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14 JULY 2017, 6.30PMCITY RECITAL HALL

PRESENTING PARTNER

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“Thank you so much for the most wonderful experience you gave our daughter. She learnt so much in the

week and was so inspired and excited to perform with the ACO. We had never seen her practice so hard!”

Kevin and Namiko Su, Sydney

ACO Academy offers an inspirational week of intensive workshops with ACO tutors for top-level secondary students who

play violin, viola, cello or double bass.

Students work with ACO musicians to hone their skills in technical accuracy and learn about the ACO’s unique style and

interpretation. They build confidence in communicating physical and emotional energy to engage and inspire audiences.

Students get to see behind-the-scenes at the ACO, and also have the opportunity to chat with ACO musicians who

share valuable information and advice on careers in music performance and management.

The week includes:

• Chamber orchestra rehearsals focusing on ensemble, technical accuracy, interpretation, and style;

• Chamber music tutorial sessions;

• Presentations by ACO musicians and staff on careers and pathways in music; and

• A free public concert.

If you or someone you know would like to be a part of next year’s ACO Academy, visit aco.com.au/academy

to find out more and how to apply.

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MESSAGE FROM THE MANAGING DIRECTOR

Richard Evans

Managing Director

Australian Chamber Orchestra

Investing in the next generation of Australian musicians is at the very heart

of the ACO’s National Education Program and ACO Academy is one of its

crowning achievements. Every July school holiday since 2012, the ACO has

conducted this week-long Academy for school-aged string players, under

the leadership of Aiko Goto, one of the ACO’s finest violinists. Joining her for

this adventure are several ACO musicians as coaches, mentors, inspirers,

and section leaders.

The journey began when 22 young musicians from all over the country were

selected via YouTube auditions. What you hear this evening is the result of

an intensive week of rehearsals, lessons, masterclasses and chamber music

tutorials. In its six years, ACO Academy has been held in Sydney, Melbourne

and, for the first time last year, in Brisbane. We are thrilled once again to

return to the magnificent City Recital Hall for this performance.

We are delighted to be able to hold such events as Academy, just one part of

our National Education Program. All of the ACO’s educational activities are

funded by you, our supporters, donors, subscribers and friends. With generous

donors who believe in music’s ability to transform lives, the ACO has been able

to take music into schools in every state and territory.

I’d like to pay tribute to BNP Paribas, who for the first time this year are the

presenting partner of ACO Academy. Thank you for your visionary facilitation

of such a vital part of securing our country’s musical future.

I would also like to salute the Patrons of our Education Program, Marc and

Eva Besen and Janet Holmes à Court for their faith in the ACO’s mission.

May their example inspire many others to contribute so we can reach more

and more young people every year.

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MESSAGE FROM BNP PARIBAS, CEO

James Gibson

Chief Executive Officer

BNP Paribas Australia & New Zealand

On behalf of BNP Paribas, I am delighted to present ACO Academy, an

inspirational week of intensive rehearsals and performances with Australian

Chamber Orchestra musicians for outstanding primary and secondary school

string players.

Our support of the ACO over the last 11 years has been a natural fit because we

share many common goals: to lead our respective fields by being innovative,

energetic and committed.

Commitment is something we hold in great esteem at BNP Paribas and we are

very proud of our 135-year history supporting the local Australian economy and

the aspirations of our clients. We are now investing in the next generation of

Australian musicians.

The BNP Paribas Foundation has been engaged in major philanthropic initiatives

for over 30 years, focussing our activities across three main fields: the Arts, Social

Inclusion and the Environment. We approach our philanthropic partnerships

in the same way we approach business: we nurture close collaboration to fully

understand our partners’ needs and provide long-term support.

We trust that you will enjoy this performance by some of the finest young

musicians in the country.

