

‘Cédric Tiberghien is splendid 

at the piano; nimble yet robust, 

dreamy yet forthright’ 

The Times (UK) 

‘Matthias Schack-Arnott’s 

work is as thought-provoking 

as it is beautiful’ 

RealTime Arts 

This project has been co-commissioned 

by Musica Viva Australia, Perth Festival, 

Adelaide Festival, and the Naomi 

Milgrom Foundation. 

With special thanks to Ensemble Patrons 

Ian Dickson AM & Reg Holloway for their 

support of this tour. 

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Cédric Tiberghien & 

Matthias Schack-Arnott 

Australian percussionist, composer and sound 

artist Matthias Schack-Arnott collaborates 

with acclaimed pianist Cédric Tiberghien on 

John Cage’s magnum opus, his Sonatas and 

Interludes of 1948. Schack-Arnott is known 

for his unique approach to sound: he creates 

expansive sculptural musical worlds that are 

beautifully lit and dramatically staged. Here 

he brings his distinct voice to John Cage’s 

classic work for prepared piano, augmenting 

it with a massive kinetic sound sculpture that 

floats above the piano and rings and chimes 

in synchronicity. A pioneer in the development 

of percussion, Cage initiated the prepared 

piano as a means of giving the instrument a 

greater percussive quality. More than 70 years 

after its composition, the work is reimagined 

as a three-dimensional sculptural world, with 

Tiberghien’s exquisite playing at its heart. 

Premiering at Perth Festival, The Cage Project will be the 

first concert in our Perth subscription season and is only 

available as part of a Gold subscription. 

Single tickets for Perth are on sale through Perth Festival. 

All tickets for Adelaide are on sale through Adelaide 

Festival. 

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Photography: above, Ben Ealovega; below, Gregory Lorenzutti

National Tour Dates 

18 February–9 March 

‘Schaupp lives up to her reputation 

as one of the world’s most accomplished 

classically trained guitarists’ 

Sydney Morning Herald 

‘Flinders Quartet has a unique and 

refreshing ability to present an 

exceptional standard of classical music 

in a way that feels warm and human’ 

Classic Melbourne 

Photography: above, Luke Marsden; below, Pia Johnson 

Karin Schaupp 

& Flinders Quartet 

Music sparks emotion like nothing else; live music 

especially so. Here’s a concert with all the feelings: 

there’s loss, longing, love, and a bit of foot-stomping 

fandango flamboyance. Our guides into this other 

world are experts. The Flinders Quartet is renowned 

for unpretentious brilliance, with two decades of 

experience in old music and new. Classical guitar is 

a beautiful but famously difficult instrument to master, 

and most players sit very still in utmost concentration – 

which is why Karin Schaupp stands out. With incredible 

warmth and expressiveness, she welcomes us into 

her emotional world, and we leave enriched and 

heartened. Of special note in this program is a world 

premiere from composer and Musica Viva Australia’s 

previous Artistic Director Carl Vine, commissioned by 

a longstanding audience member to immortalise the 

joyous memory of her late daughter. 

Program 

CARULLI Guitar Concerto 

in A Major, Op. 8 

Richard CHARLTON 

Southern Cross Dreaming (2007) 

CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO 

Guitar Quintet, Op. 143 

Carl VINE Endless for Guitar 

and String Quartet (2021)* 

Imogen HOLST Phantasy Quartet 

BOCCHERINI Guitar Quintet 

in D Major, G. 448 (mvts III and IV) 

In Adelaide, John Cage’s Dream will be 

performed in place of Richard Charlton’s 

Southern Cross Dreaming. 

Artists 

KARIN SCHAUPP Guitar 

Flinders Quartet: 

THIBAUD PAVLOVIC-HOBBA Violin 

WILMA SMITH Violin 

HELEN IRELAND Viola 

ZOE KNIGHTON Cello 

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World premiere performances. 

Commissioned for Musica Viva Australia 

in loving memory of Jennifer Bates. 

With special thanks to Ensemble 

Patrons Ian & Caroline Frazer for 

their support of this tour. 

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26 April–14 May 

‘Adam Walker plays … with exquisite 

grace and purity of tone’ 

Gramophone 

‘Timothy Ridout is that rare kind 

of musician who could play a 

cardboard box and make it sing’ 

Guardian 

‘Anneleen Lenaerts displayed 

dynamic finesse, nuance in 

articulation and jaw-dropping skill’ 

Aspen Times 

Photography: above, Christa Holka; centre, hoferundhofer; below, Andrej Grilc 

Among the Birds 

and the Trees 

Sometimes a concert can be like a walk through a 

beautiful garden, with gorgeous blooms, intriguingly 

patterned ferns, and now and then a dramatic grass 

tree shooting skywards. The rather unusual line-up 

of instruments for this program offers just such an 

experience for the listener: a world of glowing sounds, 

with something entrancing around every corner of a 

gently twisting path. 

Creating this world are three of classical music’s 

acknowledged leaders. Adam Walker was appointed 

Principal Flute of the London Symphony Orchestra at 21; 

Anneleen Lenaerts became Solo Harp of the Vienna 

Philharmonic at 23; Timothy Ridout, youngest of the 

three, is that rare creature: a solo violist. 

