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Music By The Sea Est. 1997 Music By The Sea believes that ART is essential for the wellbeing of the community Music By The Sea acknowledges the traditional owners and first people of Brisbane; Turrbal and Jagera/Yuggera. We extend our respect to elders past and present and to all Indigenous Australians |
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Music By The Sea Concert Series
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Make a gift of music this year with TWO
choices of Concert Packages. 3 Classical Concert Package - Details below |
1 May 2021 - TRIO ARGENTI - Monika Koerner (flute), Trish O’Brien (cello), Alex Raineri (piano). Trio Argenti brings together three powerhouse Brisbane based musicians in a trio of flute, cello and piano. Program Composers: Weber, Poulenc, Martinů & Kapustin
3 July 2021 - UMBERTO CLERICI (cello) & DANIEL de BORAH (piano). Umberto has played as soloist & with renowned orchestras at some of the most important concert halls in the world. He was appointed as Principal Cello of SSO in 2014. DANIEL DE BORAH is firmly est'd as one of Australia’s foremost musicians, consistently praised for grace, finesse & imaginative intelligence of his performances. Program: Mendelssohn, Chopin
6 November 2021 - SPINA-BENIGNETTI PIANO DUO (Italy) - Four hands performance
Eleonora & Michele were awarded the prestigious “Diplôme Supéri eur d’Exécution” at Ecole Normale De Musique “Alfred Cortot” in June 2014 in Paris. Program: music of Schubert
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Multi-genre Package
3 Concert Package - Details below |
6 February 2021 - EISHAN ENSEMBLE - Middle-Eastern jazz ensemble. Led by acclaimed Persian-Australian tar player & composer, Hamed Sadeghi, Eishan Ensemble draws on contemporary & classical music traditions of both East & West. Their concert at The Music By The Sea will be part of their 2020 national tour before they head to Portugal & Spain for their European tour.
6 March 2021 - RILEY LEE - began playing the shakuhachi (bamboo flute) in Japan in 1971, studying with Chikuho Sakai until 1980 & was given the rank of Dai Shihan (grand master) in 1980. He has been instrumental in creating a professional presence of traditional Japanese music in Australia.
Riley will perform with Takako Nishibori on Koto
4 December 2021 - LLOYD SPIEGEL - acoustic blues guitarist, singer/song writer. Australian blues musician Lloyd Spiegel celebrated his 30th year on tour in 2019. Somewhere between songwriter, social worker & truth-seeker sits Lloyd, guitar in hand & a song at the ready. Don’t miss this incredible talent & charismatic personality!
6 March 2021 - RILEY LEE - began playing the shakuhachi (bamboo flute) in Japan in 1971, studying with Chikuho Sakai until 1980 & was given the rank of Dai Shihan (grand master) in 1980. He has been instrumental in creating a professional presence of traditional Japanese music in Australia.
Riley will perform with Takako Nishibori on Koto
4 December 2021 - LLOYD SPIEGEL - acoustic blues guitarist, singer/song writer. Australian blues musician Lloyd Spiegel celebrated his 30th year on tour in 2019. Somewhere between songwriter, social worker & truth-seeker sits Lloyd, guitar in hand & a song at the ready. Don’t miss this incredible talent & charismatic personality!
2 January 2021, 7:30pm, Sandgate Town Hall
Shenzo Gregorio Quartet - Gypsy Jazz
Shenzo Gregorio (violin), John Reeves (accordion), Peter Walters (double bass),
Cameron James (gypsy jazz guitar), Rachael Ward (vocals)
Shenzo Gregorio (violin), John Reeves (accordion), Peter Walters (double bass),
Cameron James (gypsy jazz guitar), Rachael Ward (vocals)
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photos by Jacques Maudy
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Virtuoso, Jazz musician, composer and stuntman, Shenzo Gregorio (Shenton Gregory) brings his Gypsy Jazz Quartet to Sandgate. Shenzo, a violinist and multi-instrumentalist, first discovered the music of Django Reinhardt at the age of 15. An epic 23 year-long journey of self discovery and touring followed, taking him to a plethora of countries the world over with highlights including the Montreux Jazz Festival and New York’s Carnegie Hall. Considered amongst peers to be one of the most creative violinists in Australia, Shenzo’s approach to the music of Django Reinhardt pays homage to the tradition while at the same time bringing an inventive flare to the art form.
Be prepared to be blown away with their incredible virtuosity!
Be prepared to be blown away with their incredible virtuosity!
