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CELLO AND PIANO DUOAN AUSTRALIAN COLLECTIVE DUOTempus Duo brings together the powerful combination of New York based celebrated pianist Lisa Moore, with Brisbane based cellist and Artistic Director Trish O'Brien.
Formed by chance for a performance at the Tyalgum Music Festival, the two musicians were brought together for a performance of Alfred Schnittke's incredibly profound, moving and dynamic first sonata for cello and piano. After one run through it was clear that these two minds were meant to perform as a duo, and the unanimous standing ovation and cheering after their electric performance delivered the point. From now they are collectively known as Tempus Duo. |
Tempus Duo
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“Outstandingly talented musician, musical gold pours forth” is the description given by the London Observer of Tasmanian born cellist Trish O’Brien. Her performances are passionate, her repertoire choices revere quality and strive to engage audiences with lesser known works by outstanding composers. Many composers have written works for Trish, and in the early 2000’s she searched out and performed the Australian premieres of the Shostakovich Moderato, Prokofiev’s Sonata movement solo cello (unfinished) and Myaskovsky’s 2nd Sonata, all of which are now in standard cello repertoire.
Trish is currently co-Artistic Director of Ensemble Q, cellist of the Endeavour Trio and co-Director of the newly created Queensland International Chamber Music Competition. A former Principal with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and recipient of numerous awards, Trish has performed as concerto soloist with several Australian orchestras, and as chamber musician at many national and international festivals and as recitalist and chamber musician in the UK, Switzerland, Portugal, Germany, Malaysia and across Australia. She is a passionate advocate of chamber music and creating opportunities for emerging musicians.
www.trishobriencello.com
Pitchfork writes: “The New York-based Australian pianist Lisa Moore is a tightrope-walker, a daredevil. She’s the best kind of contemporary classical musician, one so fearsomely game that she inspires composers to offer her their most wildly unplayable ideas. She can play them all.” The New York Times writes ‘Lisa Moore has always been a natural, compelling storyteller’. TimeOut New York describes her as ‘the wonderfully lyrical pianist’. Lisa Moore has released 10 solo albums (Cantaloupe, Tall Poppies, Orange Mountain, IGM, Bandcamp) ranging from Leoš Janáçek to Philip Glass. Her latest disc The Stone People (Cantaloupe), featuring music by John Luther Adams, Martin Bresnick, Missy Mazzoli, Kate Moore, Frederic Rzewski, and Julia Wolfe, made both The New York Times Top Classical Albums of 2016 list and was a 2017 Naxos Critics’ Choice. Lisa has recorded more than thirty collaborative discs (Sony, Nonesuch, DG, BMG, New World, ABC Classics, Albany, New Albion, Starkland, Harmonia Mundi, Bandcamp).
Lisa has worked with over 200 composers and performed globally as both soloist and with a large and diverse range of musicians and artists - including the London Sinfonietta, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York City Ballet, Steve Reich Ensemble, American Composers Orchestra, Bang On A Can All-Stars (founding member ‘92-’08), Paul Dresher Double Duo, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, So Percussion, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Grand Band, TwoSense, and Ensemble Signal. Festival highlight performances include Lincoln Center, BAM Next Wave, Tanglewood, Aspen, Chautauqua, Gilmore, Huddersfield, Holland, Graz, Paris d'Automne, Rome, Milan, Turin, Hong Kong, BBC Proms, Southbank, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne Metropolis, Israel, and Warsaw - in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, La Scala, Carnegie Hall, Musikverein, and the Sydney Opera House. http://lisamoore.org/
Trish is currently co-Artistic Director of Ensemble Q, cellist of the Endeavour Trio and co-Director of the newly created Queensland International Chamber Music Competition. A former Principal with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and recipient of numerous awards, Trish has performed as concerto soloist with several Australian orchestras, and as chamber musician at many national and international festivals and as recitalist and chamber musician in the UK, Switzerland, Portugal, Germany, Malaysia and across Australia. She is a passionate advocate of chamber music and creating opportunities for emerging musicians.
www.trishobriencello.com
Pitchfork writes: “The New York-based Australian pianist Lisa Moore is a tightrope-walker, a daredevil. She’s the best kind of contemporary classical musician, one so fearsomely game that she inspires composers to offer her their most wildly unplayable ideas. She can play them all.” The New York Times writes ‘Lisa Moore has always been a natural, compelling storyteller’. TimeOut New York describes her as ‘the wonderfully lyrical pianist’. Lisa Moore has released 10 solo albums (Cantaloupe, Tall Poppies, Orange Mountain, IGM, Bandcamp) ranging from Leoš Janáçek to Philip Glass. Her latest disc The Stone People (Cantaloupe), featuring music by John Luther Adams, Martin Bresnick, Missy Mazzoli, Kate Moore, Frederic Rzewski, and Julia Wolfe, made both The New York Times Top Classical Albums of 2016 list and was a 2017 Naxos Critics’ Choice. Lisa has recorded more than thirty collaborative discs (Sony, Nonesuch, DG, BMG, New World, ABC Classics, Albany, New Albion, Starkland, Harmonia Mundi, Bandcamp).
Lisa has worked with over 200 composers and performed globally as both soloist and with a large and diverse range of musicians and artists - including the London Sinfonietta, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York City Ballet, Steve Reich Ensemble, American Composers Orchestra, Bang On A Can All-Stars (founding member ‘92-’08), Paul Dresher Double Duo, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, So Percussion, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Grand Band, TwoSense, and Ensemble Signal. Festival highlight performances include Lincoln Center, BAM Next Wave, Tanglewood, Aspen, Chautauqua, Gilmore, Huddersfield, Holland, Graz, Paris d'Automne, Rome, Milan, Turin, Hong Kong, BBC Proms, Southbank, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne Metropolis, Israel, and Warsaw - in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, La Scala, Carnegie Hall, Musikverein, and the Sydney Opera House. http://lisamoore.org/