Brisbane-born violinist, Dale Barltrop, is Concertmaster of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and First Violinist of the Australian String Quartet. He previously served as Concertmaster of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in Canada and Principal Second Violin of the St Paul Chamber Orchestra in the United States, having performed with all of these orchestras as soloist and director.

Barltrop has also appeared as Concertmaster of the Australian World Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, guest director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, ACO2 and the Camerata of St John’s chamber orchestra in Brisbane. He has performed at numerous music festivals across North America, including Mainly Mozart, Festival Mozaic, Music in the Vineyards, Yellow Barn, Kneisel Hall, Tanglewood and the New York String Seminar.

He performs on a violin crafted by JB Guadagnini, Turin, 1784, on loan from the Ukaria Cultural Centre.

MOZART Violin Sonata in F major, K.377
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No.6 in A major, Op.30 No.1
PROKOFIEV Violin Sonata No.2 in D major, Op.94bis

Dale Barltrop violin
Laurence Matheson piano

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After studying together with Laurence in the Young Academy program of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), Suyeon won the Symphony Australia Young Performer Award at the age of just 16 and relocated to Germany to continue her studies. She subsequently won the 2015 Michael Hill International Violin Competition, in addition to major prizes at many of the other top violin competitions.

She enjoys a brilliant career as a soloist, concertmaster and chamber musician, working with some of the world’s top musicians including Lukas Hagen, Clemens Hagen, Patricia Kopatschinskaja, Christian Tetzlaff and Stephen Isserlis. She is currently on faculty at the Hochschule fur Musik “Hanns Eisler” in Berlin, a member and leader of Camerata Bern and a founding member of Trio Boccherini in addition to her busy touring schedule and play/direct commitments.

Suyeon plays on a 1652 Nicolo Amati violin kindly on loan by Fondation Boubo-Music, as well as on a custom-made violin (2019) by Julia Maria Pasch (Vienna).

BRAHMS Violin Sonata No.2 in A major, Op.100
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor, Op.108
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No.9 in A major, Op.47 ‘Kreutzer’

Suyeon Kang violin
Laurence Matheson piano

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After studying together with Laurence in the Young Academy program of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), Suyeon won the Symphony Australia Young Performer Award at the age of just 16 and relocated to Germany to continue her studies. She subsequently won the 2015 Michael Hill International Violin Competition, in addition to major prizes at many of the other top violin competitions.

She enjoys a brilliant career as a soloist, concertmaster and chamber musician, working with some of the world’s top musicians including Lukas Hagen, Clemens Hagen, Patricia Kopatschinskaja, Christian Tetzlaff and Stephen Isserlis. She is currently on faculty at the Hochschule fur Musik “Hanns Eisler” in Berlin, a member and leader of Camerata Bern and a founding member of Trio Boccherini in addition to her busy touring schedule and play/direct commitments.

Suyeon plays on a 1652 Nicolo Amati violin kindly on loan by Fondation Boubo-Music, as well as on a custom-made violin (2019) by Julia Maria Pasch (Vienna).

BRAHMS Violin Sonata No.1 in G major, Op.78
SKIPWORTH Ode for violin and piano
BRAHMS Hungarian Dances WoO 1 (selections)
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No.9 in A major, Op.47 'Kreutzer'

Suyeon Kang violin
Laurence Matheson piano

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