This particularly mellow combination of instruments 

was the brainchild of Debussy, featuring in one of his 

very last pieces, the cornerstone of this concert. Planted 

around it are the meditative beauty of Takemitsu, the 

intensity of Soviet-era Gubaidulina, the joyous vigour 

of George Benjamin, and a choice selection of other 

musical blooms. 

Program 

George BENJAMIN Flight 

DEBUSSY Jardins sous la pluie 

TELEMANN Fantasia in E-Flat 

Major, No. 7 

DEBUSSY Sonata for Flute, 

Viola and Harp 

MESSIAEN Le Merle noir 

TAKEMITSU And then I knew 

‘twas Wind 

DEBUSSY Clair de lune 

GUBAIDULINA Garden of Joy 

and Sorrow 

Artists 

ADAM WALKER Flute 

TIMOTHY RIDOUT Viola 

ANNELEEN LENAERTS Harp 

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1–19 June 

‘His performance was a marvel 

of virtuosity, and he played with 

Olympian serenity and equanimity, 

dispatching the most strenuous 

passages with apparent ease’ 

New York Review of Books 

Photography: Kacper Pempel 

Program 1 

Garrick 

Ohlsson 

In 1970 Garrick Ohlsson – a gangly pianist from 

White Plains, New York, all of 22 and unknown 

beyond his hometown – pulled off an astonishing 

feat: from nowhere he won the Chopin Competition 

in Warsaw, the only American to have done so. 

He somehow missed the announcement, a kindly 

audience member informing him that his life would 

never be quite the same. 

In the subsequent 50 years Ohlsson has owned 

Chopin’s music like few others, playing it with authority, 

humility, a sense of discovery and deep commitment. 

Ohlsson has other heroes too. Scriabin is one such 

example, his powerful, impressionistic music an ideal 

match for Ohlsson’s authoritative playing. He adores 

Barber and Schubert, Debussy and Liszt too, choosing 

this Australian tour for his first performance of the 

latter’s Sonata in B Minor in many years. His program 

also features a new work by the Australian composer 

Thomas Misson. 

Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne Saturday, 

Newcastle, Sydney Monday 

SCHUBERT Impromptu in C Minor, 

Op. 90, No. 1 

LISZT Piano Sonata in B Minor, S.178 

Thomas MISSON New Work * 

SCRIABIN 

Étude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 2, No. 1 

Étude in D-Flat Major, Op. 8, No. 10 

Étude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 42, No. 5 

Two Poems, Op. 32: Andante cantabile 

Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 

Program 2 

Adelaide, Melbourne Tuesday, Perth, 

Sydney Saturday 

DEBUSSY Suite bergamasque 

BARBER Piano Sonata in E-Flat Minor, 

Op. 26 

Thomas MISSON New Work * 

CHOPIN 

Variations brillantes, Op. 12 

Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, 

Op. 4: Larghetto 

Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31 

Artist 

GARRICK OHLSSON Piano 

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by Stephen Johns for his wife, Michele. 

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8–26 July 

‘With stabbing accents, shimmering 

textures and lute-like tremolos, 

Go commanded a mood at once 

vast and intimate with deft control 

and sensitivity’ 

Limelight Magazine 

Photography: James Grant Photography 

‘Vuletic is mesmerising, compelling, 

unabashed and bravely present in 

each of her outstanding portrayals’ 

Australian Stage 

Chopin’s Piano 

Can a single instrument unlock the DNA of 

Romantic music? A small, craftsman’s pianino, 

built in Majorca in the 1830s, gives it a good try: 

it’s the keyboard on which Chopin completed 

his Preludes. This exquisite collection reclaimed 

an intimacy that had been drowned out by the 

excesses of Chopin’s brilliant peers. It would take 

50 years, but these miniatures would eventually 

outflank and outrank many of the century’s 

hulking musical monuments. 

If this were not enough, Chopin’s piano took on 

talismanic qualities in the following century. 

The cast of characters obsessed with its 

provenance, heritage and symbolism – from 

harpsichordist Wanda Landowska to Nazi 

propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels – 

completes this miraculous story. 

In this captivating staging by Richard Pyros – 

first filmed and streamed in 2021 – and with the 

complete Preludes as its backbone, pianist Aura 

Go and actor Jennifer Vuletic tell the story of this 

singular instrument, the works composed on it and 

the artist who created them, and the changing 

value of music over time. 

Program 

CHOPIN 24 Preludes, Op. 28 

Adapted from Paul Kildea’s book 

Chopin’s Piano by the author and 

Richard Pyros 

Artists 

AURA GO Piano 

JENNIFER VULETIC Actor 

RICHARD PYROS Director 

RICHARD VABRE Original Lighting 

KELLY RYALL Sound 

CHRISTINA SMITH Costumes 

With special thanks to Ensemble 

Patrons Stephen and Michele Johns 

and an anonymous donor for 

their support of this tour. 

