Curated by Nicolas Altstaedt Saturday 9 Monday 11 June 2018

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1 24 Curated by Nicolas Altstaedt Saturday 9 Monday 11 June 2018

2 Welcome From the curator Nicolas Altstaedt Since I came to Australia for the first time in 2008, I have always been welcomed with open arms and open minds. During my visits to the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) and also at the Musica Viva Festival in 2015 with the Australian Youth Orchestra, there has always been one message that has been clearly communicated to me: Anything is possible. The vision of Ulrike Klein and Alison Beare at UKARIA goes further. The freedom of making music in the middle of nature with artists that are close to you couldn t be better circumstances to explore music, meet new friends and raise questions together. My choice of the program for the weekend is an attempt for variety rather than thematic rigour. Playing music throughout the last centuries from Mozart to Shostakovich is equally important to me as music of our time by my friend Jörg Widmann. A final thank you also belongs to Colin Cornish. UKARIA is a place for the future and I could not imagine a better one than in the hands of the AYO. They have been a big inspiration since I have been in Australia and I am tremendously looking forward to making music with them in these few days, which will be an enriching experience for all of us. Nicolas Altstaedt s appearance at UKARIA is made possible by a generous donation from the estate of the late Dr. J. Richard Knight of New York. (C)age of Enlightenment Saturday 9 June 6.30pm In a place like UKARIA, that is so connected with nature and protected from digitalization and industrialisation, it is essential to play music by Haydn; a man who lived for almost 30 years in the countryside, constantly changing the way of music history and developing our art form like no one else after him, exploring the world and people with his extraordinary mind in connection with nature. After visiting UKARIA for a day in September it felt indispensable to program the music of John Cage, for the questions it raises: What is music? What is silence? What is nature and our awareness of how we can protect it? - Nicolas Altstaedt John Cage: Living Room Music Percussionists from Momentum Ensemble Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No.1 in C major, Hob. VIIb/1 Momentum Ensemble INTERVAL Jörg Widmann: Selections from 24 Duos for Violin and Cello Sándor Veress: Transylvanian Dances for String Orchestra Momentum Ensemble Duration: Approximately 100 minutes, including interval. Followed by Canapés at 8.15pm 3

3 Chris Herzfeld Camlight Productions Visual Polyphony Sunday 10 June 11.00am Music is the subtlest form of communication humanity possesses. A classical concert doesn t need supplements, but on the other hand music is only one form of communication and connected to others it is how human beings express themselves. As much as it is necessary to create and listen to music on its own, it is part of our life to also explore its roots and its meaning. Performing Bach with dance is certainly not a new idea, but the freedom and the energy I feel at UKARIA created the space and the wish in me to have a platform where the music that is inspired by dance forms meets its children. - Nicolas Altstaedt J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No.1 in G major, BWV 1007 J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No.5 in C minor, BWV 1011 Matte Roffe* dancer Zoë Dunwoodie * dancer * appears courtesy of the Australian Dance Theatre. Duration: Approximately 50 minutes without interval. Chronos and Kairos Sunday 10 June 6.30pm In 2016, UK classical music magazine Gramophone listed both Vilde Frang and Lawrence Power among the most notable performers of Mozart s Sinfonia Concertante in the history of recordings. We re incredibly fortunate to have both these artists perform together at UKARIA with the next generation of Australian musicians. In the second half, a very special arrangement of Shostakovich s final Symphony No.15 concludes an evening of world-class chamber music. John Cage: Child of Tree Percussionists from Momentum Ensemble W.A. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra Lawrence Power viola Momentum Ensemble INTERVAL Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony No.15 in A major, Op.141 (arr. for piano trio and percussion) Denis Kozhukhin piano Percussionists from Momentum Ensemble Duration: Approximately 100 minutes including interval. Followed by Dinner at 8.00pm 4 5

