Music for a Winters Night | Abdiel Piano & Nrewman violin

Join us for a mesmerising evening of music at the historic Independent Theatre North Sydney. Sip on champagne and enjoy savoury treats while immersing yourself in a music performance full of the elegance and drama of the Romantic era. 

ABOUT THE MUSIC

Featured works include Franz Schubert's poetic ‘Grand Duo’ Sonata in A major and Richard Strauss's magnificent Violin Sonata. A Haydn solo sonata for piano shares a musical language with Schubert, while a Ysaÿe solo sonata for violin moves the music into the twentieth century with echoes of Bach. This is a program infused with the spirit of youth. Schubert was twenty, and Strauss was twenty-three when the works were composed - a similar age to Cedar and Calvin.  

ABOUT THE PERFORMERS

Internationally acclaimed Indonesian-Australian pianist Calvin Abdiel will join an outstanding young Australian violinist, Cedar Newman, in a performance of music full of the elegance and drama of the Romantic era. Calvin Abdiel is establishing a reputation as one of the finest young international musicians. Piers Lane praised his 'amazing musical brain and musicianship' and 'remarkable keyboard skills. He recently released his debut album, 'Theme and Variations,' produced by Decca Australia. Cedar Newman is a President’s Scholarship student at the Manhattan School of Music, New York. Her playing has been described as ‘breathtakingly virtuosic’ (H.Muse City News).