Sunday, 6th November 2022
“Forgotten Romance”
Tobias Breider - viola with Grace Kim - piano
Tobias Breider - viola Tobias Breider, Principal Violist of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra since 2011, has established himself as one of Australia’s most asked for violists in chamber music and regularly collaborates with the country’s finest artists and ensembles such as EnsembleQ (Brisbane), the Australia Ensemble, Selby&Friends, Wilma&Friends, the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra and the Australia Octet. Internationally he was invited to perform at Festivals in the UK, South Africa, USA, Austria and his native Germany. In Australia he has performed at all Sanguine Estate and Bendigo Festivals, the UKARIA24 and Coriole Festival, the Townsville Festival, the the musical Marathons in Melbourne and at the Sydney Chamber Music Festival. Tobias is founding member of the Haveron-Breider-Clerici String Trio.
As a soloist Tobias has appeared at the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Town Hall, City Recital Hall, the Sydney Domain, Parrammatta Park and the Recital Centre Melbourne. In recitals he toured Queensland and Victoria.
Tobias teaches privately in Sydney, previous teaching engagements include the Britten/Pears School in Aldeburgh, the Shanghai Academy, Stellenbosch University (South Africa), the Sydney Conservatorium and ANAM. Tobias plays on a Brothers Amati Viola from 1626, generously loaned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
For more information on Tobias, see website:
www.sydneysymphony.com/musicians/tobias-breider |
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Grace Kim - piano A Winston Churchill Fellow, concert pianist, artistic director and music educator Grace Kim believes that quality live music should be accessible to everyone with a desire to hear it.
Her Sensory Concerts® and Mountain Concerts series ensure that it does. As a concerto soloist, Grace has performed with symphony orchestras of Australasia, Belgium, Russia, and Ukraine in some of the most prestigious venues. Respected by her peers, Grace is able to attract internationally-recognised colleagues to perform at her Mountain Concerts and Sensory Concerts series.
Among her numerous international and national prizes, the former child prodigy was a prizewinner of Bellini International Piano Competition (Italy), Citta di Marsala International Piano Competition, and National Keyboard Winner of the 2000 Symphony Australia Young Performers Award, also receiving the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Trust. After graduating from Sydney Conservatorium of Music, she gained two Master of Music degrees at Melbourne University and Rotterdam Conservatorium (Cum Laude) and was the 2002 Inaugural Fellow of the Australian National Academy of Music.
Many of her performances have been broadcast on radio and television. In 2006 she performed before Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands and Australian Governor General Major General Michael Jeffery at 400th anniversary celebrations of Dutch-Australian contact. In 2012, Grace performed before 200 international diplomats and ambassadors in Canberra, as well as in Parliament House for University of Melbourne 150-year celebration. She has also performed several times at the NSW Government House including at the Winston Churchill Fellowship’s 50th Anniversary National Convention before dignitaries.
Grace’s passion for chamber music has seen her regularly work with eminent artists, and in 2007/08 she was the Artistic Director of the Summer Concert Series in the celebrated Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Returning after living and working in the Netherlands for eight years, Grace is now based in the Blue Mountains and Sydney.
A mother of two young children, Grace is an advocate for quality music education. She founded Sensory Concerts® to provide quality classical music concerts for children and adults with sensory needs. In 2018, Grace also made her debut as an author, with "Noah's Story" written together with her son, about life with Asperger's Syndrome. Noah's Story is available globally online.
Grace currently teaches in the Rising Stars Program at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and undertaking research on "Calming effects of repetition in music for children with sensory sensitivities" at The MARCS Institute of Brain, Behaviour and Development.
For more information on Grace, see website:
www.gracekim.com.au |