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14–26 August 

‘Queyras plays … with extraordinary 

clarity and silken grace’ 

The Times (UK) 

‘There was strength and athleticism to 

Odamura’s playing … akin to seeing the 

graceful poise of an Olympic fencer’ 

Limelight Magazine 

‘James seemed completely at one 

with his instrument’ 

CutCommon 

Photography: above, Artūrs Kondrāts; below, Weedon 


This program started with an invitation to the fascinating 

French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras – a human vessel 

of his instrument’s soulful beauty, and a musician 

known for his sense of artistic adventure. He leapt 

at the chance to work with one of Australia’s musical 

treasures: Satsuki Odamura, a grand master of the koto 

– a plucked Japanese zither – resident in Sydney for 

more than 30 years. They welcomed one of Adelaide’s 

young stars, cellist James Morley, into the mix – a trio 

of passionate musicians inspired by the love of their 

instruments and an endless delighted curiosity for 

finding new sounds to play. 

Such a gorgeous palette of colours and textures is 

inspiration for Australian composer Jakub Jankowski, who 

will create a brand-new trio for them, nestled amongst 

solo suites by Bach and Britten, traditional and modern 

works for koto, and a gleeful duo from Offenbach. 

Program 

JS BACH Cello Suite No. 1 

in G Major, BWV 1007 

KENGYO Midare 

Jakub JANKOWSKI New Work * 

Robin WILLIAMSON 

Letter from a Stranger’s Childhood 

BRITTEN Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72 

OFFENBACH Duo for Two Cellos 

in B-Flat Major, Op. 53, No. 1 

Artists 

JEAN-GUIHEN QUEYRAS Cello 

SATSUKI ODAMURA Koto and 

Bass Koto 

JAMES MORLEY Cello 

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by the Adelaide Commissioning Circle. 

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21 September–12 October 

‘Stunning was the level of 

musicianship and the depth of 

interpretive insight demonstrated 

by this young German ensemble’ 

Chicago Classical Review 

Photography: Harald Hoffmann 

Vision String Quartet 

The conductor Jeffrey Tate once described the string 

quartet as ‘the most perfect expression of human 

behaviour’. Composers from Haydn to Adès have 

revelled in this most intimate and virtuosic of musical 

forms, awed by the sight of four musicians moving 

across a tightrope at speed. 

The four young musicians that make up the Vision String 

Quartet add one extra element to this dextrous feat: 

they perform everything from memory. Repertory that 

might be familiar – Bartók’s astonishing Quartet No. 4, 

say, or Dvořák’s Quartet No. 13 – is utterly transformed. 

This prizewinning Berlin-based quartet – praised 

as ‘amazingly vivacious, vivid and electrifying … 

completely fearless’ by Der Tagesspiegel – has 

gathered fans aplenty across Europe since forming in 

2012, and here makes its thrilling Australian debut. 

Program 

BLOCH Prelude, B. 63 

BARTÓK String Quartet No. 4 

in C Major 

DVOŘÁK String Quartet No. 13 

in G Major, Op. 106 

Artists 

FLORIAN WILLEITNER Violin 

DANIEL STOLL Violin 

SANDER STUART Viola 

LEONARD DISSELHORST Cello 

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13–28 November 

‘Wildschut’s golden warm tone 

and dreamy emotional depth 

shone through with clarity’ 

Bachtrack 

‘Brauss’ marriage of musicality, 

technique, and intelligence is rare’ 

Seen and Heard International 

Photography: above, Alfonso Salgueiro; below, Monika Lawrenz 

Program 1 

Wildschut 

& Brauss 

Not one new discovery, but two! Hiding in plain sight 

in the great halls of Europe, violinist Noa Wildschut 

and pianist Elisabeth Brauss make one of the most 

exciting musical partnerships heard in years, and 

Musica Viva Australia is thrilled to present their first 

Australian concerts. 

Violin and piano is a classic combination, capable of 

both great intimacy and intensity – no wonder audiences 

and composers have loved it so much over the last two 

centuries (and counting). Melbourne’s May Lyon throws 

her hat in the ring with a new work for the duo, adding a 

fresh voice to this grand repertoire. Noa and Elisabeth’s 

musicality lights up the stage the way a meteor can 

spark through the night – a magical experience to be 

treasured forever. 

Adelaide, Canberra, Melbourne Saturday, 

Perth, Sydney Monday 

SCHUMANN Violin Sonata 

No. 1 in A Minor 

DEBUSSY Sonata for Violin 

and Piano in G Minor 

May LYON New Work * 

ENESCU Sonata No. 3 for Violin 

and Piano in A Minor 

Program 2 

Brisbane, Melbourne Tuesday, 

Newcastle, Sydney Saturday 

SCHUMANN Violin Sonata 

No. 1 in A Minor 

DEBUSSY Sonata for Violin 

and Piano in G Minor 

May LYON New Work * 

FRANCK Sonata for Violin 

and Piano in A Major 

Artists 

NOA WILDSCHUT Violin 

ELISABETH BRAUSS Piano 

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World premiere performances. Commissioned 

for Musica Viva Australia by Christine Bollen, 

Peter Cumines, Elizabeth Dooley, Annabel 

Wheeler and Elizabeth and Rod King. In memory 

of Ian Bollen and in memory of Iris Mara. 

