MAC to showcase classical music stars during April

Published on 12 April 2021

Sunraysia classical music fans are in for a treat at Mildura Arts Centre (MAC) this month with two internationally recognised performances in the space of a week, starting with KIAZMA.

KIAZMA is a piano duo featuring the brilliance of nationally recognised pianists Aura Go and Tomoe Kawabata who will perform Lost Dances.

Representing a first for MAC, KIAZMA will perform their four-handed program on Thursday 22 April in a show sure to delight local audiences.

Councillor for Arts, Culture and Heritage Mark Eckel said the inclusion of Mildura in KIAZMA’s calendar of performances was a result of MAC’s ongoing close relationship with Melbourne Recital Centre.

“Mildura Arts Centre is fortunate to enjoy a special relationship with Melbourne Recital Centre, which allows local audiences to experience nationally and internationally recognised performances, and KIAZMA is a prime example,” Cr Eckel said.

“Both Aura Go and Tomoe Kawabata have performed in some of the most prestigious venues around the globe and we’re able to see these same amazing performances here in Mildura.”

Aura Go will return to MAC a week later as one of the star performers in the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra’s The Brothers Bach. People who buy tickets for both performances at the same time will receive a 15% discount.

Tickets are available at milduraartscentre.com.au or at the MAC box office.

Lost Dances is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria and The Gailey Lazarus Foundation.

Lost Dances
Thursday 22 April
7:30pm
Duration: 60 minutes (no interval)
Tickets: Full $35 | Concession $30 | 18 and under $20

Lost Dances background story
After Chopin's death, most of his possessions went to his family in Warsaw, including numerous unpublished musical manuscripts. Chopin's sister Ludwika dutifully catalogued them, including the first bars of music from each one. Tragically, in 1863, all the manuscripts were destroyed by a fire. Suddenly Ludwika’s catalogue of incipits was all that remained of these priceless works. Celebrated Uzbek composer Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky has taken the surviving fragments and fashioned them into an intriguing new work, turning six lost Chopin waltzes into a precious new dance.

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