Summer Concerts | Sunday Classical Cellissimo!

Experience our retreat artists and visiting guest acts in concert at Eudlo Hall! Tickets $15-$45, early bird $35.  

Early Bird tickets end 25 December 2024. What a perfect Christmas present!  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 3:  Sunday 12 January 3:30pm featuring international master concert cellists Gyorgy Deri, Senior Lecturer Cello QCGU, Zoe Knighton and Louise King in a program of classical favourites by Hungarian composers Dohnanyi, Kodaly, Liszt, Weiner and Popper. Emerging artists will perform works by Haydn, Shostakovich, and Franck. Our Retreat Cello Choir will perform works by Biber, Danish String Quartet, Zequinha Abreu, Louise Denson, Goltermann, Elgar, and Lady Gaga. 

Our Concert Program:

Support Acts
- Nathan Debbins (Haydn Concerto in C major 1st mvt) *accompanist Lisa Pirlo
- Louise Yabsley (Shostakovich Concerto 1 op. 107 2nd mvt) *accompanist Lisa Pirlo
- Karen Cortez (Franck Sonata in A major 1st mvt) *accompanist Lisa Pirlo
Faculty Headline Act Gyorgy Deri and Roger Cui (Qld Ballet Principal Company Pianist) 
- Dohnanyi Cello Sonata i Allegro ma non troppo
- Kodaly 4 Epigrammas
- Liszt Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth
- Weiner Romance
Faculty ENCORE vc1 Zoe Knighton vc2 Gyorgy Deri vc3 Louise King pf Roger Cui
- Popper Romance for 3 cellos and piano

Interval 

Retreat Cello Choir
1. Biber Battalia selected 2 mvts arr. Julia Janiszewski for 5 parts
2. Trad. Waltz After Lasse in Lyby Danish String Quartet arr.Julia Janiszewski for 5 parts
3. Abreu Tico Tico (by Zequinha Abreu) arr. Sancho Engaño for 5 parts
4. Goltermann Serenade op. 119 no.2 arr. for 5 parts
5. Louise Denson - Gradual (for David) WORLD PREMIERE selected from our international 2025 Call for Scores
6. Elgar Salut D’Amour arr. for 5 parts Justin Zhao String Theory
7. ENCORE Applause Lady Gaga arr. for 5 parts Justin Zhao String Theory

ABOUT SUMMER CONCERTS

Viva la Cello!  Our third Summer Concerts 2025 will be held at Eudlo Hall from 10-12 January, presenting three concerts for local and visiting audiences that celebrate the diversity and beauty of the cello featuring guest artists from Cork, Ireland, Brisbane and Melbourne, 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. 

2025 Summer Concerts will feature special guest artists in concert, performing three diverse programs. 

• Friday 10 Jan 7pm, Folk and Originals
• Saturday 11 Jan 7pm, Baroque and Tango
• Sunday 12 Jan 3:30pm Classical Cellissimo!

Friday headline artists are Irish-Australian folk artist and composer, Ilse de Ziah with Ian Date on guitar, performing original music from their debut album ‘Here & There’, a melody-drenched album of sea, sand, love, loss, and hope. Composed and recorded in both Ireland and Australia, this album features classy compositions, uplifting vibes, and virtuosic improvisations.

Saturday's headline act is Brisbane-based Tango Enigmatico fresh from a micro-tour of the Sunshine Coast region, who specialise in Argentine Nuevo Tango featuring Flora Wong violin, Cara Tran piano, with Chloe Williamson on double bass. This concert will also feature Zoe Knighton, Flinders Quartet from Melbourne with Louise King, Cello Dreaming and Retreat Artists in solos, duos and trio performances.

Sunday’s afternoon concert will feature international master concert cellists Gyorgy Deri, Senior Lecturer Cello QCGU, Zoe Knighton and Louise King in a program of classical favourites by Frank Bridge, Popper, Schumann and Bartok. Emerging artists will perform works by Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Bach and Saint-Saens and the Retreat Cello Choir will perform works by Mozart, Gerschwin, Coldplay and Lady Gaga.