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Musica Viva Australia Concert Dates 

Concert Program Adelaide Brisbane Canberra 

7.30pm 7pm 7pm 


Cage: Sonatas and 

Interludes 

Tuesday 

7 March (9pm) 

Wednesday 

8 March 

(1pm & 7pm) 

Tickets available 

through Adelaide 

Festival. 

Karin Schaupp 

& Flinders Quartet 

Carulli, Charlton, 

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, 

Carl Vine, Imogen Holst, 

Boccherini 

Thursday 

9 March 

Tuesday 

7 March 

Steven Kinston 

Tribute Concert 

Thursday 

2 March 

Among the Birds 

and the Trees 

George Benjamin, 

Debussy, Telemann, 

Messiaen, Takemitsu, 

Gubaidulina 

Wednesday 

26 April 

Wednesday 

3 May 

Thursday 

11 May 

Garrick Ohlsson Program 1: 

Schubert, Liszt, 

Thomas Misson, Scriabin 

Thursday 

1 June 

Thursday 

15 June 

Program 2: 

Debussy, Barber, 

Thomas Misson, Chopin 

Thursday 

8 June 

Chopin’s Piano Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28 Wednesday 

26 July 

Thursday 

13 July (QPAC) 

Wednesday 

19 July 


Bach, Kengyo, 

Jakub Jankowski, 

Robin Williamson, 

Britten, Offenbach 

Wednesday 

23 August 

Vision String Quartet Bloch, Bartók, Dvořák Thursday 

12 October 

Tuesday 

26 September 

Thursday 

5 October 

Wildschut & Brauss Program 1: 

Schumann, Debussy, 

May Lyon, Enescu 

Wednesday 

15 November 

Monday 

27 November 

Program 2: 

Schumann, Debussy, 

May Lyon, Franck 

Thursday 

23 November 

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Melbourne Newcastle Perth Sydney 

7pm 

Saturday 

7pm 

Tuesday 

7.30pm 7.30pm 2pm 

Saturday 

(unless indicated) 

7pm 

Monday 

Friday 

3 March 

(7pm) 

Saturday 

25 February 

Tuesday 

28 February 

Wednesday 

22 February 

Saturday 

18 February 

Monday 

20 February 

Saturday 

29 April 

Tuesday 

9 May 

Thursday 

4 May 

Sunday 

14 May (6.30pm) 

Sunday 

7 May 

Monday 

1 May 

Saturday 

3 June 

Saturday 

10 June 

Monday 

5 June 

Tuesday 

13 June 

Monday 

19 June 

Saturday 

17 June 

Saturday 

8 July 

Graeme Watson 


Tuesday 

11 July 

Monday 

24 July 

Saturday 

15 July (7pm) 

Monday 

17 July 

Charles Berg 


Saturday 

26 August 

Paul Morawetz 


Tuesday 

15 August 

Thursday 

17 August 

Monday 

21 August 

Saturday 

19 August 

Monday 

14 August 

Saturday 

23 September 

Tuesday 

10 October 

Thursday 

21 September 

Monday 

2 October 

Saturday 

7 October 

Monday 

9 October 

Ken Tribe 


Saturday 

25 November 

Monday 

13 November 

Monday 

20 November 

Tuesday 

28 November 

Tuesday 

21 November 

Saturday 

18 November 

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Musica Viva Australia is passionate about 

bringing you the best new Australian music. 

Learn more about the composers whose 

works will be premiered in 2023. 

May Lyon 

Manduway Dutton 

Manduway Dutton is 

a Gumbaynggirr and 

Barkindji man from 

Grafton in NSW. A pianist, 

composer, didgeridoo 

player and singer/ 

songwriter, Manduway 

completed an Advanced 

Diploma in the Performing 

Arts at the Aboriginal 

Centre for the Performing 

Arts in 2014. In 2016 he 

went on to complete 

a Bachelor of Music 

degree (specialisation 

jazz and pop) at the 

Central Queensland 

Conservatorium of Music 

where he majored in piano. 

In 2022 Manduway wrote 

and performed his original 

composition Thoughtless 

dreams for didgeridoo and 

string quartet at the Coffs 

Harbour Chamber Music 

Festival alongside the 

Australian String Quartet. 

He has been engaged 

for events including 

Dark Mofo, Tamworth 

Country Music Festival, 

Boomerang Festival, and 

Sydney Opera House’s 

Homeground Festival. 

Manduway’s new work will 

be premiered by the Penny 

Quartet for Viva Edge. 

Jakub Jankowski 

Jakub Jankowski is an 

Adelaide-based composer. 

Chamber music has been 

the focus of his recent works 

– many of which have been 

championed by musicians 

from Australia and abroad. 

Jakub was a composer 

in residence at the 2019 

Tongyeong International 

Music Festival in South 

Korea. His time there 

included the world 

premiere of a work 

written for the Arditti 

String Quartet, The Dove 

Descending. 

Jakub’s music has been 

featured at several 

festivals, including the 

Coriole Music Festival 

(2019), the Huntington 

Estate Music Festival (2019), 

the Lockenhaus Chamber 

Music Festival (2018), and 

the Musica Viva Festival 

(2017). 