4 Photo Jack Liebeck Teacher and Student Monday 11 June 11.00am The spiritual and mental qualities that are represented by a really deep national culture are always universal. And further, as in the nature of every culture, it changes from time to time and, like a mirror, reflects the life of a nation from another angle. It is in this mirror that creative artists, poets and writers, who are embodied in the nation, see the contours of their work. - Sándor Veress Three of the world s leading string players perform rarely heard masterpieces by two of Hungary s most influential composers: Zoltán Kodály and Sándor Veress. Zoltán Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op.7 Sándor Veress: String Trio Lawrence Power viola Duration: Approximately 50 minutes without interval. Followed by Lunch at 12.00pm. Visionary Friendship Monday 11 June 2.30pm In 2010, Nicolas Altstaedt gave a highly acclaimed performance of the Schumann Cello Concerto with the Vienna Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel at the Lucerne Festival. Since then, the concerto has become a staple in his repertoire. For this performance, he leads the talented young musicians of Momentum Ensemble in a new arrangement for soloist and string orchestra by Michael Waterman. And what better work to pair it with than the monumental second Piano Quartet of Brahms? Vilde Frang, Lawrence Power, Nicolas Altstaedt and Denis Kozhukhin unite to form a powerhouse quartet in the thrilling conclusion to UKARIA 24. Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129 (arr. by M. Waterman for soloist with string orchestra) Momentum Ensemble INTERVAL Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No.2 in A major, Op. 26 Lawrence Power viola Denis Kozhukhin piano Duration: Approximately 100 minutes including interval. 6 7

5 Continue the Conversation At UKARIA, our food philosophy is simple: we start with great produce the kind that s bursting with flavour and seasonal freshness. A talented hospitality team from Adelaide Oval will create a bespoke culinary journey based around produce available to UKARIA. Enjoy wines on consumption from a unique list showcasing the smaller boutique producers of the Adelaide Hills, offering a very special expression of the region s distinctive terroir. Opening Celebration Saturday 9 June 8.15pm $40 per person Celebrate the beginning of the weekend with post-concert canapés and a glass of wine. Dinner Sunday 10 June 8.00pm 3 courses $80 per person Meet the artists and converse with fellow music lovers over a three-course journey of some of the finest local produce from the Adelaide Hills. Lunch Monday 11 June 12.00pm 2 courses $70 per person Reflect with friends both new and old over a two-course lunch to farewell the weekend before the finale concert. Photo Randy Larcombe About the Artists Nicolas Altstaedt Curator / Cello Renowned worldwide for his musical integrity and effortless virtuosity, German- French cellist Nicolas Altstaedt is one of the most sought after and versatile artists today. As a soloist, conductor and artistic director, he enthralls audiences with repertoire spanning from the baroque to the contemporary. At the beginning of the 17/18 season he performed the highly acclaimed Finnish Premiere of Esa-Pekka Salonen s new cello concerto under the baton of the composer of the Helsinki Festival. He will be Artist in Spotlight at the Concertgebouw in 17/18 and Artist in Residence 18/19 at the NDR Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, where he is going to perform with Krzysztof Urbanski, Hannu Lintu and Christoph Eschenbach. Later on he will be touring major European venues with the SWR Orchestra with Teodor Currentzis, the BBCSO, La Chambre Philharmonique with Emanuel Krivine and the Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Further engagements include debuts performances with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony in Suntory Hall, Finnish Radio Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic, Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin with Juraj Valcuha, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra as soloist and conductor, Orchestre National de Belgique, Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Les Violons du Roy as well as returning to the Deutsche Sinfonie- Orchester Berlin with Robin Ticciati. In recital, Nicolas performs solo and with partners Fazil Say and Alexander Lonquich. He will tour both Europe and the US and will visit Istanbul, London s Wigmore Hall, Bozar Brussels, Tonhalle Zurich, Koerner Hall Toronto, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Amsterdam Concertgebouw and New York Carnegie Hall amongst others. As a chamber musician, Nicolas regularly plays with Janine Jansen, Vilde Frang, Andreas Ottensamer, Pekka Kuusisto, Antoine Tamestit, Lawrence Power, Jonathan Cohen and the Quatuor Ébène performing at Salzburg Mozart and Summer Festival, Verbier, Utrecht, BBC Proms, Lucerne, Gstaad, Musikfest Bremen, Schleswig-Holstein, Rheingau and Stavanger. In 2012 Nicolas was chosen by Gidon Kremer to become his successor as the new artistic director of the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival and in 2014, Adam Fischer asked him to follow in his footsteps as Artistic Director of the Haydn Philharmonie, with whom he regularly performs at the Vienna Konzerthaus, Esterházy Festival and will tour both China and Japan in the next season. 8 9

