Location and date:
Sunday, 2.30pm.
Old Library Building Arts Centre
7 Rust Avenue, Whangarei
Overview:
This concert “Love, Passion, Romance” is a violin and piano recital with a great variety of pieces and diverse styles of music, taking the audience on an exciting and very emotional musical journey. As the title suggests, the repertoire will be looking at the different forms of love; from Brahms’ love towards nature that inspired him to create the 2 nd Violin Sonata the most tender and joyous of sonatas, Clara’s sublime and ethereal “Three Romances” to Dellapiccola’s affection of Italian Baroque in his “Tartriniana Seconda” and Ravel’s fascination of the gypsy culture that led him to compose the passionate and exuberant “Tzigane”.
Apart from some of the most beloved staple pieces for violin & piano, the concert will also include the NZ premiere of Petrovski’s “Bric – a – Brac” and for many, a personal premiere of the rarely performed “Tartiniana Seconda” by Dellapiccola.
The Ristov Duo with this concert invites the audience to join the worldwide 2025 celebration of Ravel’s 150th birthday anniversary.
Programme
S. Petrovski “ Bric – a Brac”
L. Dellapiccola “Tartiniana seconda”
C. Schumann “Three Romances”
B. Bartok “Romanian Dances”
Interval
J. Brahms – Sonata N.2 in A – major
M. Ravel – “Tzigane”J. Brahms – Sonata N.2 in A – majorM. Ravel – “Tzigane
Marko Pop Ristov, violinist, graduated from the Royal College of Music (London) with a BMus in 2009. He attained his Masters in Chamber Music from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, during which time he also performed his Barbican debut in 2012.
At only 16 years, Marko was invited and awarded a scholarship to study with Prof. Pavel Vernikov at the “Scuola di Musica di Fiesole”. Marko has since been awarded first prize in several international competitions including “Performing Australian Music” (London, 2008), “Giovanni Batista Pergolesi” (Italy, 2003) and “Peter Konjovich” (Yugoslavia, 2001). Marko has also appeared as a soloist with “Kensington Sinfonia” (UK), “Orchestra de Ragazzi” (Italy), “Bitola Chamber Orchestra” and “National Symphony Orchestra” (Macedonia). Whilst in London, Marko received coaching from eminent musicians and artists such as the: “Bedke Quartet”, “Chilingarina Quartet”, “Domus Quartet”, “Belcea Quartet”, “Florestan Trio” and many more.
With his ensemble, the ‘Ristov Piano Quartet’, Marko has performed in festivals across the UK, France, Switzerland, Macedonia, Kosovo and Serbia. In 2010, the quartet was invited to perform the “Rombach” piano trio by P. Dusapin for the BBC Proms.
Since his arrival in New Zealand in 2013, Marko is a regular player with the APO and ACO as well as section leader of “Bach Musica”. In 2021, Marko was offered a place and awarded a full scholarship to do a DMA research at the Waikato University in Hamilton, NZ.
In 2022 Marko was invited to take the role of concertmaster with the NBO (No Borders Orchestra) and toured for their 2022 and 2023 seasons. In 2022, with the Orion Piano Trio, he also had a tour with 8 concerts around the North Island in NewZealand.
The newly formed Velkro Ensemble, with Marko, in 2022, released the recording of the violin and cello duet of the R. Gliere 8 pieces In June 2023 they had a concert tour around Italy. In November 2023 they released a recording of the J. Brahms piano trio in B major.
David Kelly is a repetiteur and pianist based in Tāmaki Makaurau, New Zealand. Recent projects include Tristan und Isolde (Auckland Philharmonia), Wozzeck (Orchestra, Wellington) and Rigoletto (New Zealand Opera). He is a coach and accompanist at the
Universities of Auckland and Waikato, at the New Zealand Opera School. He performs regularly with the Auckland Philharmonia and Auckland Chamber Orchestra. David has performed in concerts and masterclasses with artists such as Dame Kiri te Kanawa,
Simon O’Neill, Pene Pati, Della Jones, Simon Keenlyside, Håkan Hagegård and Dennis O’Neill. He appears alongside flutist Luca Manghi on the critically applauded recital di Quays (Atoll Records, ACD 882). He is also a member of the Donizetti Trio which
undertook tours for Chamber Music New Zealand in 2014 and 2019. David studied at the University of Canterbury with Diedre Irons and Maurice Till and is a graduate of the Australian Opera Studio.