Round I (sessions 3 and 4)
Queenstown Memorial Centre

9.30am: Insiders Guide: Up close to the Chasm (Mana Waiariki)
The 2026 MHIVC commissioned composer, Salina Fisher, sits down with Mana to discuss her commissioned work Chasm and why the history of the MHIVC commission is integral to the global music community.

ROUND I – SESSION 3

10:00-10:35am: Alexey Stychkin (Berlin)
Pianist: Sarah Watkins

JS Bach – Adagio and Fuga Sonata 1 in G minor
Paganini – Caprice No 9
Fisher – Chasm
Bouchkov – Fantaisie on two Ukrainian Folk Themes for solo violin

10:35-11:15am: Maxim Tzekov (Berlin)
Pianist: Paige Roberts Molloy

JS Bach – Grave and Fuga from Sonata No 2 in A minor
Paganini – Caprice No 10
Ysaÿe – Solo Sonata No 3 in D minor Ballade, Op 27
Debussy – Sonata for violin and piano

11.15-11.30am: INTERVAL

11:30am-12:10pm: Julia Wang (Vienna)
Pianist: Sarah Watkins

JS Bach – Grave and Fuga from Sonata No 2 in A minor
Paganini – Caprice No 7
Fisher – Chasm
Schumann (arr Kreisler) – Fantasy in C major, Op 131
Jingping Zhang – Harvest Celebration

12:10-12.45pm: Hairui Lei (Philadelphia)
Pianist: Paige Roberts Molloy

JS Bach – Grave and Fuga from Sonata No 2 in A minor
Paganini – Caprice No 17
Fisher – Chasm
Wieniawski – Variations on an original theme, Op 15

ROUND I – SESSION 4

2:00-2:45pm: Emmalena Huning (Perth)
Pianist: Sarah Watkins

JS Bach – Grave and Fuga from Sonata No 2 in A minor
Prokofiev – Sonata No 2 in D major, Op 94a
Saint-Saëns (arr Ysaÿe) – Caprice d’après l’étude en forme de valse, Op 52 No 6

2:45-3.30pm: Ruiyi Wang (Shanghai)
Pianist: Paige Roberts Molloy

JS Bach – Adagio and Fuga Sonata 1 in G minor
Paganini – Caprice No 24
Brahms – Sonata No 2 in A major, Op 100
Ravel – Tzigane

3.30 – 3.45pm: INTERVAL

3:45-4:30pm: Yebin Yoo (New York)
Pianist: Sarah Watkins

JS Bach – Adagio and Fuga from Sonata No 3 in C major
Fisher – Chasm
Amy Beach – Romance          
Debussy – Sonata for violin and piano        

4.30-5:15pm: Xunyue Zhang (Berlin)
Pianist: Paige Roberts Molloy

JS Bach – Grave and Fuga from Sonata No 2 in A minor
Paganini – Caprice No 24
Fauré – Sonata in A major, Op 13

7.00pm for 7.30pm
25th Silver Anniversary Gala Dinner and Concert

Tickets via Humanitix