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Due to the risks of spreading COVID-19, it was necessary to cancel this concert. We hope to reschedule the programme below once the risks have subsided.
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Sue Collins
has appeared numerous times in the ABC's Sunday Live series. She has
recorded many times for radio, and has performed as soloist and recitalist
throughout Australia, the USA and Europe.
She has recorded Raymond Hanson Violin Music (Tall Poppies) with David
Miller, having completed reconstructive editions of the Hanson works,
published by Reed Music.
"...Susan plays these extraordinary scores with a remarkable
sureness of touch, following even the most unexpected shifts in phrasing
and expressive direction with micro-fine precision. Her warm, rich sound
works wonders in bringing this music alive, enhanced by a generous,
medium-paced vibrato and sensitivity to dynamic shading"... Julian Haylock, The Strad, May 2009f1.
Sue-Ellen Paulsen studied at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music where she had lessons with Richard Dedecius. As an undergraduate, she appeared as soloist with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Conservatorium Orchestra and Queensland Youth Orchestra. In 1980, she won the ABC Concerto Competition (now the Young Performer Award) and was awarded a scholarship enabling her to pursue postgraduate study in Vienna with André Navarra. She assumed her current position as principal cellist, with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra in 1986. Since then she has been guest principal with the Sydney Symphony, Adelaide Symphony and Australian Chamber Orchestra. An experienced soloist, she has performed concertos by Shostakovich, Walton, Mills ad Ligeti among many others and is featured as soloist on several of the TSO's Australian Composer Series CDs. A strong advocate for contemporary music, she has commissioned and premièred many new Australian works including one written especially for her by Andrew Ford. She has recently recorded the Schumann piano trios with the Kingfisher Piano Trio (ABC Classics). She is lecturer in cello at the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music.
Duncan Gifford
began piano studies at the age of seven with Alison Salkeld
and for several years was a student of Margaret Hair at the Sydney
Conservatorium of Music. In 1991 he commenced study at the Moscow State
Conservatory with Professor Lev Vlassenko, graduating with a Master's Degree
in Piano Performance. He later completed his postgraduate studies with
Professor Joaquin Soriano in Madrid, where he currently resides.
Duncan has firmly established himself as a major
artist of his generation with international successes which include 1st Prizes
in the Maria Callas Grand Prix de Piano in Athens, Greece (2000), the
Concours Prix Mozart in Lausanne, Switzerland (1999), and
the Beethoven and Chopin Prizes, in the prestigious Jose Iturbi
International Piano Competition in Spain (1998) and many others.
He has performed in recital throughout Europe, Asia, Russia,
and Australia. As soloist, he has appeared with all the major Australian
symphony orchestras and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, as well as
major orchestras throughout Europe, the United Kingdom, Canada, U.S.A.
and China. Duncan combines his performing activity with teaching. He is
professor of piano at the Conservatory of Palma de Mallorca since 2006 and
gives Master Classes in Spain, Ireland and Greece. He has recorded numerous
CDs since 1993, which include piano works by Tchiakovsky, Rachmaninoff, and
Debussy as well as the renowned Spanish composer Eduardo Perez Maseda, to
great critical acclaim. In 2004, he recorded works by
Saint-Saens, Franck and D'Indy, with the TSO and Sebastian Langlessing conducting.
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