3 April
Good Friday
NO RECITAL
10 April
Sun Roh (violin)

Partita for Solo Violin in D Minor No.2 BWV1004 - J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750)
I. Allemande
II. Courante
III. Sarabande
IV. Gigue
V. Chaconne
Ms Sun Roh is an Australian concert violinist performing throughout Europe, England, Korea, Russia and Australia. She made her debut performing the Mozart Violin Concerto with the Green Peace Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Kenneth Kiesler in Korea and Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Harding. She won the overall winner prize from the Ku-ring-gai Concerto Competition, first prize at the Queensland National Concerto Competition and the second prize at the Gisborne International Music Competition in New Zealand.
She received full scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music, London and graduated with first class honours for her Bachelor of Music, studying with Mateja Marinkovic. She performed the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Royal Academy Concert Orchestra, conducted by Denise Ham and won prestige prizes including the David Martin/Florence Hooten Concerto Prize and the Alfred J. Waley Violin Prize. Then she graduated with Master of Performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music studying with Dr. Goetz Richter.
Her major performance in Europe includes the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Horsham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Pope in England, Termini Violin Concerto with the Accademia Capella Orchestra, St. Petersburg, conducted by Rudi Eastwood and recitals in St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia. She was invited to join the Verbier UBS Festival Orchestra in Switzerland and toured USA and Europe with conductor Charles Dutoit. She was invited to join the International Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland, studied with Oleg Kaskiv and masterclasses with Nobuko Imai, Mihaela Martin, Werner Schmitt, Philippe Graffin, Gabor Takacs-Nagy, Jeremy Menuhin and many others and her string quartet toured in Poland. She won a prominent scholarship from the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Italy to study with Giuliano Carmignola later became her mentor at the Luzern School of Music, Switzerland, specialising in Baroque, Classical and Romantic repertoire.
She was appointed as a Second Concertmaster of the prestigious Symphony Orchestra St. Gallen in Switzerland, where she performed as a soloist with the chief conductor David Stern and chamber music with the principal members of her orchestra and with the Camerata Giocoso with conductor Kathrin Auer. She was invited to perform at the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Finland and was invited to work on Sonatas for Violin and Piano with Pierre Amoyal, Pavel Gililov and Bruno Canino at the Academy of Music in Lausanne, Switzerland.
She served as a jury member for Kendall National Violin Competitions several times and was invited to perform as a soloist twice with the Beecroft Orchestra with conductor Dr. Joanna Drimatis. Her recordings including the Bartok Rhapsody are recently released on Spotify and Apple Music. Her latest major performances include the Brahms Violin Sonata complete cycle, Beethoven Violin Sonata for the Beethoven Festival at the Sydney Conservatorium, Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Sydney University Symphony Orchestra conducted by Luke Spicer and with the Hills Shire Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Chris Upton, Bach Violin Concerto and Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Kolkata Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sanjib Mondal in India and the Vivaldi Four Seasons with the Prima Luce Ensemble.
Currently in Sydney, she conducts the premier string orchestra, Advanced Strings at the North Sydney Girls High School, teaches the violin and chamber music at the Roh Music Academy and the King's School and performs and engages in artistic performance projects and is a passionate chamber musician and specialises in art of sonata performance for violin and piano. |
17 April
Natalia Melnik (soprano) and friends

Natalia Melnik
Ben Burton

Ian Warwick
Jill Sullivan
Louise Keast
Singing: Natalia Melnik (Soprano), Jill Sullivan (Mezzo-Soprano),
Louise Keast (Soprano), Ian Warwick (Baritone)
Piano: Benjamin Burton
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Iolanta's arioso from Iolanta - Natalia Melnik
"I will not tell you anything" ("Я тебе ничего не скажу...") Op.60 No2 - Natalia Melnik
Anton Rubinstein (1829 - 1894)
"Night" ("Ночь") - Jill Sullivan
Modest Mussorgsky (1839 – 1881)
