Tamara-Anna Cislowska

Kangaroo Valley Arts Festival 2018 – Festival Weekend

Ross Edwards is one of Australia’s most loved composers, and this special concert will begin the celebrations of his 75th birthday and feature the world première of a new piece “Valley Spirit” for cello and piano. The program contains all his works for cello, and includes the Piano Trio. This concert will contain the first performances for many years of his vocal Maninya works, for countertenor with piano and with cello. A special ensemble is being gathered for this event. David Pereira will play cello along with Tamara-Anna Cislowska at the piano. They will be joined by distinguished Sydney violinist Anna McMichael and Canberra-based counter tenor Tobias Cole. 

​The program will include:

​– Prelude and White Cockatoo Spirit Dance (1993) violin solo

– Exile (2010) violin and piano

– Prelude and Laughing Rock (1993-2003) cello solo

– Valley Spirit (2017) cello and piano

– Maninya I (1981) voice and cello

– Maninya V (1986) voice and piano

– Piano Trio (1999)

– Water Spirit Song (2003) for cello and recorded water sounds

– Ecstatic Dance (1978-1990) for violin and cello