Avi Avital & Erin Helyard Program Guide | September 2022

AVI AVITAL
& ERIN HELYARD

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Musica Viva Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the many lands on which we
meet, work and live. We pay our respects to their 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.
AVI AVITAL
Mandolin
ERIN HELYARD
Harpsichord
BRISBANE
Conservatorium Theatre,
Griffith University, South Bank
Tuesday 27 September, 7pm
This concert will be livestreamed
• Pre-concert talk: 6:15pm,
Boardroom
• Meet the Artists after the concert
MELBOURNE
Elisabeth Murdoch Hall,
Melbourne Recital Centre
Tuesday 20 September, 7pm
• Pre-concert talk: 6:15pm,
Salzer Suite, Level 2
• Meet the Artists after the concert
Saturday 24 September, 7pm
Recorded for broadcast by ABC Classic
• Pre-concert talk: 6:15pm,
Salzer Suite, Level 2
NEWCASTLE
Newcastle City Hall
Thursday 22 September, 7:30pm
• Pre-concert talk: 6:45pm,
Mulubinba Room
SYDNEY
City Recital Hall
Monday 26 September, 7pm
• Pre-concert talk: 6:15pm,
Function Room
• Meet the Artists after the concert
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With special thanks to Eleanor Goodridge OAM
for her support of this tour, and to the
Producers’ Circle and Amadeus Society
for their support of the 2022 Concert Season.
Cover photo: Copyright Gary Heery

FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
The Israeli mandolin player Avi Avital is well
known to Australian audiences, courtesy of
a sequence of visits in which his fabulous
musicality and virtuosity have stunned and
charmed all those he encountered.
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© Keith Saunders
Italian cellist Giovanni Sollima had a similar
impact when, on tour with the Australian
Chamber Orchestra, I invited him and Richard
Tognetti to be part of the 2014 Four Winds
Festival to contribute what turned out to be an
inspiring series of solo and chamber works.
Asked to perform his favourite concerto
cadenza, Giovanni mentioned by way of
introduction that he used to perform this piece
naked. ‘Come on then,’ Richard demanded.
Giovanni partially obliged.
Early conversations about the program for this
Musica Viva Australia tour soon landed on the
fact that both musicians grew up looking at
the same patch of sea, if from very different
countries and cultures. Thus, we talked about
what the Mediterranean meant to each of them
– not simply as a physical mass separating one
country from the other, but more importantly
as a source of myth and metaphor, of folksong
and fantasy.
If these were the bones, the flesh is rich and
ample. Both brilliant improvisors, Avi and
Giovanni dreamed up a way of telling the
stories of their respective homelands through
a patchwork of existing or improvised
pieces, all stitched together with tales of their
childhoods and their gradual emergence as
two of the most original and fearless artists
working today.
Paul Kildea
Artistic Director
Musica Viva Australia

PROGRAM
Please note this program is performed without interval.
Musica Viva Australia has been advised that Giovanni Sollima has recently
contracted COVID-19 and is unable to fly to Australia in time for his September
concerts. Whilst we are disappointed that he will miss some of his scheduled
concerts, we wish him a speedy recovery and look forward to him re-joining
the tour when possible.
Avi Avital and Erin Helyard will perform a revised program for mandolin and
harpsichord at this evening’s concert. The artists will introduce the repertoire
from stage.
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REGIONAL TOURING
As part of Musica Viva Australia’s
Regional Touring Program, Avi Avital
and Giovanni Sollima will perform at:
• Hobart Town Hall, Tasmania
Monday 19 September
• Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW
Thursday 29 September
• Orange Regional Conservatorium, NSW
Monday 10 October
For further details visit:
musicaviva.com.au/regional
MASTERCLASSES
Avi Avital and Giovanni Sollima will present
the following masterclasses as part of this tour:
• Wednesday 21 September (Sollima)
Monash University, Melbourne
• Thursday 29 September
Southern Cross University, Lismore
• Friday 7 October (Avital)
Sydney Conservatorium of Music,
Recital Hall East
• Monday 10 October
Orange Regional Conservatorium
For further details visit:
musicaviva.com.au/masterclasses
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Musica Viva Australia’s
Masterclass program is supported by:
Nicholas Callinan AO & Elizabeth Callinan
Caroline & Robert Clemente
Ian & Caroline Frazer
The Patricia H Reid Endowment Fund
Andrew Sisson AO & Tracey Sisson
Mick & Margaret Toller
Anonymous (1)

