THE MUSIC

Miriam Hyde (1913-2005)
Brownhill Creek in Spring (1942)

Corrina Bonshek (b. 1977)
Nature Spirit (2016)

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Lilacs (1900-1902)

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Oiseaux tristes from Miroirs (1904-05)

Connor D’Netto (b. 1994)
Glenro (2019)

Stephen Sondheim (arr. Brown) (1952-2021)
Birds of Victorian England (1979)

Paul McCartney (arr. Dobinson) (b. 1942)
Blackbirds (1968)

Mikhail Glinka (arr. Balakirev) (1804-1857)
The Lark (1840)

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
L’alouette Lulu from Catalogue d’Oiseaux (1956-58)

Igor Stravinsky (arr. Agosti) (1882-1971)
Finale from The Firebird (1910)

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Hailed as a “born communicator” (The Australian), a “brilliant young musician” (Otago Times), and a “soloist of superb virtuosic skill and musicality” (Limelight), Alex Raineri (b. 1993) is active Internationally and throughout Australia as a recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician, writer, producer and educator.

International performances include tours throughout America, Southeast Asia, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Germany and Austria. Within Australia, Alex has appeared as a feature artist in many major festivals and venues. As a concerto soloist he has appeared with the Queensland, Tasmanian, Darwin and West Australian Symphony Orchestras, Ensemble Q, Southern Cross Soloists, Orchestra Victoria, Four Winds Festival Orchestra, Bangalow Festival Orchestra, Queensland Youth Symphony and the Queensland Pops Orchestra. He has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Radio NZ, California Capital Public Radio, ABC Classic FM and all of the Australian MBS Networks.

Alex is the Artistic Director of the annual Brisbane Music Festival. He is a passionate exponent and commissioner of contemporary music, having given 109 World Premieres + 147 Australian Premieres to date.

Major awards include the Kerikeri International Piano Competition and Australian National Piano Award. He was the recipient of the Queensland Luminary Award in the 2021 APRA/AMCOS Art Music Awards and received a Kranichsteiner Musikpries at the International Summer Courses for New Music (Darmstadt, Germany).

Notable collaborations include Andreas Ottensamer, TwoSet Violin, eighth blackbird, ELISION, Sara Macliver, Natalie Clein, Natsuko Yoshimoto, Karin Schaupp, Greta Bradman, Li Wei Qin, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Jack Liebeck, Kathryn Stott, Slava Grigoryan, Brett Dean, William Barton, Ensemble Offspring, Orava Quartet, and many others.

Additionally to a full-time performative profile, Alex is a radio-presenter on 4MBS Classic FM, a reviewer for The Music Trust’s ‘Loudmouth’, and holds associate artist positions at both the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University + University of Queensland.

VENUE – HOLY TRINITY HALL

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SUPPORT

Alex Raineri’s appearance in the 2022 festival is generously supported by Loris Orthwein.

The Brisbane Music Festival is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.

With gratitude to the following partner organisations and funding bodies for their support.

With thanks also to Gretel Farm, Simply Classical, The Brunswick Green and the countless individuals who have privately supported the 2022 BMF.