Maestria Productions proudly presents…

Cozy Winter Recital Series:

Elyane Laussade, piano

After two sold out concerts in July, Maestria Productions returns with the second concert in the Cozy Winter Recital Series.  Concert pianist, Elyane Laussade, will present a solo recital of piano favourites including works by Mozart, Chopin, Liszt and others.

Elyane, American pianist and a Julliard graduate, will be performing in Perth for the first time so do not miss  this chance to enjoy the artistry of this formidable pianist.

About the venue:
  The Cozy Winter Concert Series will take place at the Victoria Park Centre of the Arts, a small intimate and unique space with only 30 seats + a piano stool and a Steinway model B Piano.

We will offer two concerts:

Friday evening at 6:30pm - 13th of September 2024 

Or

Saturday evening at 6:30pm - 14th of September 2024

Refreshments are included in the ticket price.


About the Artist

A graduate of the Juilliard school in New York City, pianist Elyane Laussade has delighted audiences on five continents with her imaginative and strongly individual playing. The New York Times has said she is ‘a pianist with a powerful, polished technique and many an original interpretive notion with an impeccable sense of style and dazzling power’.

Originally from the USA, she has now established herself as one of Australia’s finest performers. She has performed on numerous occasions with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and has been featured by ABC Classic FM and 3MBS in studio recordings and live broadcasts.

As a soloist, Elyane has performed in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, China, Japan, South Africa, the USA, Taiwan and Europe. 

As a recording artist Elyane has recorded ‘Just for You’ a solo CD, ‘These Little Things’ with Sydney-based violinist Jemima Littlemore, and ‘Humanation’ with Melbourne cellist Luke Severn.

Elyane’s most recent endeavour is the Mozart Project which will see her perform all 27 Mozart piano concertos with orchestras around Australia.  She enjoys a rich chamber music involvement along with her solo career. 

Her love for the musical experience as a close encounter has inspired her to run a special series of intimate recitals at the Laussade Studio in Melbourne. Elyane enjoys performing in her studio as a soloist and in collaboration with Australian and international musicians.

Find out more about Elyane here:  www.elyanelaussade.com.au


Elyane Laussade will also lead two masterclasses on Sunday the 15th of September, and Monday the 16th of September - for more info please check out www.maestriaproductions.com/masterclasses

Elyane Laussade, Beethoven piano concerto ‘The Emperor’

Past Events

Maestria Productions proudly presents:  

Cozy Winter Recital Series: Giuseppe Fausto Modugno, Piano

Joining us all the way from Italy for an enchanting piano recital, international concert pianist Giuseppe Fausto Modugno will delight listeners with a program of Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Schubert, Brahms and Mendelssohn. The recital will be followed by a short refreshment where you can meet the artist and enjoy a drink with friends.

About the venue:
 The Cozy Winter Concert Series will take place at the Victoria Park Centre of the Arts, a small intimate and unique space with only 25 seats + a piano stool and a Steinway model B Piano.

We will offer two concerts:

Saturday evening at 6pm - 6th of July 2024 

Or 

Sunday afternoon at 4pm - 7th of July 2024

Refreshments are included in the ticket price.

Giuseppe Fausto Modugno plays 'Arabesque' No.1 by Claude Debussy

About the Artist…

Giuseppe Fausto Modugno, Bologna, ITALY, graduated ‘magna cum laude’ in piano performance at the Conservatory of Bologna at the age of 20, while simultaneously obtaining a degree in literature from the University of Bologna. Modugno then completed his postgraduate studies at the prestigious Academy of Imola as one of the first students of Maestro Franco Scala - where he received tuition from many formidable pianists such as Joerg Demus, Nikita Magaloff, Bruno Canino and Antonio Ballista. In 1983 he obtained a diploma from the Accademia Chigiana in Siena under the tutelage of Guido Agosti, where he was awarded a grant for the highest grade in his graduating year. In 1984 he specialised in piano duets with Antonio Ballista at Città di Castello, and at the Festival of Nations where he also won the award for best pupil. Modugno has also studied composition under the guidance of Cesare Grandi and conducting with Maurizio Benini.

Modugno is active as a solo recitalist, concerto artist and chamber musician, reflecting an infinite number of musical tastes and influences. 

He has won seven national competitions and two international competitions as a soloist and duettist. He has enjoyed success both as a soloist and concerto artist, and consistently plays in the major concert halls in Italy and abroad. He has recorded for the RAI broadcasting company of Italy and has been on tours to Russia, Germany, Spain, the United States, Japan and other countries, playing in prestigious venues and major concert halls. Modugno is also regularly invited to conservatories around the world to give masterclasses.

From 2004 to 2007 Modugno was artistic secretary for the ‘Orchestra Mozart’ directed by Claudio Abbado ( (www.orchestramozart.com ) and is currently manager of the "Accademia dell'Orchestra Mozart" ( www.accademiaorchestramozart.it ) . For many years he has been passionately involved, both at the Accademia Filarmonica and in other prestigious musical academies, in preparing a series of conferences and concert-conferences which he frequently gives on composers and on the historical and aesthetic background to major classical works. He has appeared regularly on RAI TV (Italian National Broadcaster) programmes with Corrado Augias, both playing as well as illustrating the music he plays. Since 2003 he has been Artistic Director and Teacher of Music Summer Courses at the “Campus degli Incamminati” in Modigliana (www.incamminati.com ).

In 2001 he was awarded the ‘Nettuno d’oro’ by the Bologna branch of the Lions Club as best city artist of the year, while the city’s Rotary Club awarded him the ‘Paul Harris Fellow’ for his merits in the musical field. In 2004 he was given an honorary Diploma as pianist by the Australian Society of Musicology and Composition. He plays with top-class musicians and dedicates particular attention to piano duets (in particular with the pianist Donatella Pieri) and string and wind ensembles (he regularly plays with the violinists Alberto Bologni and Emanuele Benfenati, as well as with the cellists Geoffrey Rutkowski and Nicoletta Mainardi, and the clarinetist Corrado Giuffredi).

Among his recordings it is worth mentioning his CD for Nuova Era dedicated to the complete works for piano duets by Mendelssohn, and for the Ermitage label the Sonatas by Brahms for cello and piano, as well as the double CD containing the Opera omnia of Mozart’s piano duets. He devotes much of his attention to contemporary and Italian repertoire, and has recently completed a first-ever world recording for the Tactus label of three CDs with works by Stefano Golinelli, Domenico Liverani and Ernesto Cavallini. Recently a CD with music by F.H.Haydn for violin and piano was released by CONCERTO .

He holds the post of Professor of Principal piano at the Conservatory of Modena "Vecchi-Tonelli" in Italy, where he also serves as Director of the Institute.

For the Italian speakers, please enjoy this illuminating conversation between Corrado Augius and Giuseppe Fausto Modugno on the music of Tchaikovsky.