Commissioned for Musica 

Viva Australia by the 

Adelaide Commissioning 

Circle, Jakub’s new work will 

be premiered by Jean- 

Guihen Queyras, Satsuki 

Odamura, and James 

Morley on their national tour. 

Composed in the leafy 

outer east of Melbourne, 

May Lyon’s music explores 

deep human emotions, 

representations of nature 

and mathematical concepts, 

as well as the lighter 

side of life. Stylistically 

eclectic, her compositions 

move from dramatic and 

intense, to quirky. 

May is currently studying 

for a Doctor of Musical 

Arts at the University of 

Sydney as part of the 

2020–21 Composing 

Women Program. She 

is currently Artist-in- 

Residence with Melbourne’s 

More Than Opera, which 

is soon to stage her first 

opera, Pieces of Margery. 

Previously, her music has 

been performed by the 

Melbourne Symphony 

Orchestra, Tasmanian 

Symphony Orchestra, 

Tasmania University 

Orchestra, National 

Capital Orchestra, Sydney 

Dance Company Pre- 

Professional Year with 

the Sydney Symphony 

Orchestra Fellows, 

Ensemble Goldentree, and 

Forest Collective. 

Commissioned by Christine 

Bollen and Friends, May’s 

new work will be premiered 

by Noa Wildschut and 

Elisabeth Brauss on their 

national tour. 

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Meet our Commissioned Composers 

Photography: (Potter & Vine), Keith Saunders

Sam Wu 

Thomas Misson 

Thomas Misson is a 

musician from Hobart who 

has recently studied with 

Elliott Gyger, Ken Thomson, 

and Yannis Kyriakides. 

Thomas’ compositions are 

inspired by the extremes of 

the human condition and its 

omnipresent imperfections. 

His music often aims to 

reimagine familiar musical 

constructs in ways that are 

surreal, blackly humorous, 

tender, and lyrical. 

Thomas has a passion for 

expanding and enriching 

others’ relationships with 

music through the disciplines 

of teaching, YouTubing, 

and music journalism. He 

is an experienced pianist 

who performs in a variety 

of contexts, genres, and 

capacities such as recitalist, 

concerto soloist, jazz pianist, 

and collaborative pianist. 

Thomas’ new work will 

be premiered by Garrick 

Ohlsson on his national 

tour. It was commissioned 

for Musica Viva Australia 

by Stephen Johns for his 

wife, Michele. 

Julia Potter 

Julia Potter is a Sydneybased 

screen and art 

music composer. She seeks 

to create music which 

transports the listener to 

a suspended reality and 

moment in time. 

In 2021 Julia participated 

in the Ensemble Offspring 

Hatched Academy and in 

2022 was accepted into 

the Melbourne Symphony 

Orchestra Cybec and 

Omega Ensemble CoLAB 

Programs for young 

composers. Her work 

has been performed by 

ensembles including the 

Penny Quartet, Syzygy 

Ensemble, Australian Youth 

Orchestra, and Melbourne 

University Symphony 

Orchestra. Her music for 

the documentary Acts for 

the Invisible was featured 

at Sydney Film Festival, 

St Kilda Film Festival, and 

Mardi Gras Film Festival. 

In 2019 Julia was the 

recipient of the Melbourne 

Recital Centre/Melbourne 

Conservatorium of Music 

graduate commission. 

Julia’s new work will be 

premiered by Claire 

Edwardes for Sydney 

Morning Masters. 

Carl Vine 

Carl Vine AO is one of 

Australia’s best known 

and most often performed 

composers, with a 

catalogue now including 

eight symphonies, 

13 concertos, music for 

film, television, dance and 

theatre, electronic music 

and numerous chamber 

works. 

From 2000 until 2019 Carl 

was Artistic Director of 

Musica Viva Australia. 

His recent compositions 

include Piano Sonata 

No. 4, The Enchanted Loom 

(Symphony No. 8) for the 

Melbourne Symphony 

Orchestra, Implacable 

Gifts, a concerto for 

two pianos for the West 

Australian and Tasmanian 

Symphony Orchestras, 

and Five Hallucinations, 

a trombone concerto for 

the Chicago and Sydney 

Symphony Orchestras. 

Commissioned for Musica 

Viva Australia in loving 

memory of Jennifer 

Bates, Carl’s work for 

guitar and string quartet, 

Endless, will be premiered 

by Karin Schaupp and 

Flinders Quartet on their 

national tour. 

Sam Wu’s music deals 

with the beauty in blurred 

boundaries. Many of his 

works centre on extramusical 

themes: architecture 

and urban planning, 

climate science, and the 

search for exoplanets that 

harbour life. 

From Melbourne, Sam 

holds degrees from 

Harvard University and 

The Juilliard School and 

is pursuing his DMA in 

Composition at Rice 

University’s Shepherd 

School of Music. His 

accolades include 

Juilliard’s Palmer Dixon 

Prize, Harvard’s Robert 

Levin Prize, and First 

Prize in the Washington 

International Competition. 

Sam’s collaborations span 

five continents, most notably 

with New York City Ballet, 

The Kennedy Center and 

Beijing’s National Center for 

the Performing Arts. 