MEET THE ARTISTS
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AVI AVITAL
The first mandolin soloist to be nominated
for a classical Grammy, Avi Avital has
been compared to Andrés Segovia for
his championship of his instrument and to
Jascha Heifetz for his incredible virtuosity.
Passionate and ‘explosively charismatic’
(New York Times) in live performance, he is a
driving force behind the reinvigoration of the
mandolin repertory.
Highlights of the 2021–22 season have included
performances with Les Violons du Roy, a
return to the Wigmore Hall with Arcangelo,
and a tour of Germany with Il Pomo d’Oro
performing a program of Neapolitan music.
His recent engagements include concerts with
the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles
Philharmonic, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony
Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra,
National Orchestra of the Academy of St
Cecilia, Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich, Deutsche
Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Orchestre
National de Lyon, Il Giardino Armonico,
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Norwegian
Radio Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic.
© Guy Hecht
Avital collaborates with musicians across
many genres including accordionist Ksenija
Sidorova, early keyboard specialists Mahan
Esfahani and Kristian Bezuidenhout, pianist
Alice Sara Ott, countertenor Andreas Scholl,
Dover Quartet, Danish String Quartet, the
Brooklyn Rider quartet, jazz artists Omer Klein
and Omer Avital, actress Martina Gedeck
and the Georgian puppet theatre Budrugana
Gagra. His versatility has led to engagements
as feature artist at the Schleswig-Holstein
Music Festival, BOZAR in Brussels and the
Dortmund Concert Hall’s ‘Time Island’ series,
and he is a regular presence at major festivals
such as Aspen, Salzburg, Tanglewood,
Spoleto, Ravenna, MISA Shanghai,
Cheltenham, Verbier and Tsinandali.
Born in Be’er Sheva in southern Israel, Avital
began learning the mandolin at the age
of eight and soon joined the flourishing
mandolin youth orchestra founded and
directed by his charismatic teacher, Russianborn
violinist Simcha Nathanson. He studied
at the Jerusalem Music Academy and at the
Conservatorio Cesare Pollini in Padua with
Ugo Orlandi. Winner of Israel’s prestigious
Aviv Competition in 2007, Avital is the first
mandolinist in the history of the competition
to be so honoured. He plays on a mandolin
made by Israeli luthier Arik Kerman.

ERIN HELYARD
Erin Helyard has been acclaimed as an
inspiring conductor, a virtuosic and expressive
performer of the harpsichord and fortepiano,
and a lucid scholar who is passionate about
promoting discourse between musicology
and performance.
Erin graduated in harpsichord performance
from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with
first-class honours and the University Medal.
He completed his Masters in fortepiano
performance and a PhD in musicology with
Tom Beghin at the Schulich School of Music,
McGill University, Montreal. His monograph
Clementi and the woman at the piano was
published by Oxford University Studies in
Enlightenment in 2022.
© Jasmin Simmons
As Artistic Director and co-founder of the
celebrated Pinchgut Opera and the Orchestra
of the Antipodes (Sydney) he has forged
new standards of excellence in historicallyinformed
performance in Australia. The
company won Best Rediscovered Opera (2019)
for Hasse’s Artaserse at the International
Opera Awards in London. Pinchgut’s opera
film, A Delicate Fire, won Best Australian
Feature Film at the Sydney Women’s
International Film Festival in 2021. Operas
under his direction have been awarded Best
Opera at the Helpmann Awards for three
consecutive years (2015-2017) and he has
received two Helpmann Awards for Best
Musical Direction: one for a fêted revival of
Saul (Adelaide Festival) in 2017 and the other
for Hasse’s Artaserse (Pinchgut Opera) in
2019. Together with Richard Tognetti, Erin won
an ARIA and an AIR award for Best Classical
Album in 2020.
He regularly appears as a collaborator with
the Australian Chamber Orchestra and as
a conductor Erin has distinguished himself
in dynamic performances with the Sydney,
Adelaide, Tasmanian, and Queensland
Symphony Orchestras, ACO Collective, the
Australian National Academy of Music, the
Australian Haydn Ensemble, and as a duo
partner on historical pianos with David Greco
(baritone) and Stephanie McCallum (piano).
In 2018 he was recognised with a Music and
Opera Singers Trust Achievement Award
(MAA) for contribution to the arts in Australia.
In 2022 Erin is an Artist in Residence at the
Melbourne Recital Centre.
Erin is a Senior Lecturer at the Sydney
Conservatorium of Music and appears
courtesy of Pinchgut Opera.
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a small philanthropic circle of passionate music
lovers who help us to realise our bold artistic vision
and bring acclaimed international and local artists
to our stages throughout the country.
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SIGNUM
SAXOPHONE QUARTET
& KRISTIAN WINTHER
Europe’s favourite saxophone quartet join violinist Kristian Winther for a program
including a brand-new arrangement of Kurt Weill’s daredevil violin concerto.
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NATIONAL TOUR
6–24 NOVEMBER

