Welcome to the 6th Bendigo Chamber Music Festival! Following the huge success of our 5th-year celebration, we’re raring to go for the next five years!
For our 6th festival, we continue our partnership with the prestigious Young Concert Artists Trust London and are thrilled to welcome Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux (violin) and Ignas Maknickas (piano) exclusively to Bendigo. Star soprano Alexandra Flood will be flying home to Australia from the Volksoper Vienna for our festival, and we are excited to welcome, for the first time, an incredible group of Australian colleagues, including Brigid Coleridge, Justin Williams, Lloyd Van’t Hoff, Louisa Breen and Peter Luff.
Of course, it wouldn’t be BCMF without our extraordinary festival artist family of Sophie, Tobi, Daniel, and Natsuko. We will also showcase the emerging stars of the award-winning Tarilindy Quartet from ANAM and continue our partnership with Luke Severn and the Bendigo Symphony Orchestra for our much-loved Community Concert.
This year, there is a subtle Schubert thread running through the program, and with this lineup, we couldn’t resist including The Four Seasons and a Mozart concert aria. There is also the chance to get to know brilliant works by Fibich, Eberl, Dame Ethel Smyth, Baermann, Meyerbeer, Carl Vine and Rebecca Clarke.
A huge thank you to our wonderful, loyal patrons, supporters, and the local Bendigo community. BCMF continues to grow—with Platinum Passes selling out almost instantaneously—and its reputation is now established both nationally and internationally.
Please join us for another special five summer days in beautiful Bendigo!
Chris and Howard.