3MBS and the University of Melbourne Graduate House present a lunchtime recital series exclusively for 3MBS subscribers and members of Graduate House.

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Join us at Graduate House in Carlton for a delicious three-course lunch before enjoying a delightful 60-minute lunchtime recital by one of Melbourne’s best and brightest pianists.

Lunch: $20—served from 12 – 1pm (drinks available to purchase)
Recital admission: $20 from 1 – 2pm
Discounted carparking at Graduate House: $12.50

Ticket options to book for lunch and the performance or for the recital on its own. Discounted car parking at Graduate House is also available when booking.

2024 PROGRAM

Friday 15 March: Berta Brozgul (piano)

Johann Sebastian Bach—Partita No.1 in B flat, BWV 825
Alexander Scriabin —Sonata No.2 in G sharp minor, Op.19 ‘Sonata-Fantasy’
I. Andante; II. Presto
Robert Schumann—Fantasie in C, Op.17
 I. Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen; Im Legenden-Ton; II. Mäßig. Durchaus energisch; III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten


Wednesday 19 June: Gintaute Gataveckaite (piano)
Repertoire TBC

Wednesday 18 September: Tristan Lee (piano)
Repertoire TBC

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BIOGRAPHIES

Berta Brozgul
Born in Cape Town, Berta migrated to Australia at the age of 12. She attended the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School and completed her undergraduate and postgraduate studies at Mozarteum University Salzburg with the highest honours.

In 2015, Berta was the fourth-place winner in the prestigious Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition and was awarded the Queensland Symphony Orchestra vote for the best concerto performance of the evening. During her studies at the Australian National Academy of Music, she was the recipient of numerous prizes and was selected as a finalist in the ANAM Concerto Competition, performing alongside the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

Berta is an active collaborative artist as well as a soloist and has performed alongside numerous international artists. She made her debut with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in 2023, performing Bartók’s third piano concerto conducted by Benjamin Northey.

Gintaute Gataveckaite 
Ginataute is an award-winning, internationally acclaimed Lithuanian pianist living in Melbourne and enjoying a busy performing and teaching schedule in Australia and abroad.

She has given solo, chamber music and orchestral performances throughout U.K., Europe, China and Australia including such venues as Melbourne Recital Centre, Wigmore Hall, Southbank Centre, St James’s Piccadilly, Guangzhou Opera House and many more. Gintaute is a graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and the University of Melbourne. Throughout her career she has received multiple awards in national and international competitions. As a performing artist, exploring and expanding her diverse repertoire, and sharing music with an audience, forms an essential part of Gintaute’s life.


Tristan Lee
Tristan Lee is a Melbourne-born concert pianist, pedagogue and academic whose performances, recordings and lectures have received critical acclaim throughout Australia and abroad. He has played in major venues in Australia, France, Italy, Lithuania and China, including regular recitals at the Melbourne Recital Centre, Perth Concert Hall, Wigmore Hall, Royal Academy of Music, and St Martin in the Fields in London, Shanghai and Chongqing Grand Theatre, Guangzhou Opera House, amongst many others.

As a soloist, Tristan has performed with orchestras in Australia and the UK. A keen interpreter of the music of the present day, he regularly performs contemporary piano music and has given numerous world premieres of works by Australian and British composers.

Tristan’s mentors have included François-Frédéric Guy and Leslie Howard. He is a graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester (MMus) and the University of Melbourne (PhD) where he currently teaches piano.