The Baroque Music Community and Educational Trust of New Zealand is presenting a brilliant concert tour featuring Vivaldi Four Seasons on period instruments with international guests. This is an exciting opportunity for South Island New Zealand audiences to experience for the first time, the beautiful well known music of Vivaldi in world class quality, authentic interpretation in acoustically suited venues.

The soloist for the evening will be Szabolcs Illes, a formost European Baroque violinist from Hungary. Szbolcs studied with famous baroque violinists such as Enrico Gatti, Marinett Troost, Lucy van Dael and Simon Standage. He also studied at Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Leipzig studied with Susanne Scholz. In 2009 he gained the Master in Music degree at Royal Conservatory of Brussels in Sigiswald Kuijken’s class. He has been performing as a member of world-famous orchestra, the La Petite Bande.  Since 2008, he has been a concertmaster of the Hof-Musici orchestra which is primarily working on the reconstruction and presentation of baroque operas with authentic instruments, costumes and original settings. He gives concerts with his own ensemble the Accademia Capricciosa and other baroque ensembles (Dolce Risonanza, Cammermusik Potsdam, Concert Royal Köln) in Germany, Austria, Belgium the Czech Republic and other European countries.

Musicians:

Szabolcs Illes - Solo violin (Hungary)

Edita Keglerova - harpsichord (Czech Republic)

Tomas Hurnik - cello (Christchurch)

Jonathan Tanner - violin (Christchurch)

Shelley Wilkinson - viola (Auckland)

Vivaldi Program

Four Seasons

Concerto Alla Rusitca RV 151

Triple Concerto RV 554a for violin, cello and harpsichord

Concerto in D major RV 121

Tour Dates

16^th Feb 7:30pm   Sacred Heart Basilica, TIMARU

17^th Feb 7:30pm   The Piano, CHRISTCHURCH

19^th Feb 2pm   Nelson Cathedral, NELSON

20^th Feb 7:30pm   St Patrick’s Church, GREYMOUTH

23^th Feb 7:30pm   St Peter’s Church, QUEENSTOWN

24^th Feb 7:30pm   St Mary’s Basilica INVERCARGILL

25^th Feb 7:30pm   St Paul’s Cathedral, DUNEDIN

26^th Feb 4pm   St Luke’s Church, OAMARU

More information and online tickets at http://www.baroquemusic.co.nz/events

Tickets also available at the door – cash only