"A Soul Was Flying Quietly" ("Горними тихо летела душа небесами") - Jill Sullivan
Marfa's Prophecy from Khovanshchina - Jill Sullivan
Nikolai Medtner (1880 – 1951)
"Night" ("Ночь") Op. 36, No. 5 - Louise Keast
"Arion" ("Арион") Op. 36, No. 6 - Louise Keast
Alexander Glazunov (1865 – 1936)
"Drinking Song" ("Застольная песня") Op. 60, No. 1 - Louise Keast
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943)
"Oh, No, I Beg You, Do Not Leave!" ("О, нет, молю, не уходи!") Op 4 N 1 - Ian Warwick
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
"In The Midst Of A Noisy Ball..." ("Средь шумного бала...") Op.38 No3 - Ian Warwick
Yeletsky's aria from Queen of Spades - Ian Warwick
"Whether Day Reigns…" ("День ли царит...") Op.47 No.6 - Natalia Melnik
Dr Natalia Melnik
(Soprano, Singing teacher, Russian Diction Coach)
Natalia was born in Moscow and moved to Sydney in 2013. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree
from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, with her research focused on making Russian vocal music
more accessible to non-Russian-speaking singers. Natalia is the founder of the "Russian For Singers" project that helps hundreds of singers from around the world explore Russian vocal music. In 2017-
2019, Natalia sang the roles of Valeria in Alessandro Scarlatti's "La Caduta De' Decemviri", Marcella in
"Boheme a piacere", Princess Tamara in the play "Demon", Clara Schumann in "Happy Birthday,
Clara!". During 2021-2025, Natalia created and performed a number of chamber concert programs.
Natalia's recordings are available on Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming platforms.
Benjamin Burton is a talented young pianist with a passion for accompanying vocal
and instrumental performances. In his role as accompanist, Ben has performed all
over the country, and has worked for Opera Australia, Sydney Conservatorium of
Music and the Australian Institute of Music, while also working as a freelance
accompanist. Highlights over the last couple of years have included recording with
the ABC (appearing on the CD Ballads of a Pleasant Life with Peter Coleman-Wright
and the Nexas Quartet), performing with Moorambilla Voices for the Royal Visit to
Dubbo, and giving recitals with Daniela Leska at Sydney Town Hall and the Polish
Embassy. Ben was awarded 1st Prize in the 2017 Sydney Song Prize, and 2nd Best
Pianist in the 2016 MIETTA National Art Song Competition.
Ian Warwick is a classically trained baritone, director, writer, and designer. He completed a
Master of Music at the Australian Institute of Music in 2014, served as Associate
Director for Pacific Opera's Young Artist Program in 2017, and interned with Opera
Australia on La Bohème in 2018. He studies with mezzo-soprano Deborah Humble.
Since 2015, Ian has been central to independent opera company Operantics as
director, performer, designer, and writer. His work includes Die Fledermaus, La
Sonnambula, The Telephone (Ben), Mansfield Park (Sir Thomas Bertram), Così fan
tutte (Don Alfonso), and The Medium (Mr. Gobineau), also serving as costume and
production designer in 2023.
With writer-director Michael Becker, he created Caught Between the Sheets and
Stage Lights (Sydney Fringe 2017), How to Change the World and Make Bank Doing
It (2018–19), and Inner Weather (2019). He directed Jesse Eisenberg's The Spoils in
2020.
Performance credits include George in Sunday in the Park with George, Noli Me
Tangere, and cabaret Grotesque and Arabesque (2021). He conceived and starred
in Make Believe (Sydney Fringe 2022) honouring Kathryn Grayson and Howard
Keel.
Ian was guest soloist at the 2022 Christmas celebrations and Sydney Eisteddfod at
Sydney Town Hall. He designed The Maids (2023) and studies millinery at TAFE
NSW.
Recent engagements with Opera Australia include ensemble in Rusalka (2025), and
ensemble in Turandot and Eugene Onegin (2026), alongside It's
Complicated… (Sydney Fringe 2025).
Dr Jill Sullivan – Mezzo-soprano / Contralto
Jill Sullivan has performed widely throughout Australia in opera, concert and recital. She
has worked with West Australian Opera and Opera Queensland, and recorded for the
former Victoria State Opera. She performs as a freelance mezzo-soprano and contralto
soloist and sings regularly on a casual basis with the Opera Australia chorus, appearing
this summer in Turandot and Eugene Onegin.
In April she performs the role of Erda in a special adaptation by Birmingham Opera of Das
Rheingold, arranged for reduced orchestral forces and presented at City Recital Hall by
Shaumet Music. In November 2024 she produced and performed the role of Ježibaba in a
fully staged chamber production of Dvořák's Rusalka.
