Emerging Artist Concert Series

Join Macedonian violinists Violeta Shopova (22) and Eva Bogoevska (26), and New Zealand pianist Gracie Francis for Across the Seas, a chamber recital in the historic St Jude's Church

Join them for a program that charts a journey across Europe, from the charm of Mozart's Violin Sonata in G Major to the colours of Debussy in his poignant final work, the Sonata for Violin and Piano. Zografski's Song for Solo Violin, a modern work rooted in Macedonian Folk Music, is balanced by the lightness of a Pleyel Sonata for Violin Duo. The program concludes with Shostakovich's Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano, each piece drawn from larger works and arranged for violins and piano.

Familiar in form yet steeped in the times and places that shaped each composer, this music, like the performers themselves, has always travelled, carried across seas, borders, and generations to find new life in performance.

Violeta recently completed her studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Australia, studying with Goetz Richter, while Eva has an established professional violin career in Macedonia. Gracie is a 2026 graduate of the C. V. Starr Doctoral Program at The Juilliard School in New York.

The Emerging Artist Concert Series at St Jude's Bowral is a daytime concert series shocasing some of Australia's most inspiring young artists.

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*Also at Wollongong Art Gallery, October 8 at 11am.

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