‘Australia’s highest regarded’ pianist returns to Montville
Konstantin Shamray settled in Australia and is a professor of piano at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, Adelaide.
Russian concert pianist Konstantin Shamray will return to his favourite Queensland performance venue - Lucas Parklands, Montville – for recitals in August and September.
The Siberian-born maestro will perform a romantic solo recital on August 11 and 12.
“Konstantin is Australia’s highest regarded residential concert pianist, that’s undisputed, so it’s lovely that he has again agreed to visit my home and to play for us in Montville. It’s simply fantastic,” Ian Lucas, of Lucas Parklands, said.
“He always finds time to come and play here once or twice a year, and that’s very nice.”
Mr Shamray was born in Siberia and studied in Moscow. In 2008 he came to Australia as a late entrant to the Sydney International Piano Competition, which he won.
After commuting between Moscow and Australia, he eventually settled in Australia and now has residency and is a professor of piano at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, Adelaide.
The Lucas Parklands concert auditorium, nestled among 30 acres of pristine and undisturbed rainforest near Lake Baroon, Montville, has a growing reputation for attracting world class artists and programs.
“French concert pianist Pascal Rogé, who played at Lucas Parklands twice 12 and 14 years ago, said he believed, for its size, it is one of the two best performance venues in the world,” Mr Lucas said.
“Other performers have commented that they have played in much bigger venues, but they haven’t played in more beautiful places.”
Mr Shamray will also present two piano concertos on September 16 and 17, in company with other performers, where he will perform Mozart’s Concerto No 21 – the most famous of Mozart’s concertos and the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2, which is widely described as the greatest piano concerto ever written.
• For tickets and enquiries phone 0409 623 228 /07 5478 5667. Email: lucasparklands@bigpond.com