6 Nicolas premieres new music and performs with composers like Thomas Adès, Jörg Widmann, Thomas Larcher, Matthias Pintscher, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and Fazil Say. He has commissioned the pianist/ composer Hauschka as part of this season as Artistic Director of Viva Cello Festival in Liestal in 2016 inspired by a film script by Federico Fellini as well as composers Sebastian Fagerlund, Thomas Larcher, Bryce Dessner and Helena Winkelman for new cello concertos. Nicolas recent recording of CPE Bach Concertos on Hyperion with Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen received the BBC Music Magazine Concerto Award This year, he released a Recital CD with Fazil Say on Warner. Previous recordings of cello concerti by Haydn, Schumann, Ligeti, Shostakovich and Weinberg have been acclaimed worldwide. Nicolas Altstaedt was a BBC New Generation Artist and a recipient of the Borletti Buitoni Trust Fellowship in He plays a Giulio Cesare Gigli cello, from Rome around Vilde Frang Violin Vilde Frang was unanimously awarded the Credit Suisse Young Artist Award in 2012 and made her debut with the Vienna Philharmonic under Bernard Haitink at the Lucerne Festival. Highlights among her recent and forthcoming solo engagements include performances with the Berlin Philharmonic, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, London Philharmonic, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Orchestre de Paris, Tonhalle- Orchester Zurich, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Sydney Symphony and the NHK Symphony in Tokyo, with conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Mariss Jansons, Herbert Blomstedt, Daniel Harding, Vladimir Jurowski, Paavo Järvi, David Zinman, Leonard Slatkin, Esa Pekka Salonen, Yuri Temirkanov and Sir Simon Rattle. She regularly appears at festivals in Salzburg, Verbier, Lucerne, London Proms, Rheingau, Mecklenburg- Vorpommern, Lockenhaus, Prague Spring Music Festival and George Enescu Festival Bucharest. As soloist and in recital, Vilde has performed at venues such as the Concertgebouw, Musikverein, Wigmore Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Tonhalle Zurich, Bozar Brussels, Rudolfinum, Tchaikovsky Hall, in Vancouver Recital Series, Boston Celebrity Series, San Francisco Performances, and at Carnegie Hall. Vilde Frang is an exclusive Warner Classics artist and her recordings have received numerous awards, including a Classical BRIT, Edison Klassiek Award, Deutsche Schallplattenpreis, ECHO Klassik Award, Diapason d Or and a Gramophone Award. Born in Norway in 1986, Vilde was engaged by Mariss Jansons at the age of twelve to debut with Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. She studied at Barratt Due Musikkinstitutt in Oslo, with Kolja Blacher at Musikhochschule Hamburg and Ana Chumachenco at the Kronberg Academy. She has also worked with Mitsuko Uchida as a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship winner 2007, and was a scholarship-holder in the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation. Lawrence Power Viola Lawrence Power is one of today s foremost violists, in demand worldwide as a recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber music partner. His artistry and penetrating musicianship gains him constant plaudits around the world, reflected in turn in eloquent reviews: no musician today better equipped to play than the minstrel-like Power (Financial Times), Power seduces you permanently (Trouw), Power is something more: a profound musical personality, his every phrase new and noteworthy (Sunday Times). Over the past decade, he has become a regular guest performer with orchestras of the highest calibre, from the Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Stockholm, Bergen and Warsaw Philharmonic orchestras to the Philharmonia, BBC Scottish Symphony and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic orchestras. In addition, as a guest soloist with the Melbourne and Adelaide Symphony orchestras, he has established Photo Jack Liebeck

