UKARIA: Benjamin Grosvenor

Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit, SA, Australia
British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor is an international sensation, heralded as a ‘genius who has reached the height of his interpretative powers’ (The Spectator). The youngest British musician ever signed as a Decca Classics recording artist, Grosvenor has performed with (among others) the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, London Philharmonic…

Editor's Choice UKARIA Chamberfest

UKARIA: Concert Five | Ever Yours

Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit, SA, Australia
Celebrating 20 years together, the four members of Brooklyn Rider are back at UKARIA with this survey of the string quartet tradition. Built around core works by Haydn, Beethoven, JS Bach and Schoenberg, their thematic programming promises to examine democracy and citizenship, including a visit to the pre-WWI world of Der…

UKARIA: Daniel Müller-Schott with Konstantin Shamray

Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit, SA, Australia
For this recital Müller-Schott is joined by Russian-Australian piano virtuoso Konstantin Shamray for a program that conveys the depth and breadth of the cello and piano repertoire. Bach’s characterful Suite No. 3 in C for solo cello is followed by a dramatic shift in gear: Shostakovich’s unexpectedly neo-classical Cello Sonata,…

UKARIA: Grace Barbé with Iain Grandage

Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit, SA, Australia
Grace Barbé is a force of nature. A creative musician of the highest order who brings joy and energy to audiences across the globe. Born in the Seychelles, her music draws on the rich Kreol tradions of those Indian Ocean islands, driven by her polyrhythmic bass lines and extraordinary voice.…

UKARIA: Kristian Winther with Konstantin Shamray

Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit, SA, Australia
For this program – contrary to my own general philosophy of being anti-‘curation’, or in other words, of being against the modern norm of taking multiple historical works of genius and stringing them together in such a way as to unnecessarily impose the curator’s own artistic ‘vision’ of a particular…

Australian Youth Orchestra: Momentum Ensemble with Timo-Veikko Valve

Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit, SA, Australia
Australian Chamber Orchestra Principal Cello Timo-Veikko ‘Tipi’ Valve directs the Australian Youth Orchestra’s Momentum Ensemble in a lush program for cello and strings that masterfully intertwines his Finnish heritage and his Australian experience. Jaako Kuusisto’s Wiima evokes the nostalgic charm of Sysmä, a Finnish town dear to Tipi’s childhood, while…