Music & Tea at WAG: Macedonian Violin Duo

Emerging Artist Concert Series Violin and Piano Recital Join us for a morning of chamber music with violinists Violeta Shopova (22) and Eva Bogoevska (27), who perform with New Zealand pianist Gracie Francis. Violeta recently completed her studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Australia, studying with Goetz Richter, while Eva has an established professional violin career in Macedonia. Gracie is a 2026 graduate of the C. V. Starr Doctoral Program at The Juilliard School in New York. Their program charts a journey across Europe, from the charm of Mozart's Violin Sonata in G Major to the colours of Debussy in his poignant final work, the Sonata for Violin and Piano. Zografski's Song for Solo Violin, a modern work rooted in Macedonian Folk Music, is balanced by the lightness of a Pleyel Sonata for Violin Duo. The program concludes with Shostakovich's Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano, each piece drawn from larger works and arranged for violins and piano. Familiar in form yet steeped in the times and places that shaped each composer, this music, like the performers themselves, has always travelled, carried across seas, borders, and generations to find new life in performance. The Emerging Artist Concert Series at Music and Tea is a daytime concert series spotlighting some of Australia's most inspiring young artists. It provides dedicated, passionate musicians under 26 with performance opportunities and mentoring. REGULAR ATTENDEES, PLEASE NOTE: This concert is on the 2nd Thursday of October, not the usual 1st Thursday of the month. Doors open at 10:40 am. ENTRY FREE: Donation appreciated BOOKING: Encouraged and appreciated *Also at St Jude's Bowral, October 7 at 1:15 pm