ChrisTOPHER Moore, ZOË BLACK & JOE CHINDAMO
MONDAY 16TH DECEMBER 2024 8PM
PERFORMERS
Christopher Moore, viola
Zoë Black, violin
Joe Chindamo, piano
PROGRAM
Bohuslav MARTINŮ Three Madrigals for violin and viola
Sergei RACHMANINOV Vocalise (arr. viola and piano)
Henri VIEUXTEMPS Cappricio for solo viola
Joe CHINDAMO Toccata for solo violin
Joe CHINDAMO Improvisation
Joe CHINDAMO Selection of duos for violin and piano
Joe CHINDAMO / Joseph HAYDN Variations
Johan HALVORSEN / G. F. HÃNDEL Passacaglia in G minor for violin and viola
TICKETS $26.50 | CONCESSION $22
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
CHRISTOPHER MOORE, VIOLA
Christopher studied piano and violin before he discovered his passion lay in the rich harmonic and rhythmic complexities of the inner voices – so he bought a viola and the rest is history. After ten years as Principal Viola of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, he is now Principal Viola of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and is in high demand as a soloist and chamber musician in Australia and abroad. His colleagues at the Melbourne Symphony have even allowed him to conduct a few things here and there.
He is the proud father of two wonderful daughters, Isabella and Dorothea. They both play musical instruments and sing in choirs, they’re just grand. Christopher also plays Theremin. If you don’t know what that is, just ask him.
Christopher is fortunate enough to play on a 1610 Giovanni Paolo Maggini viola - kindly on loan from an anonymous benefactor.
ZOË BLACK, VIOLIN
Zoë Black is a violinist's violinist, known for her beauty of sound and natural virtuosity. In 1989 she won the National Youth Concerto Competition and in 1991, the string section of the ABC Young Performers Awards.
After graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1992, Zoë was awarded grants from the Australia Council and Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee Trust as well as the major performance award of the Australian Music Foundation in London, which facilitated her studies at the Guildhall School of Music under David Takeno and subsequently at the Vienna Hochschule with Michael Schnitzler.
Zoë was appointed assistant leader of the Australian Chamber Orchestra in 1993, touring the world extensively. A committed chamber musician, in 2005 Zoë co-founded the Freshwater Trio with whom she toured nationally and internationally. She has also performed as soloist with various chamber and symphony orchestras and is a regular guest concertmaster with MSO and QSO.
Zoë returned to the ACO in 2012 in a part time capacity, where she regularly led the ACO Collective, performed as soloist and was an integral component of their educational program. More recently, Zoë was a guest leader of the Australian String Quartet in 2016, performing at Festivals in Victoria, WA and in Italy (Rome, Venice and Cremona).
"Everything Zoë Black touches turns to gold." - Francis Merson, musician and editor of limelight Magazine
JOE CHINDAMO, PIANO
Joe Chindamo is a musical polyglot whose art defies classification. While forging an international career as a brilliant jazz pianist - producing 23 CDs, topping the jazz charts in Japan, winning a slew of awards (including being inducted into the Bell Award Hall of Fame in 2016) and touring the world with the genre’s leading figures- he was working as first- call pianist on over 60 film soundtracks and performing & recording with a plethora of leading artists from the worlds of opera, jazz, theatre and pop.
More recently Chindamo has emerged as a coveted new voice in contemporary classical composition, receiving numerous commissions from Australia’s leading soloists, chamber groups and symphony orchestras, including the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Australian String Quartet, Camerata and the Melbourne and Queensland Symphony Orchestras.
In 2011 Joe co-founded the innovative duo with Zoë Black. The duo has performed at all the major festivals in Australia and recorded three ARIA nominated CDs, (Reimaginings, Dido's Lament and their re-versioning of The Goldberg Variations, premiering the latter at Carnegie Hall in 2015). The duo made their debut Italian performance at the Spinacorona Festival in Naples, at the invitation of renowned pianist Michele Campanella in 2018, and are invited to perform the aforementioned Goldberg Variations at the Bach Festival in Leipzig in 2020. A passionate teacher and tutor, Zoë has taught and tutored at Melbourne University, VCA, VCASS and Monash University.