ABOUT THE MUSIC
Today’s program is a little different
from a ‘regular’ Musica Viva Australia
program, and therefore About the
Music will be a little different, too.
The majority of the ‘program notes’
for this performance will come from
the artists onstage.
The first three items on the program are
Traditional tunes. The first is Sephardic, being
music of the Jewish diaspora population who
coalesced in the Iberian Peninsula (occupied
today by Spain and Portugal). The second is
Turkish; the third, Macedonian (a geographic
and former administrative region of Greece).
Following this selection of folk music is a sonata
by Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757), a Naplesborn
composer of the Baroque, who spent
much of his career on the Iberian Peninsula.
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Three works by Giovanni Sollima himself are
next up; the cellist balances his performing
life with that of a composer. The first of these
works is literally an Improvisation, drawing
on themes or fragments from traditional
tunes (from Sicily, the Balkans etc), or from
his own works, or from Bach’s Cello Suites...
Sollima describes it ‘a surprise moment in the
program’.
Federico II is a piece originally written for
string quartet as part of a 2001 project called
Viaggio in Italia (Italian Journey): one hour
of music for quartet/quintet and voice which
premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York.
Federico II is inspired by the controversial
13th-century figure of Friedrich Hohenstaufen
– Federico Ruggero in his native Italy – who
was King of Sicily (from the age of three!),
King of Jerusalem and Holy Roman Emperor,
ruling over a vast empire that stretched
through Italy, all the way north to Germany.
He lies buried in Palermo Cathedral. On the
one hand, he was a major patron of science
and the arts, a scholar, poet, composer and
architect (some of his buildings are truly
amazing, and many are still open today);
on the other, Dante Alighieri in the Divine
Comedy places him in Hell.
Alep (Pesce) is also born from a larger-scale
project. Sollima describes it as ‘essentially a
song, in an antique or folk style. Leonardo’s
Bestiary is a text that I love very much by
Leonardo da Vinci who, among all his codices,
discoveries, experiments, inventions and
paintings, had the time to write musical jokes,
rebus puzzles and games. The Bestiary is a
catalogue of animals, real and imaginary:
Leonardo gives them names – Alep is a fish –
and human characters, both the virtues and
the vices...’.
Dario Castello (1602–1631) worked mostly in
Venice: he held a position as violinist at
St Mark’s Basilica under Claudio Monteverdi.
His Sonata is followed by a Tarantella by
Sollima’s father, also a composer:
Eliodoro Sollima (1926–2000).
Avi Avital’s own thrilling arrangement of a
traditional Bulgarian tune may be familiar
to listeners who have attended his Musica
Viva Australia concerts previously – back
by popular demand! Girolamo Frescobaldi
(1583–1643), meanwhile, was a highly
influential Italian composer of mostly keyboard
music; he held the position of organist of
St Peter’s Basilica.
Concluding the program are two more folk
tunes; one Sephardic and one from Salento
(in the ‘heel’ of the Italian ‘boot’).
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1. Iberian Peninsula | Traditional Sephardic
2. Turkey | Traditional Turkish
3. Macedonia | Traditional Macedonian
4. Naples, Italy | Domenico Scarlatti’s birthplace
5. Palermo, Sicily | Giovanni Sollima’s birthplace
6. Venice, Italy | Castello – Sonata No. 4
7. Marsala, Sicily | Eliodoro Sollima’s birthplace
8. Bulgaria | Bučimiš
9. St Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City | Frescobaldi
– Canzona No. 3
10. Salento, Italy | Traditional Salento
11. Be’er Sheva, Israel | Avi Avital’s birthplace

