Elizabeth Sellars - violin

Miwako Abe - violin

Molly Kadarauch - cello

Stephen Robinson - oboe

Tahnee van Herk- bassoon

Louise Page - soprano

Benedikte Daamgard - violin 

Pianist Roger Lord from Moncton won First Prizes in piano in the Canadian National Festival of Music as well as in the Canadian Music Competition. His various engagements have since taken him to some of the world's great cities such as Paris, Oslo, Montreal, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Quito, Cairo, Tunis, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, etc.

Dr. Roger Lord studied at Université de Moncton, McGill University, Université de Montréal, as well as in Paris and Strasbourg, France. He also attended special sessions of the Moscow Piano Institute in Russia at the Gnessin Music Academy. He holds a Doctorate in Music and is now a Professor of piano at the Université de Moncton.

In addition to his numerous concert appearances, Professor Lord is frequently invited as an adjudicator in various music competitions in Canada and abroad. He was recently in Australia as a member of the jury for the 2010 “Australian National Piano Award” in Shepparton.

Between June and October this year, he is performing Liszt’s best loved pieces on five continents from South America to Australia, from the Teatro Nacional Sucre in Quito to the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, including this special intimate performance for the Team of Pianists’ Rigg Bequest concert series in the drawing room in Glenfern, East St Kilda, Melbourne!

Guest Pianists:

Roger Lord

Kevin Kanisius Suherman

Matthew Kam

Hsiao-Ni Axtens

Zhang Chi

Elizabeth Sellars

violin

Under the guidance of the Takacs and Gabrieli String Quartets, Elizabeth became a founding member of the Techinski Quartet which went on to become the recipient of the inaugural John Tunnel Trust and Royal Overseas League Ensemble Prize and Miller Trophy. The Quartet toured extensively throughout Great Britain, broadcast for the BBC, played in the Queen Elizabeth Hall and appeared as group soloist with the Philharmonia Orchestra.

Elizabeth also played throughout Europe with the Academy of St Martins in the Fields and the English Chamber Orchestra.

Now resident in Australia, Elizabeth has played with Elision, Libra, Ensemble 24, and the Australian Chamber Orchestra. She has also lead and played with many of the Symphony Australia orchestras. In addition to recording for Naxos, she has broadcast for the ABC on Sunday Live and at Castlemaine and Port Fairy Festivals.

Her trio Temenos, who presented their inaugural series in 2001 were third prize-winners in the 9th Concorso Musicale Internazionale "Riviera del Conero" in Italy.

Elizabeth was appointed Lecturer in Violin at Monash University in 2003. She has recently been awarded an Australia Council grant to commission and record works for solo violin by two prominent Australian composers.

Louise Page is one of Australia's most highly regarded singers. She has won numerous prizes and competitions, including the inaugural Mietta's Song Recital Competition, the vocal grand final of the ABC Young Performer of the Year Award, the Belgian Radio and Television Opera en Bel Canto City of Ghent Prize and has also appeared as a soloist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Queensland Orchestra, the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, the Central Coast Symphony Orchestra and the National Capital Orchestra. She was a member of the Vienna State Opera