Violin & Piano Recital on 16 April in KK & 17 April in Miri

Prelude Music will be organising 2 concerts in Kota Kinabalu and Miri for the duo, violinist IsinCakmakcioglu and pianist Michael Loftus-Hills, both from Australia. This concert is made possible with the generous support of the Australia-Malaysia Institute.

The concert in Miri will be at the GCM on the 17th April at 7.30pm. For enquiry please call James at 013-830 1236.

Violinist Isin Cakmakcioglu is pursuing a busy chamber music and solo career as well as performing regularly for radio broadcasts, CD recordings and concerts. Isin has been a member of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra since migrating to Australia in 1993.

Isin was born in Germany of Turkish parents and studied in Istanbul, Vienna and London. His teachers include artists such as Maurice Hasson and members of the Alban Berg and Amadeus Quartets. He won second prize in the National Violin Competition in Turkey in 1989. He has performed solo and chamber music concerts in Turkey, Britain, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Israel, Malaysia, Brunei, New Zealand and Australia.

Isin was the violinist of Trio Melbourne for seven years, which performed to great critical acclaim in Australia and overseas. Their CD of 20th Century Piano Trios received many fine reviews. Future engagements include Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in Istanbul and the Australian premiere of Turkish composer Sidika Ozdil’s String Quartet as part of Melbourne Symphony’s 2008 season.

Michael Loftus-Hills is an accomplished pianist and violinist. He studied at the Victorian College of Arts in Melbourne and has performed throughout Australia with various symphony orchestras and ensembles. He has worked with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, the Academy of Melbourne and Australia Pro Arte chamber orchestras.

Michael has appeared as soloist with the Australian Opera and the Australian Ballet and was concertmaster of the Esterhaza Baroque Ensemble which performed at festivals and radio broadcasts. Michael is a highly sought after educator and teaching artist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Victorian Arts Centre and runs his own teaching studio.

He is a violin lecturer at the Victorian College of the Arts and the University of Melbourne and has been a contract violinist with the Melbourne Symphony since 1996.

The artists acknowledge the generous financial support from the Australia-Malaysia Institute.