2023 CONCERTS & EVENTS
SUN 19 MARCH 2023
CORPUS MEDICORUM
MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
FABIAN RUSSELL (conductor)
BRAHMS - Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor
J STRAUSS Jr - Die Fledermaus Overture
R STRAUSS - Der Rosenkavalier Suite Op.59 227d
SUN 7 MAY 2023
LYREBIRD MUSIC SOCIETY
FREYA FRANZEN (violin)
SAUL LEWIS (french horn)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
Don BANKS - Trio for Horn, Violin, and Piano
BRAHMS - Trio for Piano, Violin and Horn Op.40
WYSELASKIE AUDITORIUM, MELBOURNE
TUES 16 MAY 2023
HANSON DYER HALL SERIES
MELBOURNE CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC
RACHMANINOFF FOR TWO PIANOS
DANIEL de BORAH (piano)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
RACHMANINOFF
Étude-Tableaux Op. 39 No. 5 in E flat minor
Étude-Tableaux Op. 39 No. 2 in A minor
Étude-Tableaux Op. 39 No. 1 in C minor
Daniel De Borah, piano
Prelude Op. 32, No. 10 in B minor
Prelude Op,23 No.4 in D major
Kristian Chong, piano
Symphonic Variations for Two Pianos Op. 45
HANSON DYER HALL, MELBOURNE CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC, AUSTRALIA
20 MAY 2023
PAUL STANHOPE - Dolcissimo Uscignolo (2015)
Lyrebird Trio
MONTIVERDI - Dolcissimo Uscignolo (1638)
CARL NIELSEN - Min Jesus lad mit Hjerte få (1914)
Sofia Troncoso (soprano)
CARL NIELSEN - Wind Quintet (1922)
Julia Grenfell (flute), Joshua Oates (oboe), Dean Newcomb (clarinet), Mark Gaydon (bassoon), Adrian Uren (french horn)
RACHMANINOFF - Symphonic Dances (1940)
Kristian Chong (piano), Daniel de Borah (piano)
SUN 21 MAY 2023
CORIOLE MUSIC FESTIVAL
DEAN NEWCOMB (clarinet) ADRIAN UREN (french horn) MARK KAYDON (bassoon) ALEXANDRA OSBORNE (violin) SHARON GRIGORYAN (cello) KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
ANNE CAWRSE - Piano Trio (2023 – World Premiere)
GERARD BROPHY - Piano Trio No.2 (2023 – World Premiere)
Lyrebird Trio
STRAVINSKY - Septet
Dean Newcomb (clarinet), Adrian Uren (french horn), Mark Gaydon (bassoon), Kristian Chong (piano), Alexandra Osborne (violin), Sharon Grigoryan (cello)
JOSEPH TWIST - Dancing With Somebody (String Quartet) (2013)
Glenn Christensen (violin), Alexandra Osborne (violin), Justin Julian (viola), Simon Cobcroft (cello)
BRITTEN - Les Illuminations, for Soprano and String Orchestra
Sofia Troncoso (soprano), Coriole Chamber Orchestra
CORIOLE WINERY, McLAREN VALE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
SUN 10 JUNE 2023
BENALLA ART GALLERY
SOPHIE ROWELL (violin)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
MOZART - Sonata for Piano and Violin K380 in E flat major
SUTHERLAND - Nocturne for violin and piano
Clara SCHUMANN - 3 Romances for violin and piano op.22
RAVEL - Sonata no 2 for violin and piano
SUN 25 JUNE 2023
NATIONAL CAPITAL ORCHESTRA
RACHMANINOFF PAGANINI RHAPSODY
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
LOUIS SHARPE (conductor)
RACHMANINOFF - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Llewellyn Hall, CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA
THURS 6 JULY 2023
KRISTIAN CHONG & FRIENDS - CONCERT 1
MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE
MOZART and FAURÉ PIANO QUARTETS
RICHARD NARROWAY (cello)
IKE SEE (violin)
WENHONG LUO (viola)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
MOZART - Piano Quartet in G minor K478
FAURÉ - Piano Quartet no. 2 Op.45 in G minor
PRIMROSE POTTER SALON, MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE, AUSTRALIA
SUN 9 JULY 2023
UKARIA CULTURAL CENTRE
CELLO & PIANO RECITAL
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
Li-WEI QIN (cello)
MENDELSSOHN - Sonata for Cello & Piano No.2 in D Op.58
PAGANINI arr. Pierre Fournier - Introduction and Variations on one string on a theme from Rossini’s “Moses in Egypt’
POPPER - Spinning Song Op.55 No.1
FAURÉ Romance Op.69
CHOPIN - Sonata for Cello & Piano in G minor Op.65
FRI 11 AUGUST 2023
