Team of Pianists
...Artists in residence at 'Glenfern'
for the National Trust of Australia (Victoria)
ROHAN MURRAY completed the Master of Music Performance degree at the Victorian College of the Arts with First Class Honours. 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, and subsequently became the VCA's first PhD candidate. 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' most recent CD release, 'Schimmel Artists' Series'.
Upcoming Events
Twilight Chamber Music at Rippon Lea
Concert 5 - Piano Mania! A Team Showcase
Team partners - Rohan Murray , Darryl Coote and Robert Chamberlain present a mix of music for two, four and six hands at one and at two pianos. Program includes the two Suites by Rachmaninoff for two pianos, Prokofiev Sonata No. 7 or Scriabin Sonata No 9, plus Widmung by Schumann arranged by Liszt, for solo piano, duets by Bizet and works for three pianists.
Date and Time
Sunday August 16, 2020 at 6.30pm
Rippon Lea Ballroom, 192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick (Melway 67 E2)
Twilight Chamber Music at Rippon Lea
Concert 6 - The Sorrows of Young Werther
Elizabeth Sellars (violin), Caroline Henbest (viola), Molly Kadarauch (cello) and Rohan Murray (piano) with a program of chamber music including Brahms Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 60 and the Piano Quartet Op 69 by Mélanie Bonis, an intriguing and little known composer from the turn of the 20th Century.
Date and Time
Sunday September 20, 2020 at 6.30pm
Rippon Lea Ballroom, 192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick (Melway 67 E2)
Glenfern
Bow. Reed & Hammer - Magnificent Mozart and twentieth-century brilliance
Yi Wang (violin), Justin Beere (clarinet) and Darryl Coote (piano) in a program with works by Mozart, Saint-Säens, Milhaud, Ravel, Benjamin and Khatchaturian.
Date and Time
Sunday October 11, 2019 at 3.00pm
Glenfern, 417 Inkerman St, East St Kilda, VIC
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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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