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Utzon Music 2025 Emily Sun & Slava Grigoryan

17 August 2025

In the Utzon Room

Classical Music

Two beloved artists in a new duo: international star violinist returning home, Emily Sun, and multi-ARIA-winning guitarist Slava Grigoryan, playing Piazzolla, Paganini, Locatelli, de Sarasate and a premiere by Andrew Howes.

Grigoryan’s genius is to transform the guitar into a singing voice ...we are taken to the heart of the music.

The Age

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Out of this world collaboration

It’s a joy to welcome the premiere of a new partnership between two rightly prized Australian artists, and to hear for the first time what’s firing their combined imagination.  The alchemy between these instruments, repertoire and personalities highlights the singing warmth of Emily Sun’s violin, and the ardent lyricism of Slava Grigoryan’s guitar.  Together, they’re a perfect match for bravura works by Niccolò Paganini, Astor Piazzolla, and Pablo de Sarasate.  And in contrast, Peitro Locatelli’s filigree sonata, and the world premiere of a serene work written for Emily and Slava by young Sydney composer, Andrew Howes. Together they offer audiences new perspectives and new sounds to relish.

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Artist Information

Emily Sun
Violin

Slava Grigoryan
Guitar

Program

Niccolò Paganini
Centone di sonate Op. 64, MS112, No. 1 in A minor

Andrew Howes
New Work

Astor Piazzolla
Histoire du Tango
I Bordel, 1900
II Café, 1930
III Nightclub, 1960
IV Concert d’aujournd’hui

Pietro Locatelli
Sonata in D minor, opus 6, no. 12 for violin and guitar
I Adagio
II Allegro
III Andante
IV Allegro

Pablo de Sarasate
Zigeunerweisen

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