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Aiko Goto Leader & Violin

Vincent Lo Cello

VIVALDI L’Olimpiade, RV725: Sinfonia

HAYDN Divertimento for Cello and String Orchestra in D major

SUK

Serenade for Strings in E-flat major, Op.6

MUSICIANS ON STAGE

Aiko Goto Leader & Violin * Chair sponsored by Anthony & Sharon Lee Foundation

Liisa Pallandi Violin * Chair sponsored by The Melbourne Medical Syndicate

Thibaud Pavlovic-Hobba Violin * #

Nicole Divall Viola * Chair sponsored by Ian Lansdown

Nathan Greentree Viola #

Melissa Barnard Cello * Chair sponsored by Martin Dickson AM & Susie Dickson

Ruben Palma Cello #

David Campbell Double Bass ^

Esther Kim Harpsichord

* ACO# Emerging Artist Alumni^ Sydney Symphony Orchestra

ACADEMY STUDENTS

Violin

Natalie Kendy

Matthew Lau

Jasmine Milton

Rena Mori

Yasmin Omran

John Paterson

Ariana Ricci

Emily Su

Edward Walton

Anica Wong

Grace Wu

Candice Yang

Viola

Jonathan Bruhl

Jeremy Egerton

Emily Evans

Jamie Miles

Cello

Isaac Davis

Lucinda Machin

Charlotte Miles

Benett Tsai

Double Bass

Emily Green

Sebastian Pini

PROGR A M

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ANTONIO VIVALDI

Born Venice, 1678. Died Vienna, 1741.

L’OLIMPIADE, RV725: SINFONIA

I. Allegro

II. Andante

III. Allegro

IV. Allegro molto

Antonio Vivaldi first revealed his love for the theatre in 1713, with the premiere

of Ottone in Villa, his first known opera. For nearly 30 years after, Vivaldi

travelled throughout Italy and Europe overseeing productions of his works.

Recent scholarship has identified over 45 libretti set by Vivaldi, and no less

than 65 different productions, which include revivals and arrangements. These

figures alone count him amongst the most prolific opera composers of his

time, and though Vivaldi didn’t introduce musical innovations in his works for

the stage, they nonetheless possess a unique dramatic character.

The Sinfonia from his opera L’Olimpiade sets the stage for a story that takes

place during the ancient Greek Olympics, with a plot that unfolds around two

close friends and competitors, both in love with women they’re forbidden from

meeting. The plot becomes more and more tangled as different characters

swap identities and fall in love with one another. Stories in which lovers

misunderstood one another and become reconciled were enormously popular

with 18th-century audiences – indeed, more than 50 composers between 1733

and 1815 would set Pietro Metastasio’s libretto for L’Olimpiade.

Musically, Vivaldi seems to be engaging in a degree of one-upmanship against

his Neapolitan compositional counterparts, not only by setting a libretto by

Metastasio, their favourite librettist, but by adopting some of their musical

mannerisms in the process.

JOSEPH HAYDN

Born Rohrau, 1732. Died Vienna, 1809.

DIVERTIMENTO FOR CELLO AND STRING ORCHESTRA IN D MAJOR

I. Adagio

II. Menuetto

III. Allegro di molto

Between 1766 and 1775, while employed by Prince Nikolaus I of Esterházy,

Joseph Haydn composed more than 125 trios for viola, cello and an

instrument the Prince played called a baryton. The baryton is a bowed string

Antonio Vivaldi

Joseph Haydn

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instrument resembling a viola da gamba, with seven gut strings plus 16-20

wire strings that can be plucked or left to vibrate sympathetically to the

bowed gut strings, enriching the tone of the instrument.

The Divertimento for cello and strings in D major was adapted from these so

called “baryton trios” by the cellist Gregor Piatigorsky and published in 1944.

Most of the musical material derives from Baryton Trio No.113 in D major,

however, Piatigorsky’s adaptation is less a straightforward arrangement than

a new work created from Haydn’s music by merging the original baryton and

viola lines, then recomposing around them.

Versions of the Divertimento exist for cello or viola and piano, as well as for

cello and string orchestra, which is the version presented here.

JOSEF SUK

Born Krecovice, 1874. Died Benešov, 1935.

SERENADE FOR STRINGS IN E-FLAT MAJOR, OP.6

I. Andante con moto

II. Allegro ma non troppo e grazioso

III. Adagio

IV. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo presto

Aged only 11, the gifted Josef Suk left his Bohemian village and signed on at

the Prague Conservatory. His teachers included the famous violinist Hanus

Wihan, and the rather more famous composer Antonín Dvořák. Suk’s was

a remarkably successful musical career, chiefly as the second violin in the

Czech (Bohemian) Quartet, with whom he played around 4,000 concerts in

40 years. He is also regarded as a major Czech composer, although

interestingly this Serenade is probably his best-known work.

