Events - Upcoming Events
Music on Sunday
- Date:
- Sunday 11 July 2010
- Time:
- 10:00am
- Location:
- St Michael's Uniting Church
Our wonderful international organist Rhys Boak plays exquisitely for your listening pleasure during the service and also brings to us a visiting artist.
Michael Kieran Harvey (Piano)
Michael Kieran Harvey was born in Sydney and studied piano with Alan Jenkins, Gordon Watson, and at the Liszt Academy, Budapest, under Sándor Falvai. His career has been notable for its diversity and wide repertoire. He has especially promoted the works of Australian and contemporary composers and recorded well over 30 solo CDs on various labels. His recent CD, Elektra (Move MD3329 2009) was described by Australian critic Clive O'Connell as the product of an "indefatigable master-pianist...pieces commissioned especially for his volcanic talent" (Oct 2009). Harvey's homage to Zappa "48 Fugues For Frank" was premiered at Mona Foma 2010. Harvey's awards include the Grand Prix in the Ivo Pogorelich Competition, USA (1993), the Debussy Medal, Paris (1986), the Australian government's Centenary Medal (2002) and the 2009 APRA award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music. The Michael Kieran Harvey Scholarship was established in 2006 to encourage future directions in Australian keyboard art music. He is currently on staff at the Australian National Academy of Music.