PATRONS
CUSTODIANS
ACT Geoffrey & Margaret Brennan, Clive & Lynlea Rodger,
Ruth Weaver, Anonymous (4)
NSW Jennifer Bott AO, Catherine Brown-Watt PSM & Derek
Watt, Lloyd & Mary Jo Capps AM, Andrew & Felicity Corkill,
Peter Cudlipp, Liz Gee, Suzanne Gleeson, David & Christine
Hartgill, Annie Hawker, Elaine Lindsay, Trevor Noffke,
Dr David Schwartz, Ruth Spence-Stone, Mary Vallentine AO,
Deirdre Nagle Whitford, Richard Wilkins, Kim Williams AM,
Megan & Bill Williamson, Ray Wilson OAM, Anonymous (12)
QLD Anonymous (2)
SA Monica Hanusiak-Klavins & Martin Klavins,
Anonymous (5)
TAS
Kim Paterson QC, Anonymous
VIC Elizabeth & Anthony Brookes, Julian Burnside AO QC,
Ms Helen Dick, Robert Gibbs & Tony Wildman,
Helen Vorrath, Anonymous (8)
WA Graham Lovelock, Anonymous (4)
LEGACY DONORS
NSW The late Charles Berg, The late Janette Hamilton,
The late Dr Ralph Hockin in memory of Mabel Hockin,
The late Kenneth W Tribe AC, Anonymous
QLD
The late Steven Kinston, Anonymous
SA The late Edith Dubsky, The late John Lane Koch,
The late Lesley Lynn
VIC The late Raymond Brooks, In memory of Anita
Morawetz, The family of the late Paul Morawetz,
The late Dr G D Watson
ENSEMBLE PATRONS
Our artistic vision for 2022 is made possible thanks to the
extraordinary generosity of our Ensemble Patrons, each of
whom supports the presentation of an entire national tour
for our 2022 Season.
Ian Dickson AM & Reg Holloway (Van Diemen’s Band)
Anonymous (Paul Grabowsky & Andrea Lam)
Peter Griffin AM & Terry Swann, Susie Dickson,
and Ms Felicity Rourke & Justice François Kunc
as part of The Travellers – Giving Circle
(A Winter’s Journey)
Australian Music Foundation (Z.E.N. Trio)
Eleanore Goodridge OAM
(Avi Avital & Giovanni Sollima)
CONCERT CHAMPIONS
Adelaide Helen Bennetts & Tim Lloyd, Joan & Ivan
Blanchard, Helen Fulcher, The late Lesley Lynn,
Dr Susan Marsden & Michael Szwarcbord, Leonie Schmidt
& Michael Davis, Anonymous (2)
Brisbane Ian & Cass George, Andrew & Kate Lister, Barry
& Diana Moore, The Hon Justice A Philippides, Anonymous
Canberra The Musica Viva Australia ACT Committee
& Ruth Weaver, Andrew Blanckensee Music Lover,
Humphries Family Trust, Malcolm Gillies & David Pear in
memory of Stewart Gillies, Dr Sue Packer, Sue Terry
& Len Whyte, Anonymous
Melbourne Alexandra Clemens, Continuo Collective,
Peter Griffin AM & Terry Swann, Monica Lim & Konfir Kabo,
Peter Lovell, Rosemary & John MacLeod, The Morawetz
Family in memory of Paul Morawetz, Allan Myers QC AC in
honour of the 90th birthday of Barry Jones AC, Greg Shalit &
Miriam Faine (2), Dr Michael Troy, The Musica Viva Australia
Victorian Committee, Anonymous
Newcastle Megan & Bill Williamson, Gay Bookallil &
the Musica Viva Australia Newcastle Committee
Perth Dr Robert Larbalestier AO, Deborah Lehmann AO &
Michael Alpers AO, In memory of Stephanie Quinlan (2),
David Wallace & Jamelia Gubgub, Valerie &
Michael Wishart
Sydney Patricia Crummer, Pam Cudlipp, Dr Jennifer
Donald & Mr Stephen Burford, Charles Graham – in
acknowledgement of his piano teacher, Sana Chia,
Katherine & Reg Grinberg, Anthony Strachan, Kay Vernon,
Kim Williams AM & Catherine Dovey (2), Ray Wilson OAM
PRODUCERS’ CIRCLE
Darin Cooper Foundation, Stephen & Michele Johns
AMADEUS SOCIETY
Tony Berg AM & Carol Berg, Marc Besen AC & Eva Besen
AO dec., Ms Jan Bowen AM, Tom Breen & Rachael Kohn AO,
Dr Di Bresciani OAM, Julian Burnside AO QC (President,
Melbourne) & Kate Durham, Dr Helen Ferguson,
Ms Annabella Fletcher, Dr Annette Gero, Peter Griffin AM &
Terry Swann, Katherine & Reg Grinberg, Jennifer Hershon
