2019 CONCERTS and EVENTS
WED 20 FEBRUARY 2019
GREAT PERFORMERS 2019
MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
SATU VÄNSKÄ (violin)
LUTOSŁAWSKI - Subito
BACH - Violin Sonata in G minor, BWV 1001: Adagio & Fugue
BEETHOVEN - Sonata for Piano & Violin
Op.30, No.1
Kaija SAARIAHO - …de la Terre
RAVEL - Sonata for VIolin & Piano No.2
RAVEL - Tzigane
FRI 9 MARCH 2019
MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BENJAMIN NORTHEY (conductor)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
Grieg - Peer Gynt (selection)
Kats-Chernin - Dance of the Paper Umbrellas
RACHMANINOFF - RHAPSODY ON A THEME OF PAGANINI Op.43
Rachmaninov - Vocalise
Stravinsky - Firebird Suite (1919)
MELBOURNE TOWN HALL, AUSTRALIA
WED 14 MARCH 2019
AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
VIOLIN and PIANO recital
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
SATU VÄNSKÄ (violin)
LUTOSŁAWSKI - Subito
BACH - Violin Sonata in G minor, BWV 1001: Adagio & Fugue
BEETHOVEN - Sonata for Piano & Violin Op.30, No.1
RAVEL - Sonata for VIolin & Piano No.2
RAVEL - Tzigane
CELL BLOCK THEATRE, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
THURS 3 JANUARY 2019,
5pm and 7pm
PENINSULA SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL RAVEL'S BLUES
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
SOPHIE ROWELL (violin)
MOZART - Sonata for Piano & Violin K454
BEETHOVEN - Sonata for Piano & Violin Op.23
RAVEL - Sonata for Violin & Piano No.2
Moorooduc Estate Winery, MORNINGTON PENINSULA, AUSTRALIA
SUN 17 FEBRUARY 2019
SOUTHERN CROSS SOLOISTS
with guests
LI-WEI QIN (cello)
GEORGE GAO (erhu)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
SAINT-SAËNS - Carnival of the Animals
CHEN YAO-XIN - Galloping Horses
MAO YUAN - Happy Spring for cello and piano
LYLE CHAN - Carnival of the Chinese Animals (world premiere)
STRAVINSKY - Firebird Selections
QUEENSLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
TUES 19 FEBRUARY 2019
SOUTHERN CROSS SOLOISTS
with guests
LI-WEI QIN (cello)
GEORGE GAO (erhu)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
SAINT-SAËNS - Carnival of the Animals
CHEN YAO-XIN - Galloping Horses
MAO YUAN - Happy Spring for cello and piano
LYLE CHAN - Carnival of the Chinese Animals (world premiere)
STRAVINSKY - Firebird Selections
ELISABETH MURDOCH HALL, MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE, AUSTRALIA
MON 1 APRIL 2019
KRISTIAN CHONG and FRIENDS Concert 1
MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
TEDDY TAHU RHODES (baritone)
BEETHOVEN - To his Distant Beloved Op.98
VAUGHAN - WILLIAMS - Songs of Travel
FINZI - Let Us Garlands Bring
Calvin BOWMAN - West Sussex Drinking Song (2017)
Calvin BOWMAN - Noël (2017)
ANON. - CELTIC SONGS
SAT 27 APRIL 2019
YASS MUSIC CLUB
Solo Recital
BRAHMS - Variations on an Original Theme Op.21 No. 1
LISZT - Sonata in B minor
SCHUBERT - Sonata in B flat major D960
YASS MEMORIAL HALL, YASS, AUSTRALIA
SUN 28 APRIL 2019
YARIMA RECITAL
Solo Recital
BRAHMS - Variations on an Original Theme Op.21 No.1
SCHUBERT - Sonata in B flat major D960
YARIMA - Victoria, AUSTRALIA
SUN 5 MAY 2019
Solo Recital
BRAHMS - Variations on an Original Theme Op.21 No.1
SCHUBERT - Sonata in B flat major D960
KANGAROO GROUND, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
Other festival artists include Piers Lane, Andrew Haveron, Umberto Clerici
FRI 24 MAY 2019
ELDER HALL LUNCH HOUR SERIES
Simon Cobcroft (cello)
Kristian Chong (piano)
BRAHMS - Sonata for Celllo & Piano Op.38 in E minor
BEETHOVEN - Sonata for Piano and Cello Op.5 No.2
ELDER HALL, UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA
SUN 18 AUGUST 2019
RACHMANINOFF RHAPSODY ON A THEME OF PAGANINI
Conductor: Fabian Russell
SMITH AUDITORIUM, SHORE SCHOOL, SYDNEY
CANCELLED
Mon 26 AUGUST 2019
KRISTIAN CHONG and FRIENDS Concert 2
SCINTILLATING BARTOK WITH DALE
DALE BARLTROP (violin)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
DEBUSSY - Sonata for Violin & Piano
RAVEL - Sonata for Violin & Piano (posthumous)
BARTOK - Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 1
FRI 27 SEPTEMBER 2019
SYDNEY MOZART SOCIETY
SOPHIE ROWELL (violin)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
MOZART - Sonata for Piano & Violin K301
BEETHOVEN - Sonata for Piano & Violin Op.23
MOZART - Piano Sonata in B flat major K570
SAINT-SAËNS - Sonata for Violin & Piano No.1
The CONCOURSE Concert Hall, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
SAT 28 SEPTEMBER 2019
ZONEOUT INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL (Universal Music)
Solo Recital - Peaceful Piano
Arvo PÄRT - Spiegel Im Spiegel
DEBUSSY - Claire de Lune, La fille aux cheveux de lin
CHOPIN - Preludes Op.28 No's 4 and 15
RACHMANINOFF - Preludes Op.23 No.4 & 6, Op.32 No. 5
Philip GLASS - Selected Etudes
Joep BEVING - Selected Works
Calvin BOWMAN - Don Grant's Dragonfly
Erik SATIE - Gymnopedie No. 1 & Gnossiene No. 1
Carriageworks - SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
SUN 29 SEPTEMBER 2019
SOPHIE ROWELL (violin)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
MOZART - Sonata for Piano & Violin K301
BEETHOVEN - Sonata for Piano & Violin Op.23
MOZART - Piano Sonata in B flat major K570
SAINT-SAËNS - Sonata for Violin & Piano No.1
BATEMANS BAY, AUSTRALIA
THURS 3 OCTOBER
BATTERY POINT TWILIGHT SERIES
SUSAN COLLINS (violin)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
BRAHMS - Sonata for Violin and Piano Op.78
RACHMANINOFF - Selection of Preludes
BRAHMS - Variations on an Original Theme Op.21 No. 1
BATTERY POINT, HOBART, AUSTRALIA
WED 6 NOVEMBER 2019
DARWIN ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE
SUSAN COLLINS (violin)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
VITAL - Chaconne
PROKOFIEV - Romeo et Juliette suite
KREISLER - Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasy
BRAHMS - Sonata for Violin & Piano op. 108
FALLA - Danse Espagnole
DARWIN ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, AUSTRALIA
MON 18 NOVEMBER 2019,
KRISTIAN CHONG and FRIENDS Concert 3
MAGICAL BRAHMS
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
SOPHIE ROWELL (violin)
CHRISTOPHER MOORE (viola)
RACHAEL TOBIN (cello)
BRAHMS - Variations on an Original Theme Op.21 No.1
BRAHMS - Piano Quartet Op.26 in A major
SUN 24 NOVEMBER 2019
DOUBLE BASS and PIANO Recital
KEES BOESMA (double bass)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
GLIERE - Intermezzo & Tarantella for double bass & piano, Op. 9
GLIERE - Prelude & Scherzo for double bass & piano, Op. 32
FUCHS - Sonata for Double Bass and Piano Op.97
HANSON DYER HALL, MELBOURNE CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC, AUSTRALIA
SUN 24 NOVEMBER 2019
DOUBLE BASS and PIANO Recital
ANDRES MARTIN (double bass)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
MARTIN, Andrés - Sueños
MARTIN, Andrés - Concierto para Contrabajo y Orquesta
HANSON DYER HALL, MELBOURNE CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC, AUSTRALIA