Richard Leo Tognetti
AO (born 4 August 1965) is a leading
Australia
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n musician recognised internationally as a
violin
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soloist,
ensemble player,
leader
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,
composer
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and
arranger
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,
conductor and
artistic director
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.
He is currently artistic director and leader of the
Australian Chamber Orchestra
The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) was founded by cellist John Painter in 1975.Verghis, Sharon"Bach with more bite pays off" ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 2 September 2005. Richard Tognetti was appointed Lead Violin in 1989 and subsequently appo ...
(ACO) and artistic director of the Festival Maribor in
Maribor
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,
Slovenia
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.
Training period
Born in Australia's capital city
Canberra
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, Tognetti was already playing the violin at the age of four. He was raised in
Wollongong
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where he began his violin studies with Harold Brissenden, the retired Scottish violist
William Primrose
William Primrose CBE (23 August 19041 May 1982) was a Scottish violist and teacher. He performed with the London String Quartet from 1930 to 1935. He then joined the NBC Symphony Orchestra where he formed the Primrose Quartet. He performed i ...
and his wife Hiroko who was a
Suzuki method specialist. At the age of 11 he was admitted to the
Sydney
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Conservatorium High School
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and continued his tertiary studies at the
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
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.
His teacher was Alice Waten, herself a graduate of the Moscow Conservatoire and former student of
Valery Klimov and
David Oistrakh
David Fyodorovich Oistrakh (; – 24 October 1974), was a Soviet classical violinist, violist and conductor.
Oistrakh collaborated with major orchestras and musicians from many parts of the world and was the dedicatee of numerous violin w ...
. While there Tognetti became leader and soloist of the chamber orchestra conducted by
John Painter who was the Conservatorium's Director and later founder of ACO. In 1980 he won the National Youth Concerto Competition held in
Brisbane
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by the
Queensland Youth Symphony
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Under the artistic leadership ...
.
In 1987 Tognetti left Australia for post-graduate studies with
Igor Ozim
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Career
Igor Ozim was born in 1931 in Ljubljana. He came from a musical family: both parents played the piano and his brother the violin. At ...
at the Bern Conservatory (now known as the
University of the Arts Bern
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). During his time there he became a member of and soloist with the prestigious
Camerata Bern
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, gave solo performances with the
Bern Symphony Orchestra The Bern Symphony Orchestra (Berner Symphonie-Orchester) is a Swiss orchestra based in Bern. The orchestra primarily gives concerts at the ''Kursaal'' in Bern, and also acts as the orchestra of the Bern Theatre, for opera and dance performances. ...
, and was guest concertmaster of the
Basel Sinfonietta
The Basel Sinfonietta is a Swiss orchestra, based in Basel.
History
The Basel Sinfonietta was founded in 1980, as a self-governing ensemble, by a group of young musicians with a focus on contemporary classical music. The orchestra has presented ...
. Finally, at the end of his studies in 1989 he was awarded the Eduard Tschumi Musikpreis as the best graduate performer of that year.
Appointment to the Australian Chamber Orchestra
On return to Australia that same year Tognetti was appointed first as leader and then as artistic director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, a remarkable development for a musician just 25 years old at the time. 2020 marked the 30th anniversary of his leadership of the orchestra.
During that time ACO has become regarded as one of the world's leading chamber orchestras. It tours several times a year around Australia presenting concerts in
Adelaide
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,
Brisbane
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, Canberra,
Hobart
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,
Melbourne
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,
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,
Perth
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, Sydney and Wollongong and participates regularly in various Australian arts festivals. Its annual overseas visits have taken it to the UK and Europe, North America and Asia where it has been heard in some of the greatest concert halls including
Amsterdam
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’s
Concertgebouw
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,
London
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’s
Barbican Centre
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and
Royal Festival Hall
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,
Vienna
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Musikverein,
Los Angeles
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'
Walt Disney Concert Hall,
Washington, D.C.
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's
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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,
New York City
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’s
Carnegie Hall
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,
Birmingham
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’s
Symphony Hall and
Frankfurt
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’s
Alte Oper
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. It has held residencies in
Hong Kong
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, a three-year post in London as International Associate Ensemble at the Barbican Centre's Milton Court, and through Tognetti's role as artistic director of Slovenia's Maribor Festival has had regular engagements there.
ACO's reputation has been affirmed in the Australian and international media. For example, Vincent Plush in
The Weekend Australian
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said, "The Australian Chamber Orchestra is uniformly high-octane, arresting and never ordinary",
The New York Times
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' Jeremy Eichler noted "virtuoso ensemble playing and an invigorating spontaneity that seemed to flow from Mr Tognetti's charismatic leadership",
The Washington Post
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's
Anne Midgette
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described the orchestra as having "the energy and vibe of a rock band with the ability of a crack classical chamber group", the
Los Angeles Times
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's Mark Swed said, "this red hot band is long overdue for a major record contract and star treatment", Andrew Clements from the UK's
The Guardian
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declared, "If there’s a better chamber orchestra in the world today, I haven’t heard it", and London's ''
The Times
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'' hailed one of its appearances there by saying, "This must be the best chamber orchestra on earth."