& Russell Black, Penelope Hughes, Dr Alastair Jackson AM,
Michael & Frederique Katz, Ruth Magid & Bob Magid OAM,
Prof. John Rickard, Andrew Rosenberg, Ray Wilson OAM
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MASTERCLASSES
GIVING CIRCLE
The Masterclasses Giving Circle is a group of generous
donors whose collective support will enable the artistic
development of the next generation of Australian
chamber musicians.
Nicholas Callinan AO & Elizabeth Callinan, Caroline &
Robert Clemente, Ian & Caroline Frazer, Patricia H. Reid
Endowment Fund, Andrew Sisson AO & Tracey Sisson,
Mick & Margaret Toller, Anonymous (1)
COMMISSIONS
Musica Viva Australia is proud to support the creation
of new Australian works through The Ken Tribe Fund
for Australian Composition and The Hildegard Project.
We are grateful to the following individuals and
collectives for their generous support of this work:
In loving memory of Jennifer Bates, Julian Burnside AO QC
& Kate Durham, The Barry Jones Birthday Commission,
Michael & Fréderique Katz in honour of Cecily Katz,
Graham Lovelock & Steve Singer, D R & K M Magarey,
Vicki Olsson, The Silo Collective, Tribe family in honour of
Doug Tribe’s 75th birthday, WA Commissioning Circle
The Barry Jones Birthday Commission ($500+)
Steve Bracks AC & Terry Bracks AM, Dr George Deutsch
OAM & Kathy Deutsch, Carrillo Gantner AC & Ziyin Gantner,
Professor Margaret Gardner AC & Professor Glyn Davis AC,
Naomi & George Golvan QC, Hon David Harper AM, Ellen
Koshland & James McCaughey, Miles Lewis, Barry McGaw,
Jeannette McHugh, Fiona McLeod AO SC, Peter & Ruth
McMullin, Julie & Ian Macphee, peckvonhartel architects,
Ralph & Ruth Renard, Anne & Robert Richter QC, Gianna
Rosica, Joy Selby Smith, Smith Family, Maureen & Tony
Wheeler, Lyn Williams, Dr Robyn Williams AO, Bob, Robyn,
Annie & Nick, Anonymous (3)
We thank all our audience members
who donated the value of their
cancelled tickets towards the Artist Fund
and sincerely appreciate the generous
support we receive from our
incredible community.
We encourage you to scan the QR code
to see a full list of donors over $500 to
Musica Viva Australia.
MAJOR GIFTS
$100,000+
NSW The Berg Family Foundation,
Patricia H. Reid Endowment Fund
$50,000–$99,999
ACT Marion & Michael Newman
NSW J A Donald Family, Katherine & Reg Grinberg,
Tom & Elisabeth Karplus
$20,000–$49,999
NSW Tom Breen & Rachael Kohn AO,
Michael & Fréderique Katz, Vicki Olsson
QLD
Ian & Caroline Frazer, Andrea & Malcolm Hall-Brown
VIC The Morawetz Family in memory of Paul Morawetz,
Anonymous
WA
Anonymous
$10,000–$19,999
ACT R & V Hillman, Anonymous
NSW Anne & Terrey Arcus AM, Gardos Family,
Gresham Partners, Hilmer Family Endowment,
Nigel & Carol Price, Anthony Strachan
QLD
SA
Anonymous
Jennifer & John Henshall, Anonymous
VIC Roger Druce & Jane Bentley, Peter Griffin AM
& Terry Swann, Mercer Family Foundation, Monica
Lim & Konfir Kabo, Peter Lovell, Marjorie Nicholas AM,
Anonymous
WA Team Legacy, Deborah Lehmann AO
& Michael Alpers AO
$5,000–$9,999
ACT Goodwin Crace Concertgoers, Craig Reynolds,
Sue Terry & Len Whyte
NSW Christine Bishop, Patricia Crummer,
Jo & Barry Daffron, Sarah & Tony Falzarano,
Iphygenia Kallinikos, Mrs W G Keighley,
D R & K M Magarey, Hywel Sims, David & Carole Singer,
Diane Sturrock, Kim Williams AM & Catherine Dovey
QLD
SA
Andrew & Kate Lister, The Hon Justice A Philippides
Aldridge Family Endowment, Anonymous
VIC In memory of Kate Boyce, Alexandra Clemens,
Robert Gibbs & Tony Wildman, Doug Hooley,
Andrew Johnston, Greg Shalit & Miriam Faine,
Stephen Shanasy, Anonymous
WA Anonymous (2)