ELDER HALL LUNCH HOUR SERIES
Cello and Piano Recital
SIMON COBCROFT (cello)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
BEETHOVEN - Sonata for Piano and Cello Op.5 No.1
Anne CAWRSE - Circle Music
BARBER - Sonata for Cello and Piano Op.6
WED 30 AUGUST 2023
VIOLIN and PIANO RECITAL with SULKI YU
SULKI YU (violin)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
FRANCK - Sonata for Violin and Piano in A
ST. KEVIN'S COLLEGE, MELBOURNE
SAT 2 SEPTEMBER 2023
RECITAL with NICO FLEURY and ALEX OSBORNE
ALEX OSBORNE (violin)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
NICO FLEURY (french horn)
BEETHOVEN - Sonata for Horn and Piano
FRANCK - Sonata for Violin and Piano in A
RACHMANINOFF - Prelude Op.32 no.10
BRAHMS - Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA
SAT 9 SEPTEMBER 2023
BEETHOVEN - Sonata for piano & cello Op.5 No.2 in G minor
Clara SCHUMANN - Three Romances for Violin and Piano
SHOSTAKOVICH - Piano Trio No. 1
SUN 10 SEPTEMBER 2023
A FEAST OF MUSIC - MELBOURNE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL
SOPHIE ROWELL(violin)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
BLAIR HARRIS (cello)
MEREWYN BRAMBLE (viola)
PETER LUFF (french horn)
CLARKE - Passacaglia for Viola and Piano
Serge LANCEN - Croquis for Double Bass and Piano
BRAHMS - Horn Trio Op.40
DAYLESFORD, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
SUN 10 SEPTEMBER 2023
A FEAST OF MUSIC - MELBOURNE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL
SOPHIE ROWELL & LUCY WARREN (violins)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
BLAIR HARRIS (cello)
MEREWYN BRAMBLE (viola)
SCHUMANN - Piano Quintet Op.44 in E flat major
DAYLESFORD, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
TUES 19 SEPTEMBER 2023
KRISTIAN CHONG and FRIENDS
THE TROUT QUINTET (with a TWIST!)
SOPHIE ROWELL(violin)
CAROLINE HENBEST (viola)
RACHAEL TOBIN (cello)
STEVIE NEWTON (double bass and tenor)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
SCHUBERT - Piano Sonata in A minor D784
SCHUBERT - Piano Quintet in A D664 (The Trout)
TUES 3 OCTOBER 2023
MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE
CAITLIN HULCUP (mezzo soprano)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
FIONA SARGEANT (viola)
BRAHMS - Gesänge Op.91 für eine Altstimme mit Bratsche und Pianoforte
LOEFFLER - 4 Poèmes Op.5
La Cloche Fêlée,
Dansons la Gigue,
Le son du cor s’afflige vers le bois,
Serenade
POULENC - Métamorphoses
VIEUXTEMPS - Cappricio: Hommage à Paganini
DIEPENBROCK - Berceuse
BRIDGE - Music when soft voices die
MASSENET - Élégie
ELISABETH MURDOCH HALL, MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE, AUSTRALIA
SAT 14 OCTOBER 2023
PORT FAIRY SPRING MUSIC FESTIVAL
SOLO RECITAL
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
MOZART - Fantasie in C minor K475
SCHUBERT - Sonata in B flat major D960
REARDON THEATRE, PORT FAIRY, AUSTRALIA
TUES 17 OCTOBER 2023
HANSON DYER CONCERT SERIES
TWO PIANOS AND PERCUSSION
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
BRENT MILLER (percussion)
ROB COSSUM (percussion)
CAMERON ROBERTS (piano)
BARREAU - Blue Rain for Two Pianos and Percussion (Australian Premiere)
BARTOK - Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
HANSON DYER HALL, MELBOURNE CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC - AUSTRALIA
TUES 31 OCTOBER 2023
MUSICA VIVA TASMANIA
Violin & PIano Recital with Sophie Rowell
SOPHIE ROWELL (violin)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
MOZART - Sonata for Piano and Violin K380
Margaret SUTHERLAND - Sonata for Violin & Piano
César FRANCK - Sonata for Violin & Piano in A major
1 NOVEMBER 2023
KRISTIAN CHONG & FRIENDS - CONCERT 3 MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE
Sophie & Kristian play Sutherland & Franck
SOPHIE ROWELL (violin)
KRISTIAN CHONG (piano)
Margaret SUTHERLAND - Sonata for Violin & Piano
César FRANCK - Sonata for Violin & Piano in A major