Tognetti as performer, composer and arranger
Tognetti himself is an extremely versatile violinist with repertoire that covers all periods from the
Baroque
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onwards. As his rapid professional progress suggests, Tognetti is highly regarded as a soloist with the opinions of many expressed in a review from the UK's The Telegraph: "He is one of the most characterful, incisive and impassioned violinists to be heard today."
Tognetti uses a number of violins according to need, most frequently the 1743
Guarneri del Gesù
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violin he has on extended loan from an anonymous owner. Others include period, modern and
electric
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instruments. For example, in 1999 he and Australian rock musician
Iva Davies
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Davies' music career spans more than 40 years. He came to prominence in t ...
co-wrote for an international millennium broadcast a work called The Ghost of Time for electric violin and orchestra and he performed it with the
Sydney Symphony Orchestra on 31 December of that year.
Other works by Tognetti include ''
The Red Tree'' for children's choir, chamber orchestra and projected images, co-written with Australian composer
Michael Yezerski
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and inspired by
Shaun Tan
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's illustrated book of the same name, music for
Peter Weir
Peter Lindsay Weir ( ; born August 21, 1944) is a retired Australian film director. He's known for directing films crossing various genres over forty years with films such as '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975), ''Gallipoli'' (1981), ''Witness ...
's motion picture ''
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'' co-written with Iva Davies and
Christopher Gordon, and his music integrated with that of other composers in his documentaries such as ''Musica Surfica'', ''The Reef'', ''The Glide'', ''The Crowd'' and ''Mountain''. ''Musica Surfica'', his film about music and his hobby surfing, won Best Feature at the 2008
New York Surf Film Festival.
As an arranger Tognetti has created repertoire for many different ensembles including ACO who have performed and recorded these works. Composers have included
Janáček (
String Quartet No 1 'Kreutzer Sonata'),
Szymanowski (String Quartet No 2, Op 56),
Haas (
String Quartet No 2, Op. 7 'From the Monkey Mountains'),
Paganini (Tognetti's own work Caprice on Caprices based on two of the original
Caprices for solo violin),
Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wor ...
(
String Quartet No 14 in D minor, D 810 'Death and the Maiden'),
Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...
(
Violin Sonata No 9 in A major, Op 47 'Kreutzer'),
Grieg (
String Quartet No 1 in G minor, Op 27),
Ravel
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(
String Quartet in F major) and
Satie
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(
Choses vues à droite et à gauche (sans lunettes)
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).
Along with his busy schedule with ACO, Tognetti has appeared with other ensembles such as the
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
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, the
Academy of Ancient Music
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, the
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
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, the
Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra
The Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra (''Simfonični orkester Slovenske filharmonije'') is a Slovenian orchestra based in Ljubljana. Its primary concert venues are Marjan Kozina Hall in Philharmonic Hall, Ljubljana, at Congress Square () and Gallu ...
, the
Handel and Haydn Society
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(Boston), the
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
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, the
Camerata Salzburg
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History
Bernhard Paumgartner founded the ensemble in 1952 as the ''Camerata Academica des Moz ...
, the
Tapiola Sinfonietta The Tapiola Sinfonietta (founded 1987) is a city orchestra of Espoo, Finland. The orchestra consists of 41 members and its principal concert venue is Tapiola Hall (with 773 seats) at the Espoo Cultural Centre.
At the beginning Jorma Panula, Osmo V ...
, the
Irish Chamber Orchestra
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János Fürst founded the ICO in 1963. The ICO consisted only of strings as its regular ensemble for many years, adding w ...
, the Nordic Chamber Orchestra and all the major Australian symphony orchestras, particularly the
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
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The MSO relies on f ...
and
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
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History
The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestr ...
with whom he has appeared as soloist and director. He has also performed with various musicians from different genres including an appearance with Scottish classical accordionist
James Crabb
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Crabb was born in Dundee. He was given his first accordion at age 4 by his accordion-playing father. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen with class ...
at the Opening Ceremony of the 2003
Rugby World Cup
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. At the 2001
Sydney Festival he made his debut as an opera conductor with
Opera Australia
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's production of
Mozart
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's
Mitridate, re di Ponto
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, K 87.
Recordings
As a soloist Tognetti has made many recordings including the violin concertos of
Bach
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(
ABC Classics
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ABC4765691), Beethoven (ABC Classics ABC4654252), Mozart (
BIS BISSACD1754 & BISSACD1755)
Vivaldi
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread a ...
