Recitals Australia Presents
Lunch Hour Autumn Series
North Adelaide Baptist Church Hall – Tynte Street, North Adelaide
Commencing at 12.30pm
Program
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 -1750)
Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
I. Adagio
II. Fuga
Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)
Sonata in G major
I. Allegretto
II. Blues: Moderato
Max Bruch (1838 – 1920)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
I. Vorspiel: Allegro moderato
II. Adagio
Pablo de Sarasate (1844 – 1908)
Introduction et Tarantelle, Op. 43
11′ | 14′ | 17′ | 6′ |
ABOUT Ruby
Ruby Lee is a 15-year-old violinist and Year 11 student at Pembroke School.She began violin at age 6 and currently studies with Helen Ayers. In 2024, she was awarded the AMEB AMusA Violin Diploma and the Jean Adelaide Madeline Dent Prize for the most outstanding AMEB Violin Diploma performance of the year. Ruby has been a member of the Australian Youth Orchestra since 2024 and previously the Adelaide Youth Orchestra for seven years, where she served as leader of a string quartet. She is actively involved in orchestral and chamber music performances at school .
ABOUT Simon
Simón Pazos Quintana is a classical pianist, accompanist and teacher. He obtained his Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours at the Elder Conservatorium of Music in Adelaide, under the tutelage of Professor Stefan Ammer. In 2018, Simón performed Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto with the Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of maestro James Lowe. Later that year, Simón was the recipient of the Peter Schodde Memorial Piano Scholarship, which allowed him to travel throughout Germany, Austria and England, playing for highly respected professors to further his technical abilities and musicianship.
Upon his return to Adelaide, Simón was a finalist in both the 2019 and the 2021 Geoffrey Parsons Award for piano accompaniment. Most recently, he has performed alongside William Hennessy AM and the Adelaide Hills Chamber Players as part of their 2023 Summer Season concerts. Simón has completed his PhD at the Elder Conservatorium, centred around the works for solo piano by composer Aleksandr Mosolov.