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Richard Leo Tognetti AO is a leading Australian musician recognised internationally as a violin soloist, ensemble player, leader, composer and arranger, conductor and artistic director.
He is currently[when?] artistic director and leader of the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO).
Richard Leo Tognetti was born in Canberra.[citation needed] He was raised in Wollongong, where he began his violin studies with Harold Brissenden, the retired Scottish violist William Primrose, and his wife Hiroko, who was a Suzuki method specialist.[citation needed] At the age of 11 he was admitted to the Conservatorium High School in Sydney,[citation needed] and continued his tertiary studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.[citation needed]
His teacher was Alice Waten,[citation needed] herself a graduate of the Moscow Conservatory and former student of Valery Klimov and David Oistrakh. While there, Tognetti became leader and soloist of the chamber orchestra conducted by John Painter who was the Conservatorium's Director and later founder of ACO.[citation needed] In 1980 he won the National Youth Concerto Competition held in Brisbane by the Queensland Youth Symphony.[citation needed]
In 1987 Tognetti left Australia for post-graduate studies with Igor Ozim at the Bern Conservatory (now known as the University of the Arts Bern).[citation needed] During his time there he became a member of and soloist with the prestigious Camerata Bern, gave solo performances with the Bern Symphony Orchestra, and was guest concertmaster of the Basel Sinfonietta. Finally, at the end of his studies in 1989 he was awarded the Eduard Tschumi Musikpreis as the best graduate performer of that year.[citation needed]
On return to Australia that same year Tognetti was appointed first as leader and then as artistic director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, a remarkable development for a musician just 25 years old at the time. 2020 marked the 30th anniversary of his leadership of the orchestra.[citation needed]
During that time ACO has become regarded as one of the world's leading chamber orchestras. It tours several times a year around Australia presenting concerts in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth, Sydney and Wollongong and participates regularly in various Australian arts festivals. Its annual overseas visits have taken it to the UK and Europe, North America and Asia where it has been heard in some of the greatest concert halls including Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, London’s Barbican Centre and Royal Festival Hall, Vienna’s Musikverein, Los Angeles' Walt Disney Concert Hall, Washington, D.C.'s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, New York City’s Carnegie Hall, Birmingham’s Symphony Hall and Frankfurt’s Alte Oper. It has held residencies in Hong Kong, a three-year post in London as International Associate Ensemble at the Barbican Centre's Milton Court, and through Tognetti's role as artistic director of Slovenia's Maribor Festival[when?] has had regular engagements there.[citation needed]
ACO's reputation has been affirmed in the Australian and international media. For example, Vincent Plush in The Weekend Australian said, "The Australian Chamber Orchestra is uniformly high-octane, arresting and never ordinary", The New York Times' Jeremy Eichler noted "virtuoso ensemble playing and an invigorating spontaneity that seemed to flow from Mr Tognetti's charismatic leadership", The Washington Post's Anne Midgette described the orchestra as having "the energy and vibe of a rock band with the ability of a crack classical chamber group", the Los Angeles Times's Mark Swed said, "this red hot band is long overdue for a major record contract and star treatment", Andrew Clements from the UK's The Guardian declared, "If there’s a better chamber orchestra in the world today, I haven’t heard it", and London's The Times hailed one of its appearances there by saying, "This must be the best chamber orchestra on earth."[citation needed] Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra were featured in the 2003 documentary film Musical Renegades and it's soundtrack album, earning the Orchestra a nomination for the ARIA Music Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album in 2004.
Richard Tognetti
Richard Leo Tognetti AO is a leading Australian musician recognised internationally as a violin soloist, ensemble player, leader, composer and arranger, conductor and artistic director.
He is currently[when?] artistic director and leader of the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO).
Richard Leo Tognetti was born in Canberra.[citation needed] He was raised in Wollongong, where he began his violin studies with Harold Brissenden, the retired Scottish violist William Primrose, and his wife Hiroko, who was a Suzuki method specialist.[citation needed] At the age of 11 he was admitted to the Conservatorium High School in Sydney,[citation needed] and continued his tertiary studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.[citation needed]
His teacher was Alice Waten,[citation needed] herself a graduate of the Moscow Conservatory and former student of Valery Klimov and David Oistrakh. While there, Tognetti became leader and soloist of the chamber orchestra conducted by John Painter who was the Conservatorium's Director and later founder of ACO.[citation needed] In 1980 he won the National Youth Concerto Competition held in Brisbane by the Queensland Youth Symphony.[citation needed]
In 1987 Tognetti left Australia for post-graduate studies with Igor Ozim at the Bern Conservatory (now known as the University of the Arts Bern).[citation needed] During his time there he became a member of and soloist with the prestigious Camerata Bern, gave solo performances with the Bern Symphony Orchestra, and was guest concertmaster of the Basel Sinfonietta. Finally, at the end of his studies in 1989 he was awarded the Eduard Tschumi Musikpreis as the best graduate performer of that year.[citation needed]
On return to Australia that same year Tognetti was appointed first as leader and then as artistic director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, a remarkable development for a musician just 25 years old at the time. 2020 marked the 30th anniversary of his leadership of the orchestra.[citation needed]
During that time ACO has become regarded as one of the world's leading chamber orchestras. It tours several times a year around Australia presenting concerts in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth, Sydney and Wollongong and participates regularly in various Australian arts festivals. Its annual overseas visits have taken it to the UK and Europe, North America and Asia where it has been heard in some of the greatest concert halls including Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, London’s Barbican Centre and Royal Festival Hall, Vienna’s Musikverein, Los Angeles' Walt Disney Concert Hall, Washington, D.C.'s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, New York City’s Carnegie Hall, Birmingham’s Symphony Hall and Frankfurt’s Alte Oper. It has held residencies in Hong Kong, a three-year post in London as International Associate Ensemble at the Barbican Centre's Milton Court, and through Tognetti's role as artistic director of Slovenia's Maribor Festival[when?] has had regular engagements there.[citation needed]
ACO's reputation has been affirmed in the Australian and international media. For example, Vincent Plush in The Weekend Australian said, "The Australian Chamber Orchestra is uniformly high-octane, arresting and never ordinary", The New York Times' Jeremy Eichler noted "virtuoso ensemble playing and an invigorating spontaneity that seemed to flow from Mr Tognetti's charismatic leadership", The Washington Post's Anne Midgette described the orchestra as having "the energy and vibe of a rock band with the ability of a crack classical chamber group", the Los Angeles Times's Mark Swed said, "this red hot band is long overdue for a major record contract and star treatment", Andrew Clements from the UK's The Guardian declared, "If there’s a better chamber orchestra in the world today, I haven’t heard it", and London's The Times hailed one of its appearances there by saying, "This must be the best chamber orchestra on earth."[citation needed] Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra were featured in the 2003 documentary film Musical Renegades and it's soundtrack album, earning the Orchestra a nomination for the ARIA Music Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album in 2004.