Program
Wednesday 15 July, 2020
at 2:30pm
Konstantin Shamray
piano
Robert Schumann (1810 – 1956)
From Waldszenen ("Forest scenes"), op. 82: Eintritt (Entry), Vogel als Prophet (Bird as Prophet)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Piano sonata no. 22, op. 54:
1. In tempo d'un menuetto
2. Allegretto
Alexander Scriabin (1872 – 1915)
Poeme, op. 59; Feullet d'album, op. 58; Poeme-nocturne, op. 61.
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975)
5 preludes and fugues, op 87: C major, A minor, A major, F-sharp minor, D-flat major
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Konstantin Shamray
Pianist
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The Afternoon Tea concert series is an opportunity for Recitals Australia to provide paid performance opportunities for our professional musicians and continue to provide music through our new digital streaming platform.
The concerts are free to watch online, but we'd love your support through a donation, which will enable us to continue promoting musician opportunities and these kind of concerts into the future. Donations can be made online at https://recitalsaustralia.org.au/donate.
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About Konstantin Shamray
 Russian pianist Konstantin Shamray studied in Moscow at the Russian Gnessin Academy of Music with Professors Tatiana Zelikman and Vladimir Tropp, and the Hochschule fur Musik in Freiburg, Germany with Professor Tibor Szasz.
In 2008, Konstantin won First Prize at the Sydney International Piano Competition. He is the first and only competitor to date to win both First and People’s Choice Prizes, in addition to six other prizes.
Konstantin won First Prize at the 2011 Klavier Olympiade in Bad Kissingen, Germany and has performed at the Kissinger Sommer festival. In July 2013, following chamber recitals with Alban Gerhardt and Feng Ning, he was awarded the festival’s coveted Luitpold Prize for “outstanding musical achievements”. He has enjoyed critical acclaim at the Klavier-Festival Ruhr, the Bochum Festival in Germany, the Mariinsky International Piano Festival, the White Nights Festival with the Mariiinsky Theatre Orchestra in St. Petersburg and the Adelaide Festival.
Konstantin has toured extensively throughout all Australian states and territories, and has recorded CDs for the labels Naxos, ABC Classics and Fonoforum. He has performed with the Russian National Philharmonic, the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Moscow Virtuosi, Orchestre National de Lyon, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, and Melbourne Chamber Orchestra among others under the baton of distinguished conductors including Vladimir Spivakov, Dmitry Liss, Tugan Sokhiev, Nicholas Milton and Alexandr Vedernikov.
In 2019, he was a part of the Sydney and Hungtington Musica Viva festivals, the Coriole Festival in McLaren Vale, joined the Australian String Quartet for Dunkeld and Margaret River chamber music festivals. Konstantin has a keen interest in music education, and has held annual concerts for children throughout Russia. Since 2019, he holds a position as Lecturer of piano at the University of Adelaide.
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 Spring Lunch Hour Series
We also look forward to our Lunch Hour Series program recommencing for Spring on Wednesday August 5, 2020 via the internet from 12:30pm. Full program to be announced soon.
Recitals Australia presents the Lunch Hour Series as part of our educational and outreach programs. It aims to support and mentor young emerging artists and provides valuable performance opportunities in front of an audience.
The program is entirely supported through donations. We'd appreciate any assistance you can give us, and are happy to discuss a donation on the phone on 08 8236 7488 or you can donate directly online at https://recitalsaustralia.org.au/donate/
The Series culminates in the special Awards Final, which will see eligible musicians from that series compete for individual awards of up to $1000, including the Berenice Harrison Prize.
Supporting South Australian emerging artists and musicians for nearly 50 years, Recitals Australia is entirely run by a volunteer council and relies on donations to support all of our programs. We thank our donors and partners for their support of the 2020 Spring Series: 5MBS Radio, National Trust South Australia, Pilgrim Uniting Church, Musica Viva, ArtFuel by I-Nex and many individual donors and volunteers.
Look forward to seeing you there! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch with me.
Best wishes.
Mark de Raad
President
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