Flinders Quartet: Piano Heaven With Hoang Pham

One of Melbourne’s favourite pianists, Hoang Pham, joins Flinders Quartet to open the concert with the sublime Schumann piano quintet. Complementing Schuman’s impassioned piece is Beethoven’s youthful String Quartet, Op.18, No.6. Beethoven is the penultimate when it comes to playing in a string quartet and the last of his Op.18 quartets is so incredibly inventive, it has the artists forever on their toes. And to close the concert will be a new work by Tom Henry, the winner of the 2013 Melbourne Recital Centre composition prize. Flinders Quartet and Tom Henry have had the privilege of knowing each other and sharing music since their residencies at the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts. Now, with the sophisticated and intuitive Henry turning his hand to composition, Flinders Quartet are proud to present his new work.

Since 2000 Flinders Quartet has performed with some of the country’s greatest musicians, toured nationally and internationally, and commissioned numerous Australian works for string quartet. Fifteen years on, Flinders Quartet is thrilled to be continuing its journey with a 2015 season that showcases their passion for playing the greatest music written for string quartet.