Classical Salamanca ~ Mendelssohn and Enescu Octets

Welcome to the first of our Classical Salamanca 2025 series, live in the Long Gallery.
Salamanca Arts Centre presents 'Two Octets'
The String Octet in C major, Op. 7 by George Enescu (1881-1955) and 
the Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 for Strings by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847).

Tuesday 24th June 2025
Doors & bar open at 6:30pm
Music commences at 7pm 

The Long Gallery
Level One, Salamanca Arts Centre
[ Enter via the main doors at 77 Salamanca Place, or take the Lift via the Courtyard ]

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In this concert of two of the most-loved string octets, Chamber music leader, Peter Tanfield, will direct an ensemble of some of the best and most highly-regarded musicians in Tasmania, including:
(Violins) Peter Tanfield, Phoebe Masel, Natalya Bing and Joshua Farner;
(Violas) Douglas Coghill and Damien Holloway,
(Celli) William Hewer and Kate Calwell.

You can read more about Enescu's Octet here.

You can read more about Mendelssohn's Octet here.

Tickets are only $39+BF, or $35+BF for concession card holders, and with a further discount offered to SAC Associate members.

Peter Tanfield was born in England in 1961 and started the violin aged four. He studied in Germany, Israel, Switzerland and Holland where his teachers were Igor Ozim, Felix Andrievski, Alberto Lysy, Herman Krebbers and Yehudi Menuhin.
He was a prize-winner at The Carl Flesch International Competition, International Mozart Competition, International Bach Competition amongst others.   As soloist and chamber musician he has played throughout Europe, China, Japan, India, Canada, the Middle East, Africa, USA, and USSR. He has recorded numerous solo and chamber works for television and radio as well as CD. He has played for Chairman Deng in China and the Sultan of Oman.

As soloist Peter has appeared with many major orchestras; the Philharmonia, City of London Sinfonia, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, West German Radio Orchestra, Radio Symphony Orchestra of the RAI in Rome, Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
As concertmaster, he has had extensive experience working with BBC Philharmonic, RSO RAI Roma, West German Radio Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Some of the artists and composers he has worked and performed with: Astor Piazzolla, Charlie Watts, Pinchas Zukerman, Yehudi Menuhin, Charles Wuorinen, Arvo Paert, Graeme Koehne, Gary Carr, Itzhak Perlman.
Some of the conductors he has worked with are Carlo Maria Giulini, Claudio Abbado, Charles Dutoit, Louis Fremaux, Richard Hickox, Heinz Wallberg, Jun-Ichi Hirokami, John Adams, Oliver Knussen, Paavo Jaervi, Martin Brabbins, Gary Bertini, Georg Solti, Pierre Boulez, Simon Rattle.

Peter has been active as a teacher in Britain, Spain, Germany, Switzerland and Australia organizing, coordinating and delivering courses and chamber music programmes for festivals and youth organizations.
From 2002 to 2008 he was lecturer in violin and ensemble at the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music, University of Tasmania. He was also Artistic Director of the Tasmanian Senior Youth Orchestra and the Derwent Symphony Orchestra, and has been Artistic Advisor to the Hobart Chamber Orchestra. Peter came to Australia in 1998 to lead the Australian String Quartet.  Until he left in November 2001 he dedicated himself to the quartet’s development and teaching at the university of Adelaide, expanding the ensemble’s national profile, making two films for the ABC and becoming the Artistic Director of the Adelaide Chamber Orchestra.

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Please note that the Courtyard Lift IS OPERATING!

Doors & Bar open at 6:30pm
Music begins at 7pm

The Long Gallery
Level One, Salamanca Arts Centre

77 Salamanca Place 
Hobart.
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This concert at Salamanca Arts Centre is supported by Arts Tasmania's 2025 Arts Projects Fund.
Salamanca Arts Centre is grateful for this support via Arts Tasmania and the Minister for the Arts.