An exciting group of four young musicians will play in Whanganui next week.
The Villani Piano Quartet will visit Whanganui on their five-concert tour as part of Chamber Music New Zealand's 2016 Encompass Series. The concert in Whanganui is presented by Chamber Music Wanganui.
After years of studying and performing in Europe, including gaining their Masters in Chamber Music, cellist Sarah Spence and violinist Marko Pop Ristov moved to Auckland where they met playing as principals with the newly formed Wairua Sinfonietta. They joined forces with established Auckland musicians, pianist Flavio Villani and violist Helen Bevin to create the Villani Piano Quartet.
The quartet came together to perform rarely played piano quartets from composers such as Brahms, Mahler, Schumann and others.
Marko has his Masters in Chamber Music from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Since his arrival in New Zealand in 2013 Marko is a regular player with the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra and the Auckland Chamber Orchestra as well as section leader of Bach Musica.