After Kreutzer

Anna Goldsworthy, piano and original monologue
Andrew Haveron, violin
Neil Armfield AO, directorial consultant

Image Andrew Beveridge

Presented in partnership with the J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice at The University of Adelaide.

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About Anna Goldsworthy & Andrew Haveron

Anna Goldsworthy is an award-winning pianist and writer, and a festival director. She is an Associate Professor at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide, and Director of the J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice. As a pianist, Anna performs extensively throughout Australia and internationally. An accomplished chamber musician, Anna is a founding member of Seraphim Trio. In 2019, Seraphim released the ARIA-award-winning CD Thirteen Ways to Look at Birds, with Paul Kelly, James Ledger, and Alice Keath, alongside the ambitious CD set Trio Through Time for the ABC, tracing the development of the piano trio from Mozart and Haydn until today. As a writer, Anna was awarded Newcomer of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards for her debut memoir, Piano Lessons, released in Australia, North America, Germany, Korea and Vietnam, detailing her formative education with pedagogue Eleonora Sivan. Her most recent book, the novel Melting Moments, was released in 2020 to wide acclaim, and has been shortlisted for the Colin Roderick Award. In 2021, Anna is also Artist and Writer in Residence at the Melbourne Recital Centre, and Artistic Director of the Coriole Music Festival.

Andrew Haveron has established himself as one of the most sought-after violinists of his generation, enjoying accolades as a soloist, chamber musician and concertmaster. In 1999 Andrew was appointed leader of the Brodsky Quartet. A busy schedule saw the quartet perform and broadcast in its unique style all over the world. Andrew has appeared with numerous groups such as the Nash and Hebrides ensembles, Kathy Selby and Friends, the Verbruggen Ensemble, the Sydney Soloists and Ensemble Q. He has appeared in recitals around Australia with the pianists Piers Lane, Simon Tedeschi and Anna Goldsworthy. He has held positions as concertmaster and director with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia and, since 2014, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Andrew has also worked extensively with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. He can be heard on many film and computer game soundtracks including Disney’s Fantasia game. In 2004 Andrew received an honorary Doctorate from the University of Kent for his services to music. He plays on a G.B. Guadagnini violin from 1757, a generous loan to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.