Sam’s new work will be 

premiered by Arcadia 

Winds for Viva Edge. It 

was commissioned by 

Carrillo Gantner AC and 

Ziyin Gantner to honour 

all the doctors, nurses and 

other health workers who 

committed themselves 

with such courage and 

selflessness to save lives 

in hospital Intensive Care 

Units during the pandemic 

of 2020/21. 

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Encounters with the sublime. 

That’s what Sydney Morning Masters, our 

daytime series of live concerts at The Concourse, 

offers audiences. A showcase for exceptional 

music-making, our concerts provide joy, 

inspiration, and respite from the outside world. 

Experience a rarely heard pairing of instruments when 

guitarist Simon Powis and violinist Anna Da Silva Chen 

present musical snapshots from across the globe. Romanian 

folk dances, Spanish melodies infused with North African 

influences, and Argentine tangos share a program with 

works by JS Bach and Robert Beaser. 

Castalia Vocal Consort are a new Sydney vocal ensemble, 

passionate about the expressive possibilities of a cappella 

singing. These extraordinary ensemble singers will present 

madrigals from Monteverdi to exquisite contemporary 

pieces in Hotheads and Lovers, an earthy, sumptuous, and 

often provocative selection of music. 

In a rare recital appearance, pianist Tonya Lemoh offers 

works inspired by a line from a poem by TS Eliot: ‘the 

stillness, the dancing’. Soulful, profound works – like 

Haydn’s final piece for solo keyboard, or Liszt’s tone 

poem about the Romantic hero Obermann – are paired 

with life-affirming dances that make the blood sing. 

A recent addition to Sydney’s chamber music scene, the 

Chroma String Quartet are sure to become favourites in 

no time given the polish and panache of their playing. 

They’ll put their stamp on Ravel’s masterly String Quartet 

in F Major, garlanded by music from Britten and Sdraulig. 

Claire Edwardes dishes up a feast for the senses in her 

colourful and entrancing percussion recital. Mallets twirl 

and cymbals splash as she tackles giants like Bach and 

Stockhausen alongside an impressive range of spectacular 

Australian works. 

Sydney Morning Masters is generously supported by the 

Wenkart Foundation. 

SYDNEY 

MORNING 

MASTERS 

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SIMON POWIS & 

ANNA DA SILVA CHEN 

Guitar & Violin 

Wednesday 22 March, 11am 

Program 

TARREGA Capricho árabe 

BARTOK Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 

BEASER Selections from Mountain Songs 

JS BACH Prelude in C Minor, BWV999 

JS BACH Fugue from BWV1001 

PIAZZOLLA Histoire du Tango 

— 

CASTALIA VOCAL CONSORT 

Wednesday 12 April, 11am 

Program: Hotheads and Lovers 

Includes works by Gesualdo, 

Monteverdi, Shaw, and Strozzi 

TONYA LEMOH 

Piano 

Wednesday 24 May, 11am 

Program 

HAYDN Variations in F Minor, 

Hob. XVII:6 

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Selections from 

Three-Fours Suite, Op. 71 

LISZT Vallée d’Obermann (from Années 

de pèlerinage) 

GINASTERA Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2 

— 

CHROMA STRING QUARTET 

Wednesday 27 September, 11am 

Program 

Harry SDRAULIG Swirl 

BRITTEN Three Divertimenti 

RAVEL String Quartet 

— 

CLAIRE EDWARDES 

Percussion 

Wednesday 25 October, 11am 

Program 

JS BACH/HASSLER O Sacred Head, 

Sore Wounded 

JS BACH Lute Suite in E Minor, BWV996 

(arr. for marimba) 

Ella MACENS Falling Embers 

STOCKHAUSEN Taurus 

Erik GRISWOLD Chooks! 

SAMMUT Libertango 

Claire EDWARDES 

Screechers & Sorrows 

Julia POTTER New Work * 

Matthew HINDSON Flash 

* 

World premiere performance. 

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Melbourne’s Viva Edge is a bold, imaginatively 

curated daytime concert series every bit as 

unique as the space it inhabits at Fed Square. 

You’ll discover brilliant new works and musicians, 

hear favourites of the chamber repertoire as if 

for the first time, and witness how virtuosity and 

intimacy can exist hand in hand. 

That latter quality is embodied by the Consort of 

Melbourne, who are joined by viola player Aaron Wyatt 

in an unusual and intriguing combination of musical 

forces. Experience surpassingly beautiful choral works 

encompassing themes of loss, nostalgia, and joy, many 

of them by Australian composers. 

Ensemble Liaison are local favourites, beloved for their 

technical brilliance and the palpable joy they emit 

onstage. Those qualities will be on ample display in their 

appearance for Viva Edge, highlights of which include 

Weber’s demanding showcase for clarinet and piano and 

Schumann’s impossibly tender Adagio and Allegro. 

Internationally renowned violinist Rachael Beesley brings 

together a who’s who of Melbourne’s early music specialists 

for a program entitled Autumnal Tone. Featured composers 

include Bach, Couperin, Leclair, and Telemann, their works 

united by a sense of the valedictory. 