In 2024 Jill performed Erste Magd and covered the role of Klytaemnestra in Richard
Strauss' Elektra with Dramatic Voices Berlin. During her time in Germany she also
performed Mahler's Kindertotenlieder with Douglas Perez at the Luisenkirche,
Charlottenburg.
In 2023 she covered Roßweiße in Die Walküre for Opera Australia, and sang chorus in Götterdämmerung and Aida. Earlier that year she toured with the company in Tannhäuser and Satyagraha. In 2022 she appeared as a Page in Lohengrin, headlined by Jonas
Kaufmann.
Her concert repertoire includes the Alto solo in Brahms' Alto Rhapsody, Messiah, and
Beethoven's Mass in C with The Queensland Choir. She has also presented solo cabaret
performances including the all-French Salon Rouge and Lady in the Dark at Epsom
House, Tasmania, with Simon Kenway.
Recital appearances include Night Songs with Alan Hicks (piano) and Robert Harris
(viola), and The Time of Roses for Art Song Canberra with pianist Donna Balson. As
Artistic Director of The Opera and Song Collective, Jill has collaborated with soprano Leah
Thomas, pianist Tonya Lemoh and Christine Draeger in programmes exploring Nordic
repertoire. She maintains a particular interest in Russian and Eastern European music,
collaborating with Natalia Melnik (Russian for Singers) and pianists Šárka Budinská,
Natalia Raspopova and Claire Howard-Race.
Based in Sydney, Louise Keast is a permanent member of the Opera Australia
Chorus and has performed in more than thirty operas with the company. In 2024
Louise performed her mainstage role debut at the Sydney Opera House in the role of
Papagena (The Magic Flute). Other performed roles with Opera Australia
include Spirits (Cinderella), Le Novizie (Il Trittico), First Page (Tannhäuser), Cretan
Woman (Idomeneo) and Faurés Requiem (soprano soloist). Additionally, Louise
regularly covers roles with OA; most recently Frasquita (Carmen), The Witch
(Hansel and Gretel) and Freia (Das Rheingold). Louise will cover the role of
Sylviane (The Merry Widow) later this year. Earlier in her career, Louise performed
the role of Fiordiligi in the Green Room Award nominated production of Così fan
tutte (IOpera), and was a Richard Divall Emerging Artist with Melbourne Opera.
Additionally, Louise has performed with Victorian Opera, Operantics, Gertrude
Opera, BK Opera, National Opera, Port Fairy Spring Music Festival and the
Mediterranean Opera Studio, Sicily. Louise has presented solo operatic recitals at
the Festival Junger Künstler, Bayreuth, in Germany.
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24 April
Andrei Hadap (organ)

Chaconne in E minor, BuxWV 160 - Dieterich Buxtehude (c.1637–1707)
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Boléro de concert, Op. 166 - Louis Lefébure-Wély (1817–1869)
Siciliano in G minor - Andrei Hadap (b. 1999)
Sortie in E-flat major - Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817–1869)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (from Cantata BWV 147) - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
arr. John E. West
Carillon de Westminster, Op. 54 No. 6 - Louis Vierne (1870–1937)
| Andrei Hadap is a pianist, composer, scholar, and teacher based in Sydney. He completed his Bachelor of Music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he received First-Class Honours and several academic awards. As a pianist, Andrei made his orchestral debut performing Brahms' First Piano Concerto with the Penrith Symphony Orchestra, later performing Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto in 2023. He was the inaugural Continuo Fellow for Pinchgut Opera from 2021 to 2023. Andrei is also an emerging scholar with many research interests such as historical performance and pedagogy. He is currently a PhD candidate and Postgraduate Fellow at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. As an organist, he was appointed as the Organ Scholar for St. Stephen's Uniting Church and frequently invited to perform organ with choirs around Sydney. More recently, he was the recipient of the 2025 2MBS Stefan Kruger Scholarship, and the winner of the 2025 Willoughby Symphony Orchestra Young Composer Award. As a multi-skilled musician, Andrei aims to push the boundaries of musical versatility. He is driven to blend these disciplines in his work to navigate the rapidly evolving musical landscape of today. |
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