Roger Woodward, the internationally celebrated and one of the most regarded pianists of our time, will perform at the Department of Tourism and Culture’s Araluen Arts Centre this August as part of his Australian tour.

“We are thrilled to have the unmissable Roger Woodward live on the Araluen stage,” Senior Director of the Department of Tourism and Culture’s Araluen Cultural Precinct, Dr Mark Crees said.

“Roger Woodward has performed all over the world including with some of the biggest Philharmonic Orchestras and he is considered one of the all-time great live pianists.”

For his latest Australian tour, Woodward has selected a program of Chopin’s Etudes and

Debussy’s poetic Estampes and L’isle Joyeuse, considered one of the most beautiful piano compositions of the 20th Century.

Woodward was discovered by Yehudi Menuhin, an American-born violinist and conductor and widely considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century, whilst he attended the UNESCO Jeunesses Musicales in Paris.

He has collaborated with the likes of Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Boulez and Jean Barraqué, as well as prominent Australian composers, such as Richard Meale, Anne Boyd and Ross Edwards.

He has performed at La Scala, the Hollywood Bowl, Tiananmen Square, the Royal Albert Hall, London for the BBC Promenade Concerts, La biennale di Venezia, New York Piano Festival, and at the invitation of the Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter, at the celebrated Grange de Meslay, Touraine.

Roger Woodward in Concert at the Araluen Arts Centre on Friday 10 August at 8:00pm.  

Ticket prices are $39.00 for adults, $35.00 for concession and $32.00 for Araluen Arts Centre Members.

Tickets are available online at www.araluenartscentre.nt.gov.au or from the Araluen Box Office on (08) 8951 1122.

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Araluen Cultural Precinct Director, Dr Mark Crees 08 8951 1126