“My love of the music of Mozart started with the movie Amadeus. I saw that film when I was quite young and it just blew me away … melodies … so nuanced … so memorable … I couldn’t get them out of my mind.” Kristian Bezuidenhout

Born in South Africa, raised in Australia, educated in the US and now a resident of the UK, pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout is one of the world’s leading performers of Mozart. Since 2009, he has been recording the complete keyboard music of Mozart. As a pianist, Mozart’s own performances stunned Viennese concertgoers and paved the way for the likes of Beethoven and the Romantics to follow.

Alongside Richard Tognetti and an intimate ACO ensemble, Kristian takes on Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.13. Mozart himself wrote that this concerto could be “performed with full orchestra … or merely a quattro”, which is how it will be presented here.

Schumann’s String Quartet and Piano Quintet, both written in 1842 (his year of chamber music and not long after he married his beloved Clara), complete the program. Fresh, buoyant and inventive, these two magnificent works have been called “the most perfect of all the products of his genius.”

PROGRAM

SCHUMANN String Quartet No.3 in A major
MOZART Piano Concerto No.13 in C major
SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E-flat major

ARTISTS

Richard Tognetti Director & Violin
Kristian Bezuidenhout Piano

UNDER 30 AND STUDENT RUSH TICKETS

• Under 30 tickets are $49 for anyone aged 30 years and under for ACO Concerts. A valid proof of ID must be presented.
• $20 Student Rush tickets are available at the box office an hour before each concert. A valid full-time student ID card must be presented upon purchase to receive the discount.

PRESENTED BY Australian Chamber Orchestra

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