The Serenade was written in his final year at the Conservatory, where he had

chosen to stay on for extra postgraduate study. He seems to have fallen into

the earnestness that afflicts many young composers who want to be taken

seriously, for Dvořák asked him to ‘produce something cheerful to give us a

rest from all these eternal monuments in minor keys’. The Serenade, no doubt

in part a tribute to Dvořák’s own popular work, is gorgeously sunny and must

surely have fulfilled the cheerfulness requirement. Certainly, Brahms thought

so; he urged his publishers to represent the work, which they did – a neat

echo of Brahms’ support of Dvořák many years before.

Suk went on to become Dvořák’s son in law, and his natural successor at the

Conservatory and in the historical ranks of Czech musicians.

Australian Chamber Orchestra © 2017

Josef Suk

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Aiko has been a member of the Australian Chamber Orchestra since 1998. The

grand niece of Dr Suzuki, she began her violin training at the age of three with

the Suzuki Method and studied at the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Japan.

Aiko received a scholarship to study at the Juilliard School in New York under

Dorothy DeLay and Masao Kawasaki, graduating in 1994. In 1995, she made

her New York debut at the Carnegie Weil Recital Hall, receiving the highest

critical acclaim, and in 1997 she performed for the International Refugee Fund

attended by the Japanese Royal Family. Aiko was the Coordinator of Strings at

Newark School of the Arts in the USA until 1998.

She has been a member of the Saito Kinen Orchestra since 1995, directed by

Seiji Ozawa (leading the Saito Kinen Festival ‘gig’ in 2014). Since 2000 she has

held annual solo recitals in Sydney and at the Japanese Embassy in Canberra,

and in 2006 gave recitals in Tokyo for the Australia-Japan Year of Exchange.

In 2011 Aiko was invited to be Guest Director and soloist with the Willoughby

Symphony Orchestra, and performed in ‘Concert for Japan’, raising funds for

the Tohoku Japan Earthquake and Tsunami appeal. Every two years Aiko plays

at Nobuko Imai’s Viola and Chamber Music Festival in Japan, and she is a

member of Sydney’s Sonus Piano Quartet.

Aiko enjoys teaching and sharing her love of music with young musicians. She

is a mentor for the ACO Emerging Artists Program and ACO Collective, and

has tutored at the Australian Youth Orchestra’s National Music Camp. Aiko

has directed the ACO Academy program in July annually since 2012. She also

directed the ACO2 tour of Tasmania in 2012.

In August 2016, Aiko received a commendation from the Japanese Foreign

Ministry on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Basic

Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Japan and Australia.

Aiko performs on a violin made by the French instrument maker

Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume.

Chair sponsored by Anthony & Sharon Lee Foundation

A IKO GO T O LEADER & VIOLIN

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Vincent has recently completed a Bachelor of Music degree, majoring in

performance, at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he held a merit

scholarship.

Vincent began learning the cello at an early age, and under the inspiring

tutelage of Georg Pedersen. He made his debut as a soloist with the Suzuki

international Conference Orchestra in 2007. Since then, Vincent has performed

as a soloist with the Kur-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sydney

Conservatorium Orchestra, the Ryde Hunters Hills Orchestra, and the North

Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Vincent’s past achievements include the Senior Prize winner of the Ku-ring-gai

Concerto Competition, and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Concerto

competition. Recently, Vincent won the Fine Music 102.5 Young Virtuoso Award

for NSW, was the runner up in the Balmain Sinfonia Concerto Competition as

well as the Alf & Pearl Pollard memorial award for performance excellence. In

2016, Vincent won the NSW Doctors Orchestra Instrumental Scholarship of the

Sydney Eisteddfod. Vincent has also participated in numerous masterclasses

with cellists such as Thorleif Thedeen, Josephine Knight, Tamas Vargas, Gavriel

Lipkind and Steven Isserlis.

He currently studies with Umberto Clerici.