Masterpieces by Bartók and Haydn bookend the Penny 

Quartet’s Viva Edge offering, providing a study in contrasts. 

Where Bartók’s Fourth String Quartet has a muscular, driving 

power, Haydn’s String Quartet in F Major is a diaphanous 

beauty, akin to a serenade. Both are unforgettable, 

especially when played by such vibrant musicians. 

The trailblazing Arcadia Winds offer up an eclectic 

program and a moment of reflection when they give 

the world premiere of a work by Australian composer 

Sam Wu, inspired by the extraordinary efforts of ICU 

workers during the pandemic. 

VIVA EDGE 

MELBOURNE 

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— 

CONSORT OF MELBOURNE 

& AARON WYATT 

Tuesday 14 March, 11am 

Program 

Paul STANHOPE Dawn Lament 

EŠENVALDS Ancient Prairie 

Carl VINE Miniature I 

Clare MACLEAN Beannaicht an long: 

Blest be the boat 

TORMIS Incantation for a Stormy Sea 

SHAW Its Motion Keeps 

GENZMER Viola Sonata (excerpt) 

GJEILO Serenity 

Deborah CHEETHAM 

Wooroongi Biik 

MAHLER (arr. HODGSON) Ich bin der 

Welt abhanden gekommen 

— 

ENSEMBLE LIAISON 

Tuesday 4 April, 11am 

Program 

WEBER Grand Duo Concertant, Op. 48 

BRUCH Selections from Trios, Op. 84 

SCHUMANN Adagio and Allegro, 

Op. 70 

Timothy YOUNG New Work 

RACHAEL BEESLEY, ALISON 

CATANACH, JOSEPHINE 

VAINS & DONALD NICOLSON 

Tuesday 23 May, 11am 

Program: Autumnal Tone 

NOGUEIRA Gaita de Folle 

MEALLI Violin Sonata ‘La Cesta’ 

in A Minor, Op. 3 No. 2 

JS BACH Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, 

BWV1008 (excerpts) 

F COUPERIN Selections from Sixiéme 

Ordre of Pièces pour Clavecin 

LECLAIR Flute Sonata in G Major, 

Op. 9 No. 4 

TELEMANN Nouveaux quatuors ‘Paris 

Quartets’ No. 6 in E Minor: Modéré 

— 

PENNY QUARTET 

Tuesday 5 September, 11am 

Program 

BARTÓK String Quartet No. 4 in C Major 

Manduway DUTTON New Work * 

HAYDN String Quartet in F Major, 

Op. 50, No. 5 ‘The Dream’ 

* 

World premiere performance 

— 

ARCADIA WINDS 

Tuesday 24 October, 11am 

Program 

Sam WU New Work * 

JANÁČEK Mládí (Youth) 

V COLEMAN Tzigane 

R STRAUSS Serenade 

in E-Flat Major, Op. 7 

* 

World premiere performance. Sam Wu’s work 

was commissioned by Carrillo Gantner AC 

and Ziyin Gantner to honour all the doctors, 

nurses and other health workers who committed 

themselves with such courage and selflessness to 

save lives in hospital Intensive Care Units during 

the pandemic of 2020–21. 

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Frequently Asked Questions 

Do subscribers get priority seating? 

Yes, all subscribers have access to a priority booking 

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Yes. Gold subscribers from 2022 can renew their seats. 

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– 25% due when subscribing 

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Instalments are only available when paying by credit card. 

I have credit on my account – what do I do? 

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When will I receive my tickets? 

Tickets will be sent to subscribers prior to Christmas 2022. 

Where can I purchase tickets to The Cage Project? 

If you’re in Perth, you can purchase tickets as part of a 

Musica Viva Australia Gold subscription. Otherwise, single 

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This depends on the health orders in your state. 

Please check Musica Viva Australia’s website, as well 

as the venue you are attending, for the most up-todate 

information. 

Can I purchase accessible seating? 

Yes. To book accessible seating (such as wheelchair 

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What if I can no longer attend a concert I’ve purchased 

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What if I don’t feel well on concert day? 

If you do not feel well on concert day, we strongly advise 

you to remain at home for the safety and wellbeing of 

our audience, including yourself. To discuss your options, 

please contact our Box Office team on 1800 688 482 

(Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm AEDT). 

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We will confirm receipt of your subscription by mail 

or email, allocate your tickets based on your seating 

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along with any additional information relevant to 

your subscription. 

Renewing Gold subscribers need to book by 27 November 

to retain their current subscription seats. New Gold, 

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allocated seats in date order of receipt. 

Important Information 

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application, it is understood that you have read and 

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If you purchase tickets on behalf of someone else, you will 

be deemed to have agreed to the terms on their behalf as 

an agent for them. 

Ticket Exchanges 

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are subject to availability. Tickets can be exchanged 

from 28 November. Simply return your ticket(s) to Musica 

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For more information on our ticket exchange policy, 

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If you misplace your ticket(s), please call Musica Viva 

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Experience Musica Viva Australia 

Discover how to stay connected to Musica Viva Australia before and after a concert. 

Masterclasses 

Our masterclasses support emerging artists from around the country to learn 

from world-class musicians. Hosted in partnership with a national network of high 

schools, universities, and industry partners, they allow Australian and international 

artists appearing in our concert seasons to share their invaluable knowledge with 

young musicians. 

