Tickets $15-$45, early bird $35, family tix $100.

Early Bird tickets end 25 December 2023. Book now to reserve your seat online. You can select your seat! A selection of drinks at the concert bar, and delicious interval refreshments are available for purchase.

Concert 2: Saturday 6 January 7pm - Baroque & Tango ft. Brisbane Headline Act Diez Cuerdas specializing in Argentine Tango fresh from performances at Woodford Folk Festival who are Liz Young on violin (Deep Blue, Mendoza Tango, The Smashing Bumpkins, Luminescence Strings), with Rory Dollard on guitar (Cigany Weaver, Run Rabbit) and singer Solange Lipcin, (LatinOz, Curious Sally). First half of the concert will feature faculty artists, Gyorgy Deri (Senior Lecturer Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University), Louise King (Cello Dreaming, Muses Trio, Long Listen Festival) and Julia Janiszewski from the Canberra Symphony Orchestra and Franziska Frank from the Sunshine Coast Symphony Orchestra.

Concert Program

FIRST HALF

QUARTET Vivaldi Double Cello Concerto in G minor 1st mvt Franziska Frank vc1 Julia Janiszewski vc2 Gyorgy Deri vc3 Louise King vc4
SOLO The Grand Tango - Piazzolla Gyorgy Deri w/Therese Milanovic (piano)
SOLO Amor de por Vida - Imogen Ferdinando Gyorgy Deri w/Therese Milanovic (piano)
SOLO Prelude Suite 1 G major - Bach Louise King
DUO Slicked Back Tango - Elena Kats Chernin Louise King w/Therese Milanovic (piano)
TRIO Sonata in G major (1st and 5th mvts only) by Boismortier Gyorgy Deri, Louise King, Julia Janiszewski
QUARTET ‘Oblivion’ by Piazzolla Louise King vc1 Gyorgy Deri vc 2 Julia Janiszewski vc 3 Franziska Frank vc 4

INTERVAL

SECOND HALF

Headline Act Diez Cuerdas Trio performing dance music by Di Sarli, D'Arienzo, Troilo, Pugliese and Tango Nuevo by Piazzolla.

Artist Videos:

Diez Cuerdas https://youtu.be/XBNqwo-Lvj0?si=_w_8pjYi0xo3P2Bt

Gyorgy Deri https://youtu.be/Gp8j6i5SBVQ?si=muIeg5IoiBKIpPQI

Louise King https://youtu.be/Q43PRXPhhgc?si=k0yohL0KiaS2LW8u

https://youtu.be/tAF1bntGNeI?si=Jnz5UfRICOOmBd-F

ABOUT SUMMER CONCERTS

Viva la Cello! The second Cello Dreaming Summer Concerts 2024 will be held at Eudlo Hall from 5-7 January presenting three public concerts for local and visiting audiences that celebrate the diversity and beauty of the cello featuring guest artists from Brisbane, Australia and Budapest, Hungary. Expect innovation, excitement, surprise, passion and remarkable music fit for any world stage. Curated by a cellist, for cello lovers, The vision? Cello utopia.

This is a brave and bold summer concert series, unique to Australia. Concerts that shine a spotlight on the cello, and provide a regional stage for our homegrown and international guest artists who cross musical boundaries, innovate and inspire audiences. Summer Concerts that catapult our next gen of Australian cellists to a sublime level of artistic freedom.

2024 Summer Concerts will feature ten special guest artists in concert, performing three diverse programs. Friday 5 Jan 7pm, Folk and Originals, Saturday 6 Jan 7pm, Baroque and Tango and Sunday 7 Jan 3:30pm, Classical Cellissimo!

Friday headline artists are folk artist and singer-songwriter Monique Clare, performing original music from her award-winning debut album ‘Sight’ in a double bill with Kathryn McKee K MAK, an indie classical crossover pop artist performing originals from her art pop albums ‘Sang Chaud’ and ‘K Mak’.

Saturday's headline act is Diez Cuerdas specializing in Argentine Tango featuring Liz Young violin, Rory Dollard guitar, with Solange Lipcin voice and will also feature Gyorgy Deri, Senior Lecturer Cello, Queensland Conservatorium Music Griffith University originally from Budapest, Hungary, with Louise King, Cello Dreaming and Artistic Director of Long Listen 🎧 with Therese Milanovic, piano.

Sunday’s concert will feature international master concert cellists Gyorgy Deri and Louise King in a program of classical favorites Schumann and Bartok, with lesser known works by female composers Amy Beach, Florence Price and Laura Netzel. Emerging artists will perform Elgar, Bartok and Saint-Saens and the Retreat Cello Choir will perform works by Kodaly, Elgar, Gerschwin and Bach.