V INCEN T L O CELLO

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The ACO pays tribute to the Patrons of our National Education Program, which focuses on the development of young

Australian musicians. These initiatives are pivotal in securing the future of the ACO and the future of music in Australia.

We are extremely grateful for the support that we receive.

If you would like to make a donation or remember the ACO with a gift in your will, or would like to direct your support in

other ways, please contact Jill Colvin on (02) 8274 3835 or jill.colvin@aco.com.au

ACO NATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM

PATRONS

Marc Besen AC & Eva Besen AO

Janet Holmes á Court AC

EMERGING ARTISTS AND EDUCATION PATRONS $10,000+

Mr Robert Albert AO & Mrs Libby Albert

Geoff Alder

Australian Communities Foundation – Ballandry Fund

Steven Bardy & Andrew Patterson

The Belalberi Foundation

Anita & Luca Belgiorno-Nettis Foundation

Guido Belgiorno-Nettis AM & Michelle Belgiorno-Nettis

Helen Breekveldt

Rod Cameron & Margaret Gibbs

Michael & Helen Carapiet

Stephen & Jenny Charles

Rowena Danziger AM & Ken Coles AM

Irina Kuzminsky & Mark Delaney

Kate & Daryl Dixon

Mr & Mrs Bruce Fink

Dr Ian Frazer AC & Mrs Caroline Frazer

Ann Gamble Myer

Daniel & Helen Gauchat

Hilary Hall

In memory of Wilma Collie

Eureka Benevolent Foundation

Di Jameson

Miss Nancy Kimpton

Bruce & Jenny Lane

Liz & Walter Lewin

Andrew Low

Anthony & Suzanne Maple-Brown

Jim & Averill Minto

Louise & Martyn Myer Foundation

Jennie & Ivor Orchard

James Ostroburski & Leo Ostroburski

Bruce & Joy Reid Trust

Mark & Anne Robertson

Margie Seale & David Hardy

Rosy Seaton & Seumas Dawes

Tony Shepherd AO

Anthony Strachan

Leslie C. Thiess

David & Julia Turner

Shemara Wikramanayake

Libby & Nick Wright

E Xipell

Peter Young AM & Susan Young

Anonymous (3)

DIRETTORE $5,000 – $9,999

The Abercrombie Family Foundation

Jon & Cheyenne Adgemis

Geoff Ainsworth & Jo Featherstone

Stephen & Sophie Allen

Peter Atkinson

Will & Dorothy Bailey Charitable Gift

Veronika & Joseph Butta

Philippa & Bernard Catchpole

Darrel & Leith Conybeare

Suellen and Ron Enestrom

Paul & Roslyn Espie

Bridget Faye AM

JoAnna Fisher & Geoff Weir

David Maloney & Erin Flaherty

Angelos & Rebecca Frangopoulos

Kay Giorgetta

Louise Gourlay OAM

Warren Green

Tom & Sherry Gregory

Liz Harbison

Philip Hartog

Annie Hawker

Insurance Group Australia Limited

I Kallinikos

The Key Foundation

Kerry Landman

Anthony & Sharon Lee Foundation

In memory of Dr Peter Lewin

Lorraine Logan

Macquarie Group Foundation

David Maloney & Erin Flaherty

Alexandra & Lloyd Martin Family Foundation

Libby and Peter Plaskitt

John Rickard

Paul Schoff & Stephanie Smee & Friends

Greg Shalit & Miriam Faine

Peter & Victoria Shorthouse

Sky News Australia

Petrina Slaytor

Howard & Hilary Stack

Jeanne-Claude Strong

Alenka Tindale

Ivan Wheen

Cameron Williams

Hamilton Wilson

Woods5 Foundation

Anonymous (5)

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We thank our government and corporate partners, the trusts and foundations and the many generous patrons of our

National Education Program who have made this performance possible.

THANK YOU

GOVERNMENT PARTNERS

PATRONS – NATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM

Marc Besen ac & Eva Besen ao Janet Holmes à Court ac

TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS

Holmes à Court Family Foundation The Ross Trust

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Richard Tognetti AO Artistic DirectorRichard Evans Managing DirectorVicki Norton Education ManagerCaitlin Gilmour Education Coordinator

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