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Lead Violin Richard Tognetti’s $10 million violin, and Principal Cellist Timo-Veikko Valve’s $1 million cello, will be showcased in Brahms’ Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s November tour.
Both instruments were bought by anonymous donors last year for the exclusive use of the Australian Chamber Orchestra. They were made in the 18th century by the Guarneri family of Northern Italy. There are only 100 Guarneri violins in the world today (as opposed to 600 Stradivarius) and the greatest violinists of the 19th and 20th centuries have chosen to play them - Paganini, Wieniawski, Ernst, Heifetz, Menuhin, Stern and Kreisler.
Richard Tognetti will also direct Beethoven’s Symphony No.8 and Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony – one of the wittiest pieces in the orchestral repertoire.
Timo-Veikko Valve – Principal Cello
26-year-old Finnish cellist Timo-Veikko Valve (known as Tipi) joined the ACO in 2006, after completing his studies in Finland and Sweden and winning prizes at the Eurovision Grand Prix for Young Musicians and the Lux Musicae Festival Young Musician Competition. He is a product of the remarkable Finnish music education system that has also given the ACO its Assistant Leader, Satu Vänskä.
Australian Chamber Orchestra presents
$11 Million Concerto
Richard Tognetti Artistic Director and Lead Violin
Timo-Veikko Valve Principal Cello
Program
Prokofiev Classical Symphony
Brahms Double Concerto for Violin and Cello
Beethoven Symphony No.8
TOUR DATES
QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane Mon 3 Nov 8pm | Bookings 136 246
Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul, Wollongong Wed 5 Nov 7.30pm | Bookings 1800 444 444
Newcastle City Hall Thu 6 Nov 7.30pm | Bookings 1800 444 444
Llewellyn Hall, Canberra Sat 8 Nov 8pm | Bookings 1800 444 444
The Arts Centre, Hamer Hall, Melbourne Sun 9 Nov 2.30pm | Bookings 1300 136 166
The Arts Centre, Hamer Hall, Melbourne Mon 10 Nov 8pm | Bookings 1300 136 166
Adelaide Town Hall Tue 11 Nov 8pm | Bookings 1800 444 444
Perth Concert Hall Wed 12 Nov 8pm | Bookings 1800 444 444
City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney Sat 15 Nov 8pm | Bookings 02 8256 2222
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Sun 16 Nov 2.30pm | Bookings 02 9250 7777
City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney Tue 18 Nov 8pm | Bookings 02 8256 2222
City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney Wed 19 Nov 7pm | Bookings 02 8256 2222
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