Cello: Chris Howlett
 
Chris Howlett is currently a popular cellist in Australia. He graduated in 2007 at the top of his class with First Class Honors at the University of Melbourne which included semester on scholarship in Vienna with Howard Penny. Following graduation and launching his professional career he continued to take lessons in London with Richard Lester as part of the McKenna Fellowship and was part of the performance class at the Australian National Academy of Music.
 
Chris has been described as “…one of Australia’s finest emerging talents” and has been a finalist and prize winner at a number of chamber music competitions including the prestigious Trio di Trieste International Competition, the Asia Pacific Chamber Music Competition and The Hamburg International Chamber Music Competition.
 

 

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Piano: Rosalie Riebl
 
Rosalie Riebl was born in Melbourne and began to learn piano at the age of 5. Six years later, she began to study with Professor Frank and then with the Dean of the Australian National Conservatory of Music. At the age of 14, she moved to Vienna and studied art performance at the University of Vienna. During this period, she performed a series of piano recitals and chamber music performances in Salzburg and Vienna. In addition, she participated in a number of Karl-Heinz Kämmerling’s courses held in Germany and the Netherlands. After returning to Australia, Rosalie continued to study piano at the Australian National Conservatory of Music. Two years later, Rosalie traveled to New York and then decided to move to London. She has a strong interest in the film production and music arrangement. Eventually she moved back to Sydney and received a first class honour awarded by the Sydney Conservatory of Music.
 
 
Program:
 
01.   Bruch: Kol Nidre
02.   Popper: Hungarian Rhapsody
03.   Fauré: Élégie
04.   Saint Saens: The Swan
05.   Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 in e minor, Op.38
I.       Allegro non troppo
II.    Allegretto quasi menuetto
III.  Allegro
(The work comprises three movements. Please don't clap between the movements.)
 
Intermission
 
06.   Overture of Spring Festival
07.   Simple Farewell
08.   Simple Farewell
09.   Hankun Sha：Pastoral
10.   Morning in the Mountain Village
11.   Glowing Red Morning Star Lilies
12.   Moonlight over the Spring River
13.   Harvest Celebration
 
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