ANNUAL GIVING
$2,500–$4,999
ACT Kristin van Brunschot & John Holliday,
Dr Andrew Singer, Ruth Weaver, Anonymous
NSW Penny Beran, Susan Burns, ADFAS Newcastle,
Andrew Rosenberg, Jo Strutt
QLD
Greyhound Australia
SA DJ & EM Bleby, Peter Clifton, Ms Judy Potter
& Dr George Potter
VIC Jan Begg, Alastair & Sue Campbell,
Anne Frankenberg & Adrian McEniery, Lyndsey &
Peter Hawkins, Ralph & Ruth Renard, Maria Sola,
Helen Vorrath, Lyn Williams, Igor Zambelli
WA David Cooke, Ros Kesteven, Zoe Lenard &
Hamish Milne, Mrs Morrell, Anonymous
$1,000–$2,499
ACT Andrew Blanckensee, The Breen/Dullo Family,
Odin Bohr & Anna Smet, Dudley & Helen Creagh, Martin
Dolan, Liz & Alex Furman, Olivia Gesini, Malcolm Gillies
AM, Kingsley Herbert, Margaret & Peter Janssens, Garth
Mansfield, Teresa Neeman, Margaret Oates, S Packer,
Clive & Lynlea Rodger, Hannah Semler, Anonymous (3)
NSW Judith Allen, David & Rae Allen, Maia Ambegaokar
& Joshua Bishop, Dr Warwick Anderson, Stephen Booth,
Vicki Brooke, Neil Burns, Hugh & Hilary Cairns, Hon J C
Campbell QC & Mrs Campbell, Lloyd & Mary Jo Capps AM,
Robin & Wendy Cumming, Thomas Dent, Nancy Fox AM &
Bruce Arnold, John & Irene Garran, H2 Cairns Foundation,
Annie Hawker, Robert & Lindy Henderson, Margaret Hicks,
Lybus Hillman, Dr Ailsa Hocking & Dr Bernard Williams,
Dorothy Hoddinott AO, Catharine & Robert Kench, Kevin
& Deidre McCann, Arthur & Elfreda Marshall, Dr Dennis
Mather & John Studdert, Mora Maxwell, Michael &
Janet Neustein, Paul O’Donnell, In memory of Katherine
Robertson, Peter & Heather Roland, Ms Vivienne Sharpe,
Dr Robyn Smiles, Tom & Dalia Stanley, Geoff Stearn, Richard
& Beverley Taperell, Graham & Judy Tribe, Mary Vallentine
AO, Dr Elizabeth Watson, John & Flora Weickhardt, Richard
Wilkins, Megan & Bill Williamson, Anonymous (8)
QLD George Booker & Denise Bond, Prof. Paul & Ann
Crook, John & Denise Elkins, Robin Harvey, Lynn & John
Kelly, Dr Helen Kerr & Dr John Ratcliffe, Jocelyn Luck, Barry
& Diana Moore, Keith Moore, Debra & Patrick Mullins,
Barbara Williams & Jankees van der Have, Anonymous
SA The late Peter Bailie & Ann-Maree O’Connor,
Ivan & Joan Blanchard, Richard Blomfield, Max & Ionie
Brennan, John & Libby Clapp, The Hon. Christopher Legoe
AO QC & Mrs Jenny Legoe, Joan Lyons, Fiona MacLachlan
OAM, Dr Leo Mahar, Geoff & Sorayya Martin, Ann & David
Matison, Diane Myers, H & I Pollard, Trish & Richard Ryan
AO, Anne Sutcliffe, Anonymous
VIC Joanna Baevski, Russ & Jacqui Bate, Marlyn Bancroft,
Peter Burch AM BM, Alison & John Cameron, Alex &
Elizabeth Chernov, Lord Ebury, Virginia Henry, Dr Anthea
Hyslop, Helen Imber, John V Kaufman QC, Angela Kayser,
Angela & Richard Kirsner, Ann Lahore, Janet McDonald,
Ruth McNair AM & Rhonda Brown in memory of Patricia
Begg & David McNair, June K Marks, Christopher Menz &
Peter Rose, Traudl Moon OAM, The Myer Foundation,
Sir Gustav Nossal, Barry Robbins, Murray Sandland,
Darren Taylor & Kent Stringer, Wendy R. Taylor, Ray Turner
& Jennifer Seabrook, Dr Victor Wayne & Dr Karen Wayne
OAM, Mark & Anna Yates, Anonymous
WA David & Minnette Ambrose, Dr S Cherian, Michael
& Wendy Davis, In memory of Raymond Dudley, Dr Penny
Herbert in memory of Dunstan Herbert, Anne Last & Steve
Scudamore, Hugh & Margaret Lydon, Olivier David &
Dr Bennie Ng, Mandy Loton OAM, Marian Magee & David
Castillo, John Overton, Margaret & Roger Seares, Vivienne
Stewart, Elizabeth Syme, Robyn Tamke, Anonymous (4)
$500–$999
ACT Geoffrey & Margaret Brennan, Christopher Clarke,
Peter Cumines, Jill Fleming, Robert Hefner, Mary Elspeth
Humphries, Claudia Hyles OAM, Margaret Lovell &
Grant Webeck, Margaret Millard, Robert Orr, Helen Rankin,
Dr Paul & Dr Lel Whitbread, Anonymous (2)
NSW Jock Baird in memoriam Annette McClure, Barbara
Brady, K Becker, Denise Braggett, Christopher & Margaret
Burrell, Robert Cahill & Anne Cahill OAM, Lucia Cascone,
Michael & Colleen Chesterman, Zoë Cobden-Jewitt & Peter
Jewitt, Rhonwen Cuningham, Trish & John Curotta, Professor
Zoltan Endre, Dr Arno Enno & Dr Anna Enno, Bronwyn
Evans, Anthony Gregg, Roland & Margaret Hicks, David
& Sarah Howell, Alicia Howlett, David & Jennifer Jacobs,
Megan Jones, In honour of Michael Katz, Cynthia Kaye, K P
Kemp, Mathilde Kearny-Kibble, Bruce Lane, Graham & Sue
Lane, Olive Lawson, Dr Colin MacArthur, Ian & Pam McGaw,
Laura McDonald, Dr V Jean McPherson, Robert McDougall,
Alan & Rosemary Moore, Margot Morgan, Donald Nairn,
Professors Robin & Tina Offler, Kim & Margie Ostinga,
Christina Pender, Dr John Rogers, Penny Rogers, Peter &
Heather Roland, Dr Lynette Schaverien, Professor Lynne
Selwood, Andrew Wells AM, Anonymous (13)
QLD Geoffrey Beames, Janet Franklin, Marie Isackson,
M F Lejeune, Diana Lungren, Timothy Matthies & Chris
Bonnily, Anonymous (3)
SA Daniel & Susan Hains, Elizabeth Ho OAM in honour of
the late Tom Steel, Dr Iwan Jensen, Helga Linnert & Douglas
Ransom, Ruth Marshall & Tim Muecke, Linda Sampson,
Tony Seymour, Anonymous (5)
TAS
Anonymous
VIC David Bernshaw & Caroline Isakow, Helen Brack,
John & Chris Collingwood, John & Mandy Collins, Ted &
Alison Davies, Beverley Douglas, Mary-Jane Gething,
Alan Gunther, John & Margaret Harrison, Irene Kearsey &
Michael Ridley, Jane Lazarevic, Greg J Reinhardt AM,
Eda Ritchie AM, Maureen Turner, Pera Wells, Anonymous (8)
WA Joan Carney, Fred & Angela Chaney, Rachel & Bruce
Craven, Helen Dwyer, Jennifer L Jones, Paula Nathan AO &
Yvonne Patterson, Lindsay & Suzanne Silbert, Father Richard
Smith, Ruth Stratton, Christopher Tyler, Anonymous (6)
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CONCERT PARTNERS
Perth Concert Series Sydney Morning Masters Series Commissioning Partner
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Chartered Accountants
Piano & Tuning
Media Partner
Wine Partners
Hotel Partners
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ARTIST DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS
Strike A Chord
Principal Partner
Strike A Chord
Strategic Partner
Strike A Chord
University Partner
Strike A Chord
Key Philanthropic Partner
Strike A Chord Partner
FutureMakers
Lead Partner
FutureMakers
Residency Partner
Key Philanthropic Partner
GOVERNMENT PARTNERS
Musica Viva Australia is assisted by the
Commonwealth Government through the
Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
Musica Viva Australia
is supported by the
NSW Government
through Create NSW.
Musica Viva Australia is a
Not-for-profit Organisation endorsed
by the Australian Taxation Office as
a Deductible Gift Recipient and
registered with the Australian
Charities and Not-for-profits
Commission (ACNC).