7 a strong presence in Australia where he will return in 2018 to play direct at the Australian National Academy of Music. Highlights in include his debut with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Staatsoper Kassel, Mozart s Sinfonia Concertante with Daniel Hope at the Zurich Chamber Orchestra Season opening concert, as well as recitals in Dresden Music Festival, USA Savannah Festival and a concert series at London s Kings Place. As a fervent champion of contemporary music, Lawrence has developed a large repertoire of new works. He gave the UK premiere of Olga Neuwirth s concerto Remnants of Song at the 2012 BBC Proms, and the world premieres of scores written for him, including Salonen s Pentatonic Étude, Turnage s Power Play, Anderson s Prayer, Goehr s Hymn to Night, MacMillan s Viola Concerto and Watkins s Fantasy. His recital credits include performances at Wigmore Hall, LSO St Luke s, Lincoln Centre NY. He has developed an acclaimed partnership with pianist Simon Crawford-Phillips, collaborates with musicians such as violinist Maxim Vengerov and Joshua Bell. Artist in Residence with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, he has also forged a close relationship with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Power s Award-nominated Hyperion recordings include Bartók, Rósza, Walton and Rubbra s viola concertos, Shostakovich and Brahms viola sonatas, and York Bowen s complete works for viola and piano (with Crawford-Phillips). His three-disc Hindemith survey stands as a benchmark recording of the composer s complete works for solo viola. His release, Fin de Siècle includes world premiere recordings of works by Büsser, Hüe and Honnoré, together with compositions by Chausson, Debussy, Enescu and Ravel. Power also features on Ian Bostridge and Sir Antonio Pappano s Shakespeare Songs, joint winner of the 2017 Grammy Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album. His next releases include Berlioz s Harold in Italy with the Bergen Philharmonic for Hyperion and Erkki-Sven Tüür s Illumination with the Tapiola Sinfonietta for Ondine, both recorded in Lawrence Power is founder and Artistic Director of West Wycombe Chamber Music Festival. Denis Kozhukhin Piano Winner of the First Prize in the 2010 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels at the age of 23, Denis Kozhukhin has established himself as one of the greatest pianists of his generation. Kozhukhin s performances have been praised by critics as spellbinding, imperious, and mesmerizing. Technically flawless, Kozhukhin combines wisely the brilliance and power of his playing with a masterful sense of form, maturity, and a very unique sensitivity. As a recitalist, recent and upcoming highlights include returns to the Concertgebouw s Master Pianists Series, Vienna Konzerthaus, Cologne Philharmonie, Wigmore Hall, Verbier Festival, London s International Piano Series, and the participation in the opening of the Boulez Saal in Berlin alongside Maestro Daniel Barenboim. His debut recording for the label Pentatone, featuring Grieg Piano Concerto and Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 with the Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin and Vassily Sinaisky was received with rave reviews, including Gramophone Editor s Choice and Disc of the Month in Fono Forum and Stereophone. His second album, including solo works by Brahms, was released in January Past seasons have seen Kozhukhin appear with Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / G. Noseda, Orchestre National de France / K. Yamada, Vienna Symphony / M. Alsop, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / V. Petrenko, BBC Symphony Orchestra / S. Oramo, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / T. Dausgaard, St. Petersburg Philharmonic / Y. Temirkanov, Houston Symphony / J. Hrůša, Seattle Symphony / L. Morlot, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart / A. Shokhakimov, Progetto Martha Argerich and at the most renowned concert halls, including Berliner Philharmonie, Kölner Philharmonie, Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Carnegie Hall, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Munich Herkulessaal, Rotterdam De Doelen, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and Théâtre du Châtelet. An avid chamber musician, Kozhukhin is frequently invited to international festivals such as Verbier Festival, Rheingau Music Festival, Intonations Festival, Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival, and has collaborated with such artists as Leonidas Kavakos, Michael Barenboim, Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, Janine Jansen, Vadim Repin, Julian Rachlin, the Jerusalem Quartet, the Pavel Haas Quartet, Radovan Vlatkovic, Jörg Widmann, Emmanuel Pahud and Alisa Weilerstein, amongst others. Born in Nizhni Novgorod, Russia, in 1986 into a family of musicians, Denis Kozhukhin began his piano studies at the age of five with his mother. As a boy, he attended the Balakirev School of Music where he studied under Natalia Fish. From 2000 to 2007, Kozhukhin studied at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid with Dimitri Bashkirov and Claudio Martinez-Mehner. Kozhukhin completed his studies at the Piano Academy at Lake Como, Italy, where he received advice from Fou Ts ong, Stanislav Yudenitch, Peter Frankl, Boris Berman, Charles Rosen and Andreas Staier, and with Kirill Gerstein in Stuttgart. In recent years he has been mentored by maestro Daniel Barenboim