(BIS BISCD2103) and
Dvořák (BIS BISCD1708) as well as chamber works such as Bach's
Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001–1006 (ABC Classics ABC4768051) and the
Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014–1019 (ABC Classics ABC4765942).
Either leading or conducting ACO in association with other international musicians he has also recorded many works including Beethoven's piano concertos with
Stephen Kovacevich (
EMI Eminence CD-EMX 2177 (nla), CD-EMX2190 (nla) & CD-EMX 2184 (nla), Bach's keyboard concertos with
Angela Hewitt
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Career
Hewitt was born in Ottawa, Ontario, daughter of the Yorkshire-born Godfrey Hewitt (thus she also has British nationality ...
(
Hyperion CDA 67307 & CDA 67308), Vivaldi's flute concertos with
Emmanuel Pahud
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He was born in Geneva, Switzerland. His father is of French and Swiss background and his mother is French. The Berlin-based flutistPatrick LamEmmanuel Pahud – The showcase behi ...
(EMI Classics 0946 3 47212 2 6),
Shostakovich
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's
Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 107 with
Pieter Wispelwey
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(
Channel Classics CCS 15395), Baroque
trombone
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repertoire with
Christian Lindberg (BIS BISCD1688), Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4 in G major, Op 58 with
Dejan Lazić
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(Channel Classics CCS SA 30511), Haydn's cello concertos with
Daniel Müller-Schott
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Born in Munich, he studied with Walter Nothas, Austrian cellist Heinrich Schiff and British cellist Steven Isserlis. Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter personally coached him in her foundation, t ...
(
Orfeo C080031A), and a ground-breaking 2000 collaboration with Australia's
rock singer and former politician
Peter Garrett
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In 1973, Garrett became the lead singer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil. As a performer he is known for his sign ...
and cartoonist, poet and cultural commentator
Michael Leunig
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which resulted in the release of a recording of
Saint-Saëns'
The Carnival of the Animals
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accompanying a book of Leunig's text and illustrations (Sydney:
Macmillan, 2000. .).
Personal life
Tognetti was first married to winemaker Susie Roberts. They had a son, Leonardo, in 2002, and were divorced in 2005. He is now married to violinist
Satu Vänskä, the assistant leader of the ACO. He has a brother, Simon Tognetti who is an Arts teacher in Wollongong, Australia.
Honours and awards
In 1997 Tognetti received an
honorary Doctor of Creative Arts degree from the
University of Wollongong
The University of Wollongong (abbreviated as UOW) is an Australian public research university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, approximately 80 kilometres south of Sydney. As of 2017, the university had an enrolment of ...
, the youngest recipient ever to receive such an award from that university. This was followed in 2003 with an honorary Doctor of Music degree from the
University of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Perth, the state capital, with a secondary campus in Albany, Western Australia, Albany an ...
and in 2005 with an honorary Doctor of Music degree from the
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's si ...
.
In 1999 Tognetti was declared a
National Living Treasure, an award administered by the
National Trust of Australia
The National Trust of Australia, officially the Australian Council of National Trusts (ACNT), is the Australian national peak body for community-based, non-government non-profit organisations committed to promoting and conserving Australia's Ind ...
and based on popular vote.
On
Australia Day
Australia Day is the official national day of Australia. Observed annually on 26 January, it marks the 1788 landing of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove and raising of the Union Flag by Arthur Phillip following days of exploration of Port Ja ...
2010 Tognetti was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for service to music through leadership of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, as an internationally acclaimed violinist, through the development and promotion of educational programs for children, support for emerging artists and contributions to charitable organisations.
AIR Awards
The Australian Independent Record Awards (known colloquially as the
AIR Awards
The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.
History
The inaugural 2006 awards were held at ...
) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.
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2021
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, ''Brahms: Symphonies 3 & 4 Ensemble Offspring - Songbirds''
, Best Independent Classical Album or EP
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2022
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, ''River''
, Best Independent Classical Album or EP
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APRA Music Awards
The
APRA Awards are held in Australia and New Zealand by the
Australasian Performing Right Association
APRA AMCOS consists of Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS), both copyright management organisations or copyright collectives which jointly represent over 100,000 songwr ...
to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually.
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2022
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, "Spirit Voice of the Enchanted Waters" from ''River''
(William Barton, Piers Burbrook de Vere & Richard Tognetti)
, Best Original Song Composed for the Screen
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ARIA Music Awards
The
ARIA Music Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...
is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of
Australian music
The music of Australia has an extensive history made of music societies. Indigenous Australian music forms a significant part of the unique heritage of a 40,000- to 60,000-year history which produced the iconic didgeridoo. Contemporary fusions of ...
.
[ARIA Best Classical Album lis]
Accessed 5 September 2019.
