RICHARD TOGNETTI AO
MELBOURNE FESTIVAL
2015 marks the 25th year of Richard Tognetti’s
artistic directorship of the Australian Chamber
Orchestra. After studying both in Australia and
overseas at the Bern Conservatory with Igor
Ozim, Richard Tognetti returned home in 1989 to
lead several performances with the Australian
Chamber Orchestra. In November that year, he
was appointed the Orchestra’s lead violin and,
subsequently, Artistic Director. He is also Artistic
Director of the Festival Maribor in Slovenia.
As Director or soloist, Richard has appeared with
many of the world’s leading orchestras, including
the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the
Academy of Ancient Music.
Richard is also an acclaimed composer. He was
appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in
2010. He holds honorary doctorates from three
Australian universities and was made a National
Living Treasure in 1999. He performs on a
1743 Guarneri del Gesù violin, lent to him by an
anonymous Australian private benefactor.
Melbourne Festival is one of the world’s leading
arts festivals, and one of Australia’s premier
celebrations of art and culture from around the
world. Each Festival brings an unparalleled feast
of dance, theatre, music, visual arts, multimedia
and outdoor events from renowned and upcoming
Australian and International companies and
artists to Melbourne.
MARSHALL MCGUIRE
Marshall McGuire studied at the Victorian College
of the Arts, the Paris Conservatoire and the Royal
College of Music, London. His London debut recital
was presented at the Purcell Room for the Park
Lane Group. He has commissioned and premiered
more than 100 new works for harp, and has been
a member of the ELISION ensemble since 1988.
He has performed as soloist with the Australian
Chamber Orchestra, English String Orchestra,
Les Talens Lyriques, Australian Brandenburg
Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony and Australia
Ensemble and has appeared at international
festivals including Aldeburgh, Melbourne, Milan,
Geneva, Brighton, Moscow, Vienna, Huddersfield,
Huntington and Adelaide.
Marshall is founding President of the New Music
Network, a member of the Australian Youth
Orchestra Artistic Advisory Committee, a trustee
of the Hephzibah Tintner Trust and the Peggy
Glanville-Hicks Composers House, and has been
head of artistic planning with the West Australian
Symphony Orchestra and Music Programmer
at Arts Centre Melbourne.
Marshall is currently Co-Artistic Director of
Ludovico’s Band and Head of Artistic Planning
at Melbourne Recital Centre.
PRESENTING PARTNERS
John and Janet Calvert-Jones &
The Brenda Shanahan Charitable Foundation
Each year Melbourne Festival debuts and
premieres the finest local, national and
international events—including many specially
commissioned works—across hundreds of main
stage performances, installations and ancillary
events. Each Festival features thousands of
artists and creative teams from a multitude of
different countries.
Melbourne Festival is quintessentially
Melbourne’s festival—physically by reaching
out into the topography and geography of the
city itself, artistically by presenting Melbourne’s
finest artists in new works and international
collaborations, and demographically by
engaging with as many people of Melbourne as
possible, giving them ownership of their annual
international festival.
Josephine Ridge is the Artistic Director for 2013—
2015 and her final year marks the celebration of
the 30th Melbourne Festival.
08—25 OCTOBER 2015
www.festival.melbourne
ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION // FREE
Richard Tognetti AO & Marshall McGuire
CLEMENGER AUDITORIUM, NGV
THU 15 OCTOBER at 1PM
Join Richard Tognetti AO, Marshall McGuire
and Paul Dean (Artistic Director, ANAM) as
they reflect on three years of Haydn for
Everyone and discuss the future of the genre.