2021 CONCERTS & EVENTS
SAT 12 JUNE 2021
WED 31 MARCH 2021
SAT 27 FEBRUARY 2021
3MBS HAYDN MARATHON
Kristian Chong (piano)
HAYDN - Keyboard Concerto N.11 in D
3MBS Chamber Orchestra
The Athenaeum 2, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
THURS 4 MARCH 2021
MELBOURNE DIGITAL CONCERT HALL
LOCKDOWN BIRDSONG, JANACEK & BRAHMS
Erica Kennedy (violin)
Kristian Chong (piano)
Briony MARKS - Lockdown Birdsong (World Premiere)
BRAHMS - Sonata in G major Op.78 for Violin and Piano
JANACEK - Sonata for Violin and Piano
The Athenaeum 2, MELBOURNE DIGITAL CONCERT HALL, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
TUES 30 MARCH 2021
KRISTIAN CHONG & FRIENDS
DVORAK'S PIANO QUINTET
Sophie Rowell, Matthew Tomkins (violins)
Christopher Moore (viola)
Rachael Tobin (cello)
Kristian Chong (piano)
Calvin BOWMAN - Fantasia super 'Christ ist erstanden' for Violin & Piano (2020 - world premiere)
DVORAK - Piano Quintet in A Op.81
Primrose Potter SALON, MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE, AUSTRALIA (Salon at 50% capacity - BOOK HERE)
WED 31 MARCH 2021
AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC ONLINE FESTIVAL
Elina Fashki (cello)
Kristian Chong (piano)
BEETHOVEN - Variations in F major Op.66
MENDELSSOHN - Sonata for Cello and Piano Op.45
IWAKI AUDITORIUM - MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - click here to watch
SUN 24 MAY 2021
SOUTH COAST MUSIC SOCIETY
SOLO PIANO RECITAL
MOZART - Fantasie in C minor K475
CHOPIN - Nocturne OP.55 No.1 in F minor
SCHUBERT - Impromptu D935 No.1 in F minor
SCHUMANN - Fantasie Op.17
St. Bernard's Church, BATEMANS BAY, AUSTRALIA
SAT 12 JUNE 2021
ADELAIDE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Chamber Series 2 - GIOCOSO
STRAVINSKY - Suite from 'The Soldier's Tale
DOHNÁNYI - Sextet
ELDER HALL, ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA
WED 15 JUNE 2021
MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE
PIANO SERIES 2021
FANTASIES AND PRELUDES
MOZART - Fantasie in C minor K475
Calvin BOWMAN - & Chorale Preludes (World Premiere)*
SCHUMANN - Fantasie Op.17
*commissioned with grateful assistance from the Australia Council and City of Melbourne
ELISABETH MURDOCH HALL, MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE
FRI 23 JULY 2021
AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC
Opening Concert
RACHMANINOFF - Preludes Op.32 No's 5, 10 and 12
Townsville Civic Theatre, TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA- CANCELLED COVID19 ISSUES
SAT 24 JULY 2021
AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC
GOVERNOR'S GALA - ODE TO JOY
Other works in this concert include works by Yumi Kurosawa, Graham Fitkin, Debussy with performers including the Goldner String Quartet.