8 Momentum Ensemble Powered by the Australian Youth Orchestra Momentum Ensemble launched in 2015, bringing together the boundless imagination and talent of Australia s best young instrumentalists. This dynamic group of musicians embark on journeys that explore unchartered musical territories. Fuelled by passion and creativity, the ensemble comes together to create unique moments in time that are shared between musicians and audiences alike. This innovative training pathway provides exclusive industry collaborations and mentorship for musicians who are at the cusp of their professional career. Arming its members with new skills and knowledge, Momentum Ensemble propels performers towards careers as performers, teachers, freelancers, and musical innovators. Matte Roffe Australian Dance Theatre Matte developed his passion for dance at the Cowra Ballet School in Cowra, NSW. Matte then furthered his training at Ev & Bow. In 2010 he was accepted into the New Zealand School of Dance, where he performed in numerous choreographic and graduation shows - choreographers included Jiří Kylián, Ross McCormack, and Lina Limosani. Matte graduated from the New Zealand School of Dance in 2012 and joined Australian Dance Theatre s ensemble. In 2013 Matte performed in the threemonth European tour of Proximity, the Australian tour of G, Proximity at the Arts Centre Melbourne and the premiere of Daniel Jaber s Nought. In 2014 Matte performed in ADT s European tour and Adelaide return season of Proximity, as well as the world premiere season of Multiverse. In 2015 he performed in the European touring of Multiverse and the national tour of Be Your Self. In 2016 Matte performed in the world premiere seasons of Habitus at the Adelaide Festival of Arts and The Beginning of Nature at WOMADelaide. Later that year he performed in the Australian premiere season of Objekt and was a featured choreographer and dancer in ADT s return season of Ignition with his work, WOOLF! In 2017 Matte performed in Garry Stewart s Doppelganger at the Art Gallery of South Australia, Be Your Self Melbourne return season, Be Your Self Redux national tour and The Beginning of Nature in South America. Zoë Dunwoodie Australian Dance Theatre At the age of five, Zoë s dance training began in her hometown of Mona Vale, NSW Australia. She then went on to further study at the New Zealand School of Dance, graduating in Whilst living in NZ, Zoë performed in the internationally renowned World Of Wearable Art Show (WOW), Wellington Fringe Festival and Tempo Dance Festival where she was nominated for Best Female Dancer. She also danced in numerous NZSD Choreographic and Graduation Seasons where she performed works by Craig Bary, Sarah Foster, Malia Johnston, Lina Limosani and Paul Taylor. Since joining Australian Dance Theatre (ADT) Zoë has performed in Be Your Self at Sydney Theatre, the 2013 Proximity European tour, Australian tour of G, Proximity at the Arts Centre Melbourne and the premiere season of Daniel Jaber s Nought. In 2014 Zoë performed in the return European tour and Adelaide season of Proximity. She also performed in Garry Stewart s Choreography with the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). In 2015 she performed in the Australian National Tour of Be Your Self and in the world premiere season of MALAGA - a work conceived, choreographed and directed by fellow ADT dancer Thomas Fonua as part of the TEMPO Dance Festival. In 2016 she performed in the world premiere season of Habitus at the Adelaide Festival of Arts as well as the world premiere season of The Beginning of Nature as part of WOMADelaide. Later that year she performed in the Australian premiere season of Objekt as well as the return season of ADT s choreographic season Ignition in Adelaide. In 2017 Zoë performed in Garry Stewart s Doppelganger, a piece featured as part of the exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia - Versus Rodin: bodies across space and time, Be Your Self Melbourne return season, Be Your Self Redux national tour and ADT s inaugural tour to South America with The Beginning of Nature

9 24 Curated by Nicolas Altstaedt Saturday 9 Monday 11 June 2018 Experience our flagship weekend event in its entirety and save 15%. Weekend Pass (5 concerts) Adult $229 Concession $208 Student $105 Evening/Afternoon Concerts Adult $60 Concession $55 Student $25 (C)age of Enlightenment Saturday 9 June 6.30pm Chronos and Kairos Sunday 10 June 6.30pm Visionary Friendship Monday 11 June 2.30pm Morning Concerts Adult $45 Concession $40 Student $25 Visual Polyphony Sunday 10 June 11.00am Teacher and Student Monday 11 June 11.00am Opening Celebration Saturday 9 June 8.15pm $40 Dinner Sunday 10 June 8.00pm $80 Lunch Monday 11 June 12.00pm $70 Book online at or by phone UKARIA Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit