Classical Music

The Friends of Chopin Australia: The Orava Quartet and Aleksandra Świgut in Concert
Enjoy the best of Poland in this concert commemorating Paderewski’s 1904 tour of Australia. Award-winning pianist Aleksandra Świgut joins Australia’s own Orava Quartet for Penderecki’s String Quartet No. 3, Kilar’s folkloric tone poem Orawa and Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1. In 2018, Świgut was a prize-winner at the first International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments in Warsaw. She currently teaches at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music.
4–12 November, various venues in Brisbane, Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne, friendsofchopin.org.au

MILOŠ stands against a brightly-patterned tiled wall.
MILOŠ. Photo © Lars Borges