6 February 2021, 7:30pm, Sandgate Town Hall
Eishan Ensemble - Middle-Eastern jazz ensemble
TICKETS
Before you purchase tickets for Eishan Ensemble, you might like to consider the 2020
'3 Multi-genre Concert Package'. See top of page for concert details or
Click here for 3 CONCERT PACKAGE
Led by acclaimed Persian-Australian tar player and composer, Hamed Sadeghi, Eishan Ensemble draws on contemporary and classical music traditions of both East and West. The ensemble’s repertoire consists predominantly of Sadeghi’s original compositions with diverse improvisatory idioms featured powerfully. Variously described as “Persian chamber jazz” and “Middle-Eastern jazz fusion”, Eishan Ensemble defies neat labels.
…astonishing power and convulsive impact.” – John Shand, SMH ★★★★1⁄2
…astonishing power and convulsive impact.” – John Shand, SMH ★★★★1⁄2
6 March 2021, 7:30pm, Sandgate Town Hall
RILEY LEE began playing the shakuhachi (bamboo flute) in Japan in 1971, studying was with Chikuho Sakai until 1980, and has been a student of Katsuya Yokoyama since 1984.He was given the rank of Dai Shihan (grand master) in 1980.
From 1973, Riley became the first non-Japanese to play taiko professionally, by touring internationally as a full-time performer of taiko (Japanese festival drums), yokobue (a high pitched bamboo transverse flute) and shakuhachi with Ondekoza (now called Kodo) a troupe of traditional Japanese musicians, performing with such groups as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and at venues such as Kennedy Center (Washington DC), Roundhouse Theatre (London), Espace Pierre Cardin (Paris), and the Boston Symphony Hall. |
Takako Nishibori is QLD’s eminent Koto performer and a passionate educator. She brings the classic sounds of Japan alive through her mastery of the Koto.
Takako began learning the Koto at the age of six. Takako studied the Koto with Grand Master Shizu Fujino. Takako is a member of JADE New World Collectives, a QPAC ensemble in residence; and Gen, a blues/roots inspired fusion duo of guitar and multiple Japanese instruments. |
10 April 2021, 7:30pm, Sandgate Town Hall
Barleyshakes manage to hold hands with the tradition of Irish music while infusing it with a fresh and contemporary spirit is remarkable. Intense energy, beautiful harmony, and irresistible dance rhythms are responsible for their longevity, performing since their inception in Dublin in 1995 and two members contributing to Fellowship of the Rings award winning soundtrack. Their new and 8th album “Irishtown” is being hailed as their best yet.
1 May 2021, 7:30pm, Sandgate Town Hall
Trio Argenti - Monika Koerner (flute), Trish O’Brien (cello), Alex Raineri (piano)
TICKETS
Before you purchase tickets, you might like to consider the '3 Concert Classical Package'
See top of page for concert details or Click here for CLASSICAL PACKAGE
1 May 2021, 7:30pm, Sandgate Town Hall
Trio Argenti - Monika Koerner (flute), Trish O’Brien (cello), Alex Raineri (piano)
TICKETS
Before you purchase tickets, you might like to consider the '3 Concert Classical Package'
See top of page for concert details or Click here for CLASSICAL PACKAGE
Formed in 2019, Trio Argenti brings together three powerhouse Brisbane based musicians in a trio of flute, cello and piano. Austrian flutist Monika Koerner is Artistic Director of Ensemble Trivium, appears regularly as principal flute with Camerata - Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra, and as guest artist with Ensemble Q, Southern Cross Soloists and QSO Chamber Players. Former Sydney Symphony principal cellist Trish O’Brien is co-Artistic Director of Ensemble Q and the Queensland International Chamber Music Competition, and leads an active performing career as soloist and chamber musician nationally and internationally. Brisbane pianist Alex Raineri is a member of Southern Cross Soloists, Artistic Director of the Brisbane Music Festival, and in high demand as soloist and chamber musician.
Program
Weber G minor Op 63
Poulenc Trio FP43, arranged by Trio Argenti
Interval
Martinů Trio H.300
Kapustin Trio Op 86
Program
Weber G minor Op 63
Poulenc Trio FP43, arranged by Trio Argenti
Interval
Martinů Trio H.300
Kapustin Trio Op 86
3 July 2021, 7:30pm, Sandgate Town Hall
Umberto Clerici (cello) and Daniel de Borah (piano)
performing works by Mendelssohn and Chopin
TICKETS
3 July 2021, 7:30pm, Sandgate Town Hall
Umberto Clerici (cello) and Daniel de Borah (piano)
performing works by Mendelssohn and Chopin
TICKETS
Before you purchase tickets, you might like to consider the '3 Concert Classical Package'
See top of page for concert details or Click here for CLASSICAL PACKAGE
See top of page for concert details or Click here for CLASSICAL PACKAGE
Umberto Clerici started studying the cello with the Suzuki method at the age of five. Umberto received several international prizes: at the Rostropovich in Paris and, in 2011, at the Čajkovskij in Moscow. Performed with Petersburg Philharmonic, Philharmonia Wien, Russian State Orchestra of Moscow. Umberto has performed as soloist at the Carnegie Hall in New York, the Musik Verein in Vienna, the great Shostakovich Hall of St Petersburg and Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome. In 2014 he was appointed as Principal Cello of the Sydney Symphony after he had been principal cello at the Royal Opera House in Turin for four years. He recorded several CDs with concertos, solo and chamber music and, in 2017, he realized two new solo recordings for ABC Classic.
