Strelizia to perform in February 2011

 Programme

Wednesday February 23rd, 2011
2pm
at The Christian Education Centre

Meryla Street, Robertson

STRELIZIA

Brahms Piano Trio in C Minor
1. Allegro energico
2. Presto non assai
3. Andante grazioso
4. Allegro molto
 
Matthew Hindson Piano Trio
1. Moto Perpetuo
2. Repetitions
3. Epic Diva

INTERVAL
(Afternoon tea is available)


Arno Babajanian Piano Trio
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Allegro Vivace

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Biographical notes:

Victoria Jacono-Gilmovich | Violin

Victoria Jacono began to play the violin when she was 6 years old. She holds an A-mus-A and L-Mus-A on violin, an A-Mus-A and L-Mus-A on viola and also a Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours from the Australian Institute of
Music.
Along with numerous prizes from eisteddfods and competitions all around the country, Victoria was the winner of the National Youth Concerto Competition, the Wenkart Foundation Scholarship, the Marcus Edwards Violin Prize, the Perry Hart Memorial prize, the ‘International String Player of the Year’ award at the Gisborne International Music Competition in New Zealand, and the Order of Australia Association Scholarship.
Victoria has enjoyed working with many orchestras; performing as concert master for the SBS Radio and Television Orchestra, The Young Symphonists Orchestra, the International Youth Orchestra in Spain 2001, ‘ARCO’ and the Sydney Sinfonia Orchestra.
As a member of these orchestras, she has performed in Japan, China, Hungary, Austria, The Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and Spain.

Since 2005, Victoria has been working freelance with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, alongside many performances and recordings for various pop artists and film productions.

Eleanor Betts | Cello

Eleanor began learning the Cello with Phillippa Jackson at the age of eight, and received her Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours from the Sydney Conservatorium in 2005 and Master of Music in 2009, studying with Susan Blake.

During her time at the Conservatorium, Eleanor performed in masterclasses
for Steven Isserlis, Antonio Meneses and Alexander Baillie, and in 2007 she
was able to study intensively in Europe and the UK with Cellists such as
László Mezo (Bartok Quartet) and Michael Williams (Vienna Chamber
Orchestra) amongst others, with the support of a Reg Waite Award, an Ian
Potter Cultural Trust grant, a JB Seed Fund Grant and a Sydney Moss
Travelling Scholarship.

With her duo Strelitzia, Eleanor has given numerous recitals both in Canada
as part of the Toronto Summer Music Festival and in Australia for groups
such as the Killara, Roseville, Macarthur, East Killara, Lane Cove and
Wahroonga Music Associations and the Historic Houses Trust, while also
performing many solo Cello and chamber music lunchtime recitals for the
music programs of St. James’ and St Stephen’s in Sydney.

Eleanor performed during 2010 with the Australian Chamber Orchestra as
part of their Emerging Artist Program, and toured south Western Australia
with ACO2.

Lindsay Gilroy | Piano

Lindsay Gilroy received her Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours and the University Medal in 2004, and her Master of Music in 2008, both from
the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Before studying at the Sydney Conservatorium, Lindsay studied for many years with renowned teacher Neta Maughan, and in her early teens, she gained her AMEB Associate and Licentiate Diplomas with Distinction.
She was also awarded an Associate Diploma in Piano Performance from Trinity College, London.

She has had extensive experience as a soloist, having performed the Khachaturian Piano Concerto with the Kuring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra, as the Senior Winner of the Kuring-gai Concerto Competition in 2000, and, as a National Finalist in the Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards, Lindsay appeared twice with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, performing the Macdowell Piano Concerto No. 2 in 1999, and Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in 2003.