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ARIA Music Awards of 1993, 1993
, ''Janáček: Kreutzer Sonata for Strings, Barber: Adagio for Strings, Walton: Sonata for Strings'' (with
Australian Chamber Orchestra
The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) was founded by cellist John Painter in 1975.Verghis, Sharon"Bach with more bite pays off" ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 2 September 2005. Richard Tognetti was appointed Lead Violin in 1989 and subsequently appo ...
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Best Classical Album
The Grammy Award for Best Classical Album was awarded from 1962 to 2011. The award had several minor name changes:
*From 1962 to 1963, 1965 to 1972 and 1974 to 1976 the award was known as Album of the Year – Classical
*In 1964 and 1977 it wa ...
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1994
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, ''Mendelssohn: Octet in E Flat for Strings Op. 20 Sinfonia No. 9 in C. Swiss'' (with Australian Chamber Orchestra)
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, ''Symphony Serenades and Suites'' (with Australian Chamber Orchestra)
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2000
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, ''Beethoven Violin Concerto & Mozart Symphony No. 40'' (with Australian Chamber Orchestra)
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2006
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, ''Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin''
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2007
, ''Bach Violin Concertos'' (with Australian Chamber Orchestra)
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2008
, ''Bach Sonatas for Violin & Keyboard'' (with Neal Peres Da Costa & Daniel Yeadon)
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2010
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, ''Mozart Violin Concertos'' (with Christopher Moore & Australian Chamber Orchestra)
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2011
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, ''Mozart Violin Concertos Vol 2'' (with Australian Chamber Orchestra)
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2016
, ''Mozart's Last Symphonies'' (with Australian Chamber Orchestra)
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2017
, ''Mountain'' (with Australian Chamber Orchestra])
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ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album, Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album
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2019
, ''Heroines'' (with Australian Chamber Orchestra &
Nicole Car
Nicole Car (born 1985) is an Australian operatic soprano. She has performed leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Vienna State Opera, Bavarian State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Opéra national de Paris, ...
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2020
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, ''Beethoven & Mozart Violin Sonatas'' (with
Erin Helyard
Erin Helyard is an Australian conductor and keyboard performer specialising in early music and baroque opera. He was born in Gosford, on the Central Coast near Sydney.
Career
Helyard graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium and was awarded a Un ...
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2022
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, ''River'' (with Australian Chamber Orchestra)
, Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album
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Bernard Heinze Memorial Award
The
Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award
The Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award, was inaugurated following the death of Sir Bernard Heinze in 1982.
The award is in the form of a medallion and is given to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to music in Australia.
The Award ...
is given to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to music in Australia.
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Helpmann Awards
The
Helpmann Awards
The Helpmann Awards are accolades for live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group Live Live Performance Australia (LPA) since 2001.
The annual awards recognise achievements in the disciplines of musical t ...
is an awards show, celebrating live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group ''Live Performance Australia'' since 2001.
Note: 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
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JC Williamson Award
The JC Williamson Award (formally known as the James Cassius Williamson Award), is an lifetime achievement award presented annually as a sector of the Helpmann Awards, governed by Live Performance Australia.
The awards are named after the Ameri ...
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Mo Awards
The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the
Mo Awards
The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards) were an annual Australian entertainment industry award, that where established in 1975, to recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia. They were l ...
), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Richard Tognetti won three awards in that time.
(wins only)
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, Richard Tognetti
, Classical Performance of the Year
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, Richard Tognetti
, Classical Performance of the Year
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, 1994
, Richard Tognetti
, Classical Performance of the Year
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References
External links
* Australian Chamber Orchestra websit
Home Accessed 6 September 2019.
* Australian Chamber Orchestra on Spotif
Australian Chamber Orchestra Accessed 6 September 2019.
* Richard Tognetti on Spotif
Richard Tognetti Accessed 6 September.
* Australian Chamber Orchestra on Appl
Australian Chamber Orchestra on Apple Music Accessed 6 September 2019.
* Australian Chamber Orchestra on Soundclou
Australian Chamber Orchestra Accessed 6 September 2019.
* Australian Chamber Orchestra on Instagra
Login • Instagram Accessed 6 September 2019.
* Australian Chamber Orchestra on YouTub
Australian Chamber Orchestra - YouTube Accessed 6 September 2019.
* Maribor Festival websit
Festival Maribor 2019: HOME Accessed 6 September 2019.
* Richard Tognetti interviewed by Maureen Cavanaugh for the University of California Television (UCTV), August 200
Richard Tognetti & the Australian Chamber Orchestra - La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest 2005 Accessed 6 September 2019.
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ARIA Award winners
Australian male composers
Australian composers
Australian conductors (music)
Australian classical violinists
Male classical violinists
Sydney Conservatorium of Music alumni
1965 births
Living people
Australian people of Italian descent
Officers of the Order of Australia
21st-century conductors (music)
21st-century classical violinists
21st-century Australian male musicians
21st-century Australian musicians