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SUMMARY:Kristian Chong & Friends:  Brahms with Jack and Kristian
DESCRIPTION:The Complete Brahms Sonatas with Jack Liebeck and Kristian Chong.\nStar U.K. violinist and Artistic Director of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music Jack Liebeck reunites with Kristian in the complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano by Brahms. \nEnjoy the ethereal\, spirited\, passionate and simply beautiful elements of these three masterworks in the hands of two skilled and renowned musicians who are old friends and frequent musical partners. \nJack Liebeck is a frequent visitor to Australian shores with recent performances with the Melbourne and Queensland Symphony Orchestras alongside many chamber music collaborations\, including this one with Kristian\, his old classmate at the Royal Academy of Music. \nJack Liebeck violin\nKristian Chong piano \nJohannes Brahms\nSonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in G Op.78\nSonata for Violin and Piano No.2 in A Op.100\nSonata for Violin and Piano No.3 in D minor Op.108 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday 17 February 2026 – 7:00pm \n\n\nDuration: 1 hour 30 mins (no interval). Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \nMelbourne Recital Centre Primrose Potter salon \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $55 ($45 Concession); Student $20; Group 10+ $40 \nPlease note\, seating in the Primrose Potter Salon is General Admission. \nA Transaction Fee between $4 and $8.50 applies to orders made online and by phone. Delivery Fees may also apply. A ticket limit of six is in place online to ensure fair ticket access for all. Want to bring a bigger party? Call our Box Office during business hours on (03) 9699 3333 to book.
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/kristian-chong-friends-brahms-with-jack-and-kristian/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Kristian Chong & Friends:  Transcribed Sonatas
DESCRIPTION:Beethoven & Schubert reimagined.\nThe legendary Timo-Veikko Valve from the Australian Chamber Orchestra reunites with Kristian Chong for two sonatas that were not originally intended for the cello. Beethoven’s Sonata for Piano and Horn was written for the natural horn\, while Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata was composed for the arpeggione—essentially a bowed guitar! \nThe Schubert sonata is revered and frequently performed on various instruments\, while Beethoven’s work is an early masterwork that brims with vitality and vibrancy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday 04 October 2025 – 7:00pm \n\n\nDuration: 1 hour (no interval). Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStandard $53 ($42 Concession); Student $20 \nPlease note\, seating in the Primrose Potter Salon is General Admission.
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/kristian-chong-friends-transcribed-sonatas/
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SUMMARY:Kristian Chong & Friends: Majestic Celebrations
DESCRIPTION:Nicolas Fleury\, Brigid Coleridge\, and pianist Kristian Chong unite for a harmonious musical synergy.\nJoining forces with Kristian Chong\, Principal Horn of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra\, Nicolas Fleury\, and acclaimed violinist Brigid Coleridge from the US-based Merz Trio showcase their talents in two powerful compositions. \nWritten in 1982\, Ligeti wrote his formidable Trio as a companion to Brahms’ Horn Trio one of the few other examples in the genre\, marked Hommage à Brahms\, and is a wild journey through its four movements\, delivering every gamut of human emotion like its counterpart. Brahms’ trio is one of the canonic works of the chamber music repertoire\, showing the vulnerability of human emotion in every way. \nA rare chance to hear these companion works played by three consummate musicians. \n\nSaturday 9 November 2024 7pm \n\nPrimrose Potter Salon\n\nDuration: 1 hour (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $50 ($40 Concession); Student $15
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/kristian-chong-friends-majestic-celebrations/
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SUMMARY:Kristian Chong & Friends – Quartet for the End of Time
DESCRIPTION:‘If ever there was a piece of chamber music that could be described as a masterpiece in its composer’s lifetime\, this is it.’ – Gramophone\nAcclaimed pianist Kristian Chong\, along with friends and colleagues\, returns to the Primrose Potter Salon for a performance of a must-hear piece of musical storytelling. \nWith its eight movements\, each telling a unique yet connected story\, Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time is often considered the composer’s magnum opus… and for good reason! Written in the most emotionally demanding of circumstances – while Messiaen was a prisoner-of-war during World War II – the unusual instrumentation was not by design. Rather\, in response to the instruments on hand among the camp’s musician inmates: violin\, cello\, clarinet\, and piano. \nThroughout his life\, Messiaen was fascinated with birdsong\, and he regularly included similar melodies in his compositions. Once quoted as saying ‘I doubt that one can find in any human music\, however inspired\, melodies and rhythms that have the sovereign freedom of bird song’\, Messiaen prefaces each of the movements in Quartet for the End of Time with references to blackbirds and nightingales. \nIn his third movement\, Abîme des oiseaux (Abyss of the Birds)\, Messiaen wrote ‘The abyss is Time with its sadness\, its weariness. The birds are the opposite to time; they are our desire for light\, for stars\, for rainbows\, and for jubilant songs.’ This tension between sadness and joy\, happiness and sorrow results in an eight-minute tour-de-force for solo clarinet joining spirituality and nature in what is often considered one of the most challenging solos ever written. \n\nThursday 5 September 2024 7pm \n\nPrimrose Potter Salon\n\nDuration: 1 hour (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $50 ($40 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/kristian-chong-friends-quartet-for-the-end-of-time/
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SUMMARY:Kristian Chong and Friends – Impassioned Virtuosity
DESCRIPTION:Sulki Yu debut with Kristian Chong and Friends.\nSulki is the new concertmaster of Orchestra Victoria and was a prize-winner of the 2006 Yehudi Menuhin and the 2007 Szigeti-Hubay International Violin Competitions\, and studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London under David Takeno. \nKristian and Sulki play two breathtaking works; Beethoven’s Op.30 No.3 Sonata is paired with the extraordinary and luscious Strauss Sonata in this performance not to be missed! \n\nWednesday 12 June 2024 7pm;   MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 2 hours (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $50 ($40 Concession)\, Student $15
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/kristian-chong-and-friends-impassioned-virtuosity/
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SUMMARY:Kristian Chong and Friends – Sophie and Kristian play Sutherland and Franck
DESCRIPTION:Well known and thrilling musicians Sophie Rowell (former Melbourne Symphony Concertmaster and new Melbourne Chamber Orchestra director) and Kristian Chong have been playing together for many years\, having grown up together in their home town of Adelaide. They play a program of epic proportions – starting with Australian Margaret Sutherland’s Sonata for Violin and Piano\, written almost 100 years ago in 1925. \nFollowing from this is the great Cesar Franck Sonata for Violin and Piano\, one of the highlights of the sonata repertoire; a beautiful\, passionate and mesmerising journey that written as a wedding present to the violinist Ysaÿe. It culminates as any wedding does – with exultant joy. A recital not to be missed. \n\nWednesday 1 November 2023 6pm; MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 1 hour (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $50 ($40 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/kristian-chong-and-friends-sophie-and-kristian-play-sutherland-and-franck/
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SUMMARY:Kristian Chong and Friends: Mozart and Fauré Quartets
DESCRIPTION:An explosion of musical emotion\nFor the first instalment of Kristian Chong and Friends for 2023\, Kristian is joined on stage by Ike See (Australian Chamber Orchestra)\, Wenhong Luo\, and Richard Narroway for an enchantingly intimate performance in the Primrose Potter Salon. \nFeaturing Piano Quartets of Mozart and Fauré in G minor\, the drama and tension of both works complement each other in a colourful and profound manner. Mozart’s rare example of a chamber work in a minor key is filled with delicate angst\, while Fauré’s ravenous portrayal of human emotion results in the piece being one of his most acclaimed works. \n\nThursday 6 July 2023 6pm;  MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon;  Duration: 1 hour (no interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $50 ($40 Concession) Three-Concert Packages Standard $140 ($110 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/kristian-chong-and-friends-mozart-and-faure-quartets/
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SUMMARY:Konstantin & Kristian – Rachmaninoff and Schubert
DESCRIPTION:Konstantin and Kristian in concert\nThe winner of the 2008 Sydney International Piano Competition\, Konstantin Shamray teams up with revered Australian pianist Kristian Chong in works for one and two pianos – the great Schubert Fantasie for four hands (at one piano) opens this concert\, followed by works for two pianos; Rachmaninoff exhilarating second suite and Schubert’s superb Waltzes arranged by Prokofiev for two pianos. \nThere is also a world premiere of Sydney composer Tristan Coello; Ice Monuments which was a prize-winning work in the Sydney International Piano Competition’s Composing the Future award\, premiered by Kristian as his chosen work as a juror for this competition. \nDon’t miss this rare opportunity to hear these two outstanding pianists in recital. \n\nMonday 31 October 2022 6pm; MRC Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 1 hour 15 mins (no interval) \n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $50 ($40 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/konstantin-kristian-rachmaninoff-and-schubert/
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