EDUCATION PARTNERS
National
Marion & Mike Newman
WA
• Legacy Unit Trust
NSW
• Margaret Henderson Music Trust
VIC
• Godfrey Turner Memorial Music Trust
Western Sydney & Melbourne
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• The Benjamin Fund • The Marion & E.H. Flack Trust
• In memory of Anita Morawetz • Keith McKenzie Will Trust
SA
• Aldridge Family Endowment • Carthew Foundation • Day Family Foundation
• FWH Foundation • Jennifer & John Henshall • Lang Foundation • Marsden Szwarcbord Foundation
ACT
NT
QLD
Perpetual Foundation –
Alan (AGL) Shaw
Endowment
Perpetual Foundation –
Alan (AGL) Shaw
Endowment

STORIES TO INSPIRE
BY REMI HARVEY
MUSICA VIVA AUSTRALIA SUPPORTING THE NORTHERN
RIVERS MUSIC COMMUNITY IN A TIME OF NEED
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Lior Attar and the Tinalley String Quartet at Southern Cross University.
Over half of the audience attended thanks to subsidised tickets.
Image courtesy of the Hon Ben Franklin MLC.
Musica Viva Australia was set to present four
concerts and a number of workshops at the
Northern Rivers Conservatorium this year,
an important presenting partner for our
extensive regional touring program. Sadly,
these plans were not realised as intended. The
devastating floods of February and March left
the Conservatorium nearly destroyed, with
two of its three floors completely submerged.
Not a single instrument in the building was
salvageable.
Shocked by the damage and in the spirit
of Musica Viva Australia’s longstanding
friendship with the Conservatorium,
our CEO Hywel Sims reached out to the
Conservatorium’s Executive Director Anita
Bellman: ‘Musica Viva Australia has a deep
and longstanding connection to Lismore
– we’ve been touring to schools and the
Conservatorium there for many years. As soon
as we heard news of the flooding, I contacted
Anita Bellman and asked how we could help.
Anita and I came up with the idea of providing
free seats at concerts and, separately, we also
decided to provide free tours to local schools.
We were determined to continue providing
live music to the region and, thankfully,
we were able to do so. At the first concert,
more than 250 people took advantage of
our free seats initiative – proof that music is
most needed when times are tough. We look
forward to providing more free seats at the
rest of this year’s concerts in Lismore.’
Southern Cross University is generously
providing space for the scheduled concerts
and activities to take place, while artist
fees for concerts and workshops are being
covered by Musica Viva Australia donors.