ERNEST von DOHNÁNYI - Sextet in C major Op.37
Natsuko Yoshimoto (violin), Imants Larsens (viola), Blair Harris (cello), Nico Fleury (horn), Lloyd Van’t Hoff (clarinet), Kristian Chong (piano)
Townsville Civic Theatre, TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA- CANCELLED COVID19 ISSUES
SUN 25 JULY 2021
AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC
White Nights
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF - Vocalise (for 4 hands) (arr. Anderson and Roe)
Kevin Chow, Kristian Chong (piano)
St James' Cathedral, TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA CANCELLED COVID19 ISSUES
MON 26 JULY 2021
AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC
Evening Series 2 - Song and Dance, hosted by Cheryl Barker & Peter Coleman Wright
SCHUBERT - Auf dem Strom
Jacqueline Porter (soprano), Nico Fleury, (horn), Kristian Chong (piano)
BEETHOVEN - Variations in F major Op.66
Elina Fashki (cello), Kristian Chong (piano)
Townsville Civic Theatre, TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA- CANCELLED COVID19 ISSUES
WED 28 JULY 2021
AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC
CONCERT CONVERSATIONS hosted by Russell Torrance
Gordon KERRY - On the Summer Map of Stars
Mark Gaydon (bassoon), Kristian Chong (Piano)
Townsville Civic Theatre, TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA- CANCELLED COVID19 ISSUES
WED 28 JULY 2021
AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC
Evening Series 3 - Metamorphosen
ANNE BOYD - Goldfish through summer rain
Virginia Taylor (flute), Kristian Chong (piano)
Townsville Civic Theatre, TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA- CANCELLED COVID19 ISSUES
THURS 29 JULY 2021
AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC
CONCERT CONVERSATIONS hosted by Russell Torrance
BEETHOVEN - Sonata for Piano and Horn Op.17
Nico Fleury (horn), Kristian Chong (piano)
The Ville Resort - Casino, TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA CANCELLED COVID19 ISSUES
THURS 29 JULY 2021
AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC
Evening Series - Kreutzer, hosted by Cheryl Barker & Peter Coleman Wright
Roderick WILLIAMS - Not Here Yet (World Premiere)
Jacqueline Porter (soprano), Kristian Chong (piano)
Townsville Civic Theatre, TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA- CANCELLED COVID19 ISSUES
FRI 30 JULY 2021
AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC
PAUL RISSMANN - Stan and Mabel
Virginia Taylor (flute), Diana Doherty (oboe), Lloyd Van’t Hoff (clarinet), Nicolas Fleury (horn), Mark Gaydon (bassoon), Flinders Quartet, Kirsty McCahon (double bass), Kristian Chong (piano). Including Townsville’s local Amadeus Children’s Choir
Townsville Civic Theatre, TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA- CANCELLED COVID19 ISSUES
SAT 31JULY 2021
AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC
CLOSING NIGHT CELEBRATION
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA - Libertango (arr. Kathryn Stott)
Elina Faskhi, Blair Harris, Yelian He, Julian Smiles (cellos), Kristian Chong (piano)
Townsville Civic Theatre, TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA- CANCELLED COVID19 ISSUES
THURS 12 AUGUST 2021
GREAT PERFORMERS 2021
MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE
CAITLIN HULCUP (voice)
FIONA SARGEANT (viola)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
SCHUBERT - Ganymed, Op.19, No.3, D.544,
SCHUBERT - Dass sie hier gewesen, Op.59, No.2, D.775
SCHUBERT - Gretchen am Spinnrade, Op.2, D.118
WOLF - Auf einer Wanderung
WOLF - Anakreons Grab
WOLF - Kennst du das Land
BRAHMS - 2 Gesänge, Op.91
VIEUXTEMPS - Capriccio, Op.55 ‘Hommage à Paganini’
LISZT - Die Lorelei in G, S.273, S.273
LISZT - Oh! quand je dors in E, S.282
LOEFFLER - 4 Poèmes, Op.5
MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE, ELISABETH MURDOCH HALL, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - CANCELLED - COVID TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS - RESCHEDULE TBC 2022
THURS 12 AUGUST 2021 (replacement concert)
GREAT PERFORMERS 2021
MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE
LI WEI QIN (cello)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
BARBER - Sonata for Cello and Piano Op.6
SCHUBERT: Sonata in A Minor (Arpeggione)
SCHUMANN: Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70
MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE, ELISABETH MURDOCH HALL, AUSTRALIA - RESCHEDULED FEB 2022