Umberto plays a 1722 Matteo Goffriller from Venice and a 1758 Carlo Antonio Testore from Milan. |
Daniel de Borah is firmly established as one of Australia’s foremost musicians, consistently praised for the grace, finesse and imaginative intelligence of his performances. His busy performance schedule finds him equally at home as concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. Since his prize-winning appearances at the 2004 Sydney International Piano Competition, Daniel has given recitals on four continents and toured extensively throughout the United Kingdom and Australia. As a concerto soloist he has appeared with the English Chamber Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Auckland Symphony Orchestras.
Born in Melbourne in 1981, Daniel studied at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, the St. Petersburg State Conservatory and the Royal Academy of Music, London. |
Mendelssohn: Song without words op. 109 in D Major
Chopin: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65
Chopin: Songs without words n. 8 in D Major and n. 9 in G Major from op.74
Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Major, op. 5
Chopin: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65
Chopin: Songs without words n. 8 in D Major and n. 9 in G Major from op.74
Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Major, op. 5
6 November 2021, 7:30pm, Sandgate Town Hall
Spina-Benignetti Piano Duo (Italy) - Four hands performance
TICKETS
Spina-Benignetti Piano Duo (Italy) - Four hands performance
TICKETS
Before you purchase tickets, you might like to consider the '3 Concert Classical Package'
See top of page for concert details or Click here for CLASSICAL PACKAGE
See top of page for concert details or Click here for CLASSICAL PACKAGE
For Eleonora Spina and Michele Benignetti, the spirit of music courses through their veins. Coming from a strong musical lineage with backgrounds as soloist and chamber musicians, the duo have appeared as soloists with orchestras across Italy, France and The Netherlands. Eleonora and Michele’s partnership as a piano duo came to fruition in 2013, and was met with positive critical acclaim. In June 2014, they were awarded the prestigious “Diplôme Supérieur d’Exécution” at the Ecole Normale De Musique “Alfred Cortot” in Paris. The duo performs regularly throughout Europe, and they have also toured across South Africa, Asia, Australia and the USA. 2019 has been one of their busiest years to date, with over 50 concerts played in just 6 months. They are also professors and currently teach at the prestigious Conservatorium of Music “Cité de la Musique et de la Danse" in Soissons, in France. Additionally, they are often invited to give masterclasses in Italy, France and China.
Program
Franz Schubert “Grand Duo” Sonata for piano four hands D812
Franz Schubert Variations on an original theme in A flat major D813 for piano four hands
Franz Schubert Fantasia in f minor for piano four hands D940
4 December 2021, 7:30pm, Sandgate Town Hall
Lloyd Spiegel - acoustic blues guitarist, singer/song writer
TICKETS (on sale soon)
Lloyd Spiegel - acoustic blues guitarist, singer/song writer
TICKETS (on sale soon)
Before you purchase tickets for Lloyd Spiegel, you might like to consider the 2020
'3 Multi-genre Concert Package'. See top of page for concert details or
Click here for 3 CONCERT PACKAGE
'3 Multi-genre Concert Package'. See top of page for concert details or
Click here for 3 CONCERT PACKAGE
As Lloyd celebrates his 30th year on tour, he can’t recall a time before playing guitar. Picking up the instrument at age four, Lloyd played his first professional show at age ten and was touring the east coast of Australia at 12. By 16 he was on tour in the United States, cutting his teeth as a true travelling blues man. Lloyd’s travels not only honed his craft, earned him a swag of awards and brought him to take counsel with the founding fathers of modern blues – it taught him the most important part of being a blues musician: connecting with everyday people. Toured Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan., viewing himself as a social worker more than anything else – someone to help people forget about their worries for a few hours and put a smile on their face. Won awards as Best Artist and Best Album at the Australian Blues Awards.
Supported the likes of Ray Charles, Bob Dylan and Etta James.
In 2019, Lloyd releases his tenth album ‘Cut And Run’, the final part of an unexpected trilogy about personal redemption Lloyd didn’t even realise he was writing until it was finished.
Supported the likes of Ray Charles, Bob Dylan and Etta James.
In 2019, Lloyd releases his tenth album ‘Cut And Run’, the final part of an unexpected trilogy about personal redemption Lloyd didn’t even realise he was writing until it was finished.