For example, Katherine and Reg Grinberg
are supporting subsidised tickets for affected
Lismore audiences to attend the Avi Avital and
Giovanni Sollima concert program.
In addition to the overwhelmingly successful
season opener with Lior and the Tinalley
String Quartet, we will also present Ian
Munro’s newly composed score for The
Sentimental Bloke, performed by Ying Ho
and Ian Munro. Avi Avital and Giovanni
Sollima are visiting the region during this
mainstage concert tour, and as part of
their visit, they will also be presenting a
workshop to the students of Northern Rivers
Conservatorium at Southern Cross University.
‘The generous support of Musica Viva
Australia in being able to offer free tickets to
flood-affected members of the Lismore and
wider Northern Rivers community is extremely
beautiful,’ says Anita Bellman. ‘Our local
community is deeply touched by the kindness
and generosity of this gesture, bringing the
healing power of music during the difficult
recovery from the catastrophic floods of
February this year.’
As one of the largest providers of live music
education to schools, we also contacted
teachers in the area to ask how we could help.
Here too, schools welcomed the idea of free
concerts, and so, again with support from
donors, we will be providing free tours to a
number of local schools affected by the floods.
Minister Franklin speaks from stage at the
first concert in Lismore since the floods.
Image courtesy of the Hon Ben Franklin MLC.
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If you would like to support the provision of free, live music
to schools and concert audiences, please contact
Caroline Davis, Individual Giving Manager
cdavis@musicaviva.com.au / 02 8394 6636.

Tribute
The concert in Sydney on Saturday 8 October celebrates
Ken Tribe’s contribution to Musica Viva Australia.
KENNETH W TRIBE AC (1914–2010)
Through the 1970s and 1980s Ken’s influence
in Australian cultural life was far-reaching.
He served on boards and committees for
organisations including the Australia Council
for the Arts, Canberra School of Music, Sydney
College of the Arts, the NSW Arts Advisory
Council, the Australian Opera and the
Australian Broadcasting Commission, as it was
then known.
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Kenneth Wilberforce Tribe was born in
Sydney in 1914, the second of three children
born to Cecil and Elizabeth Tribe. Having
attended St Andrew’s Cathedral Choir School,
Ken won scholarships to Sydney Church of
England Grammar School (Shore), then to the
University of Sydney to study Law, graduating
in 1937 (music not being regarded as a viable
occupation during that time of the Great
Depression).
Despite family responsibilities and an
extremely demanding professional life, Ken
soon began a pattern of engaging in activities
outside of his profession; the most significant
and long-standing of these associations
was with Musica Viva Australia. In 1949 Ken
joined Musica Viva Australia as Chairman
of the executive and in 1966 took on the role
of Artistic Director, which amalgamated with
that of President in 1973. It was Ken’s initiative
that created Musica Viva Australia’s National
Board in 1980–81.
With apparently endless energy Ken also
worked on the boards of a number of trusts,
funds and in different capacities with a large
number of arts bodies. Much of Ken’s value to
the community over the years was ‘behind the
scenes’ support, always pro bono.
Ken retired from the Presidency of Musica
Viva Australia in 1986 and was Patron until his
death in July 2010. He maintained a visionary
commitment to commissioning new music from
Australian composers and his support has
enabled new works by luminary composers
including the late Richard Meale, the late Peter
Sculthorpe, Ross Edwards, Carl Vine and Nigel
Westlake. This commitment will continue to be
honoured by Musica Viva Australia through
the Ken Tribe Commemorative Fund for
Australian Composers.
It would be impossible to overstate Ken’s
impact on the arts in Australia and on music
especially. Our lives have been enriched
because of his unique capacity to combine
plain hard work with a vision of what things
might be. As part of Musica Viva Australia
for more than 60 years, Ken’s influence was
enormous.
© GWEN BENNETT
AND MUSICA VIVA AUSTRALIA

ALLAN CLAYTON & KATE GOLLA
A WINTER’S JOURNEY
Fresh from triumphant seasons as Hamlet (The Met) and Peter Grimes (Covent Garden),
tenor Allan Clayton joins pianist Kate Golla for Schubert’s immortal songs of love and loss.
Director Lindy Hume and video designer David Bergman weave a magical
Australian setting from Fred Williams’ wondrous landscapes.
THE BARBICAN, LONDON: WED 7 DECEMBER
ONLINE CONCERT: WED 7 DECEMBER, 7PM (AEDT)
musicaviva.com.au/a-winters-journey-online
1800 688 482
(Australian Book Review)
(Limelight Magazine)
(The Age)

As Australia’s flagship music education and non-profit
touring company, we continuously strive to provide more
for all music lovers – more music education and teacher
professional development opportunities to help feed
young imaginations everywhere; more exceptional artists
on stage performing on metropolitan and regional stages
and online to bring audiences together across the country;
and more creative projects to promote a continuously
evolving and vibrant music sector.
Help us to continue to keep doing more so that everyone,
regardless of age, location or circumstance, can access
and share the very best live music.
For more information contact our Individual Giving Manager:
Caroline Davis, cdavis@musicaviva.com.au