With both in-person and livestreamed masterclasses available, you can join 

the audience of a masterclass wherever you are. 

Learn more at musicaviva.com.au/masterclasses 

If you would like to support the next generation of Australian musicians 

through our Masterclass Giving Circle, please contact Zoë Cobden-Jewitt 

at zcobden-jewitt@musicaviva.com.au 

‘Konstantin Shamray was such an engaging communicator of his musical ideas, and he offered 

so much new information that I am eager to apply.’ Ashlyn Zhang, Masterclass Participant. 

Insights 

Want to know more about our artists and programs? 

Get closer to the music with our illuminating pre-concert talks, delivered by some 

of Australia’s leading musical experts. Each delves into the fascinating stories 

underpinning our programmed works, and are a great opportunity to further 

enrich your appreciation of the music. As a ticketholder, you’ll receive advance 

notice of these talks in our Pre-Concert Insight emails. 

Say hello to and ask questions of our musicians at our post-concert events, which include 

Meet the Artist Sessions and CD signings. Announced in the lead-up to each concert on 

our website and by email, experience a moment of connection with musicians who’ve 

brought you joy and inspiration. 

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Venues 

Adelaide 

Adelaide Town Hall 

128 King William St, Adelaide 

Hearing Aid Loop available in Stalls seating only. 

(Rows H–P, Seats 16–30) 

Topham Car Park is a three-minute walk from 

the venue. 

musicaviva.com.au | 1800 688 482 

Brisbane * 

Conservatorium Theatre, Queensland Conservatorium 

Griffith University, 140 Grey St, South Brisbane 


(Rows K–Q, Seats 4–10) 

Parking located in Cultural Centre, Convention Centre 

and Parklands. 

qtix.net.au | 136 246 

Stalls 

Gallery 

Side Gallery 

Left 

Balcony 

Stage 

Dress Circle 

Stage 

Side Gallery 

Right 

Stalls 

Newcastle 

Newcastle City Hall 

290 King Street, Newcastle 

The Civic West Car Park is a five-minute walk from 

the venue. 

civictheatrenewcastle.com.au | (02) 4929 1977 

Sydney 

City Recital Hall 

2 Angel Place, Sydney 

Hearing Aid Loop available, please enquire when booking. 

Note seats close to aisles are not serviced by the T-Loop. 

Wilson Parking at No. 1 Martin Pl or 123 Pitt St. 

cityrecitalhall.com | (02) 8256 2222 

Stalls 

Side 

Balcony 

Rear 

Stalls 

Front 

Balcony 

Rear 

Balcony 

Stage 

Level 2 Level 1 

Level 3 

Stage 

Level 2 Level 1 

Side 

Balcony 

Stage 

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Canberra 

Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music 

100 William Herbert Place, Acton 

Hearing Aid Loop available, please see venue staff. 

Free parking is available adjacent to the venue. 

ticketek.com.au | 1300 795 012 

Stage 

Stalls 

Melbourne 

Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre 

Corner of Southbank Blvd & Sturt St, Southbank 


There is limited street parking in the neighbourhood. 

Additional parking is available at the Arts Centre 

and the Australian Ballet Centre. 

melbournerecital.com.au | (03) 9699 3333 

West 

Wing 

Stage 

Stalls 

Circle 

West 

Wing 

Stalls 

East 

Wing 

Stage 

East 

Wing 

Perth 

Perth Concert Hall 

5 St. Georges Terrace, Perth 

Hearing Assistance System available all levels 

(Rows N–X, Seats 6–35) 

Parking located underneath Perth Concert Hall off 

Terrace Rd. ACROD bays on the second level. 

perthconcerthall.com.au | (08) 9231 9999 

Stalls 

Key 

Premium A Reserve B Reserve 

Additional Infomation 

* 

In Brisbane, Chopin’s Piano will be performed at QPAC. 

Sydney Morning Masters will take place at 

The Concourse, Chatswood. 

Viva Edge will take place at 

The Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne. 

For venue details, seating maps and accessibility information 

please visit musicaviva.com.au/venues. 

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What makes Musica Viva Australia different? Is it our 

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And if you’re not part of our donor family – yet – we invite 

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A donation to Musica Viva Australia will ensure we can 

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Thank You 

Government Partners 

Concert Partners 

Perth Concert Series 

Sydney Morning Masters 

Series 

Wenkart 

Foundation 

Commissioning Partner 

Legal Partner Chartered Accountants Piano & Tuning Partner Media Partner 

Wine Partner: ACT, NSW, 

QLD, SA, VIC 

Wine Partner: WA Hotel Partner: VIC Hotel Partner: ACT 

Emerging Artists Partners 

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Principal Partner Strategic Partner University Partner 

Key Philanthropic Partner 


Patricia H Reid 

Endowment 

Partners 

3MBS, AMEB, AUSTA, Flinders Quartet, Sutherland Trio, Yamaha 

Melbourne International 

Chamber Music Competition 

Principal Partner Strategic Partner Grand Prize Partner 



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FutureMakers 

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