German cellist Daniel Müller-Schott joins ACO2, with ACO Principal Cellist Timo-Veikko Valve and Director and Violinist Richard Tognetti, for a programme of Vivaldi cello concerti, string works by Handel, Rautavaara, Stravinsky and Bartók, and Bloch’s From Jewish Life. Richard Tognetti, calls this program “a classic showcase of string orchestra repertoire”. Daniel Müller-Schott plays a 1727 Venetian made “Ex Shapiro” Matteo…
Old and new violins are the stars of the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s opening 2013 concerts in Sydney. Richard Tognetti plays his treasured 270-year-old Guarneri del Gesù violin as soloist in his favourite Mozart Violin Concerto (No.3) and leads the Australian Chamber Orchestra in symphonies by Mozart and Haydn. Australian composer Brett Dean joins the orchestra to…
The Australian Chamber Orchestra has again impressed on the international stage with its performance at the Edinburgh Festival, an achievement whose significance is swelled by the knowledge that performing at this hallowed event is strictly at the invitation of Festival Director Jonathan Mills. With Richard Tognetti directing from the violin, the concert was simulcast on BBC3 and included works…