The Goldner String Quartet at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music

The Goldner String Quartet at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music

The Goldner Quartet is an ensemble of which Sydney can be rightly proud. Established in 1995, the founding members, violinists Dene Olding and  Dimity Hall, viola player Irina Morozova and cellist Julian Smiles, continue to perform together and have gained recognition as an ensemble of excellence both at home and abroad. In addition to their busy…

Selby and friends – a feast of rarities

Selby and friends – a feast of rarities

For the fourth tour of the 2012 Selby & Friends concert season, pianist Kathryn Selby is joined by British violinist Elizabeth Layton, former member of the famed Nash Ensemble and leader of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Australian violist Glen Donnelly and virtuoso cellist Julian Smiles, in a program of masterpiece for piano quartet. The programme includes My Song…

‘Magical miniatures’ from Selby and friends

‘Magical miniatures’ from Selby and friends

  Pianist Kathy Selby teams up with clarinettist Cathy McCorkill and cellist Julian Smiles for Selby and Friends’ third tour of the year called  Magical Miniatures. The programme features bite-sized pieces of music written for various combinations of this classic trio of instruments. The programme includes music by three great German Romantic masters, Bruch, Brahms and Schumann, French impressionists Debussy and Fauré,…