WED 18 AUGUST 2021
MUSICA VIVA TASMANIA
BRIGID COLERIDGE (violin)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
MOZART – Sonata for Piano and Violin in G Major K. 301
ENESCU – Impressions d’enfance (Childhood Impressions) Op. 28 for Violin and Piano
BEETHOVEN – Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 10 in G Major Op. 96
BARTÓK – Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 2 in C Major Sz. 76
HOBART TOWN HALL, AUSTRALIA - CANCELLED COVID19 ISSUES - to be rescheduled to 1 NOVEMBER 2021 with Sophie Rowell
MON 23 AUGUST 2021
KRISTIAN CHONG & FRIENDS - Concert 2
MOZART, BARTÓK & ENESCU
MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE
BRIGID COLERIDGE (violin)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
MOZART – Sonata for Piano and Violin in G Major K. 301
ENESCU – Impressions d’enfance (Childhood Impressions) Op. 28 for Violin and Piano
BARTÓK – Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 2 in C Major Sz. 76
PRIMROSE POTTER SALON, MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE, AUSTRALIA -- CANCELLED COVID19 ISSUES
TUES 12 OCTOBER 2021
KRISTIAN CHONG & FRIENDS
MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE
SOPHIE ROWELL (violin)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
JOSEPHINE VAINS (cello)
PHILIP ARKIMSTALL (clarinet)
MESSIAEN - From Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus) XV; The Kiss of the Infant Jesus (Le baiser de l’Enfant-Jésus)
MESSIAEN - Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time)
PRIMROSE POTTER SALON, MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE - CANCELLED COVID19 ISSUES
FRI 15 OCTOBER 2021
ELDER HALL LUNCH HOUR SERIES
SOPHIE ROWELL (violin)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
MOZART - Sonata for Piano and VIolin K380
Calvin BOWMAN - Fantasie super 'Christ ist erstanden' (2021)
SZYMANOWSKI - Mythes for Violin & Piano
ELDER HALL,UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA RESCHEDULED 2022 - COVID19 ISSUES
TUES and WED 19 and 20 OCTOBER 2021
LUCAS PARKLANDS CONCERTS
The Gentlemen
KONSTANTIN SHAMRAY (piano)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
LISZT - Totentanz for Piano and Orchestra, arr. 2 pianos
Soloist Kristian Chong, Orchestral Piano Konstantin Shamray
RACHMANINOFF - Piano Concerto No. 3
Soloist Konstantin Shamray, Orchestral Piano Kristian Chong
LUCAS PARKLANDS, MONTVILLE, AUSTRALIA replacement artist for myself in process - COVID19 ISSUES
OCTOBER 2021
THE ORCHESTRA PROJECT
MON 1 NOVEMBER 2021
MUSICA VIVA TASMANIA
SOPHIE ROWELL (violin)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
MOZART - Sonata for Piano and Violin K380
SZYMANOWSKI - Mythes for Violin & Piano
BEETHOVEN - Sonata for Piano and Violin Op.47 (Kreutzer)
HOBART TOWN HALL, AUSTRALIA
WED 17 NOVEMBER 2021
GEELONG COLLEGE
SOLO PIANO RECITAL
BACH - SILOTI – Andante from Violin Sonata No. 3 BWV 1003
RACHMANINOFF – Prelude Op. 23 No. 4 in D Major
Calvin BOWMAN – Chorale Prelude No. 7 (2021) Wie schön
RACHMANINOFF - Preludes Op.32/5, Op.32/10, Op.32/12
SCHUBERT - Sonata in A minor D784
KEITH HUMBLE AUDITORIUM, GEELONG, AUSTRALIA
Rescheduled to 2022 TBC
RECITALS AUSTRALIA
IKE SEE (violin)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
DVORAK Sonata for Violin & Piano in F op.57
BARTOK Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 1
PROKOFIEV Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 2 in D major Op.94a
CORIGLIANO Sonata for Violin & Piano
UKARIA, ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA
Rescheduled to 2022 TBC
COMPLETE BEETHOVEN SONATAS FOR PIANO AND CELLO
RICHARD NARROWAY (cello)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
BEETHOVEN - Sonata for Piano & Cello Op.5 No.1 in F
BEETHOVEN - Sonata for Piano & Cello Op.5 No.2 in g minor
BEETHOVEN - Sonata for Piano & Cello Op.69 in A
BEETHOVEN - Sonata for Piano & Cello Op.102 No.1 in C
BEETHOVEN - Sonata for Piano & Cello Op.102 No.2 in D
HANSON DYER HALL
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, AUSTRALIA
Rescheduled to 2022 TBC
THE BRAHMS op.120 SONATAS
VIOLA and PIANO RECITAL
WENHONG LUO (viola)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
BRAHMS - Sonata for Viola & Piano Op.120 No.1 in F minor
work tbc
BRAHMS - Sonata for Viola & Piano Op.120 No.2 in E flat major
HANSON DYER HALL
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, AUSTRALIA