Flinders Quartet, Melbourne’s premier string quartet, makes its debut appearance at North Sydney’s Independent Theatre this June as part of the Winter Concert Series, with special guest cellist, Timo-Veikko Valve in a program of chamber pieces for strings by Schubert, Boccherini and Sculthorpe. Australia’s much loved composer, Peter Sculthorpe said that he viewed his whole…
The Flinders Quartet comprising violinists Shane Chen and Nicholas Waters, violist Helen Ireland and cellist Zoe Knighton joined by gust cellist Timo-Veikko Valve, perform the music of Boccherini, Schubert and Sculthorpe. Included in the programme is Schubert’s Quintet for String Quartet and Cello, voted number two in Australia’s top 100 chamber works by ABC Classic FM listeners. “Schubert’s…
The Flinders Quartet (FQ) invites applications from composers to submit a short work for string quartet to be workshopped by the members of the quartet and composition mentor, Brenton Broadstock, resulting in a professionally recorded live performance. Submissions close on 7 September 2016 (5pm AEST), and will be reviewed by Flinders Quartet and a small panel…