SUNDAY 28 JUNE
11.30am, The Long Room
Admission Free
Patricia Pollett will move you with the viola interpretation of Richard Strauss’ intimate Morgen. Pianist Stephen Emmerson joins her for some Australian music by Elena Kats Chernin (Interludes) and Mark Isaacs (Night Songs). With a string quartet, they play Turina’s Spanish flavoured Scéne Andalouse. UQ graduate violinist Melinda Stocker and pianist Lana Hickson also play music by Debussy and Fazil Say.
Patricia Pollett is one of Australia’s leading string players. Formerly violist in the much recorded Italian string ensemble I Solisti Veneti, Patricia Pollett has studied with major international pedagogues including Peter Schidlof (Amadeus Quartet) and Bruno Giuranna (Berlin). A graduate of the University of Adelaide, Patricia has won numerous awards and competitions, including a Churchill Fellowship and an Australia Council International Study Grant. Always interested in new music for the viola, Patricia has commissioned and performed several new solo works by leading Australian composers, recorded several CDs, and is a founder member of the contemporary ensemble Perihelion. She was honoured for this work in 2004 with an APRA Australian Music Centre Classical Music Award for the Most Distinguished Contribution to the Presentation of Australian Composition by an Individual. She is in demand as a teacher, giving master classes for leading education institutions in Australia and overseas. She is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Queensland.
