Team of Pianists
...Artists in residence
for the National Trust of Australia (Victoria)
ROHAN MURRAY completed the first performance PhD in music at the Victorian College of the Arts. He is a member of the Golden Key Honour Society, and was a grand finalist and prize-winner at the 2000 Australian Piano Award. Rohan has performed as soloist with the Melbourne Youth Orchestra, the Victorian Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Melbourne University Choral Society, Monash Sinfonia and the New Monash Orchestra and has been the recipient of a number of awards and prizes. At the end of his Masters studies in 2002, he received an Australian Postgraduate Award Scholarship to undertake a PhD at the Victorian College of the Arts. He has performed in the Rigg Estate Recital Series, the National Trust's Twilight Concert Series at Rippon Lea, Labassa and Como as well as being frequent performer in the Melbourne International Festival over recent years. Rohan has also performed in Europe and Asia. He is a partner in the Team of Pianists and his performances have been the subject of broadcasts on ABC Classic FM as well as on the Team of Pianists' 'Schimmel Artists' Series' and ‘New Norcia’ CDs.
Upcoming Events
Rigg Bequest Classic Music 2024 - 2025: Concert 1
The Hollywood Connection at Barwon Park
Join Vivien Hamilton - mezzo-soprano, Josephine Vains - cello and Robert Chamberlain - piano for a reprise of their popular Hollywood-inspired recital, originally presented in Melbourne at Como House and Garden in April 2024.
In the National Trust mansion Barwon Park at Winchelsea, close by Geelong, you will enjoy fabulous works by Hollywood musical luminaries such as André Previn, Erich Korngold, Leonard Bernstein, Nino Rota, George Gershwin, Harold Arlen (Over the Rainbow), plus up-and-coming Australian composer Luke Severn, in a program ranging from one of the most moving song-cycles of the 20th century to show-tunes from Hollywood musicals!
Ticket prices include the recital, viewing of the mansion, and a country-style afternoon tea after the recital with the performers and other audience members. Don’t miss the opportunity to experience this especially appealing recital program in the splendour of the Barwon Park mansion!
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Date and Time
Sunday November 10, 2024 at 2.00pm
Barwon Park
105 Inverleigh Road
Winchelsea, VIC, 3241
Rigg Bequest Classic Music 2024 - 2025: Concert 2
An Archduke in Elsternwick! - Schumann, Beethoven & Fidge at Rippon Lea
Join tenor Michael Petruccelli, violinist Lucy Warren, cellist Anna Pokorny and pianist Darryl Coote, for a delightful program of chamber music featuring Beethoven’s mighty Archduke Trio Op 97, Schumann’s exquisite song cycle Liederkreis Op 39 and the world premiere of Australian composer Noel Fidge’s piano trio No 2.
Canapé refreshments on the pool terrace are included in the ticket price and there are bar drink sales before the recital and during interval. Enjoy these major works with talented artists in this special heritage venue. This recital features a specially discounted ticket price for current financial members of FOTOPS.
Date and Time
Tuesday November 19, 2024 at 6.30pm
The Ballroom
Rippon Lea Estate
192 Hotham St, Elsternwick, VIC, 3185
Rigg Bequest Classic Music 2024 - 2025: Concert 3
Forty Fingers at Rippon Lea! - The Team's End-of-year Celebration
Celebrate the end of 2024 in the Rippon Lea Ballroom, with this gala multi-piano event, featuring the Team of Pianists with special guest pianist Elyane Laussade!
Darryl Coote, Rohan Murray, Robert Chamberlain and Elyane Laussade will present a dramatic program of piano music for four, six and eight hands at one and two grand pianos. Enjoy canapé refreshments (included in the ticket price) and bar drink sales on the pool terrace, meet committee members of the Friends of the Team of Pianists (FOTOPS) and enjoy music and festivities in this special heritage venue.
This recital celebrates not only the end of 2024 but also the first concerts in TOP’s new multi-year C & C Rigg Bequest Classic Music in Historic Venues series. It also features a specially discounted ticket price for current financial members of the Friends of the Team of Pianists (FOTOPS). Read more here...
Date and Time
Tuesday December 10, 2024 at 6.30pm
The Ballroom
Rippon Lea Estate
192 Hotham St, Elsternwick, VIC, 3185
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Read about the other partners in the Team of Pianists
For many years, MAX COOKE has been a leading figure in music performance and education, and he has taught some very talented students some of whom are Professors of Music in Germany, Scotland and in Australia. His own performances have brought him together with famous musicians and conductors.
Read More...ROBERT CHAMBERLAIN is a versatile and accomplished pianist, with interests ranging from period performance to contemporary music and with specialisations including chamber and ensemble music. He studied for Bachelors and Masters degrees in Australia under Max Cooke, in Vienna as a winner of the Apex/Robert Stolz Scholarship, and also at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada.
Read More...Australian-Irish pianist DARRYL COOTE is a partner of the Team of Pianists, Artists-in-Residence at Glenfern for the National Trust of Australia (Victoria). His professional life encompasses activity as solo pianist, chamber musician, concerto soloist, teacher, adjudicator and administrator.
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