Noosa Orchestra brings its 2025 concert season to a thrilling conclusion with A Finnish Finish to the Year — a program brimming with colour, drama and virtuosic brilliance.
Led by conductor Antoni Bonetti, the orchestra and ensembles will perform a rich and evocative program featuring works by Sibelius, Sarasate, Mahler, Borodin, Mendelssohn and Grainger with internationally acclaimed violinist and conductor Daniel Kossov as soloist.
Daniel has performed in many of the world’s foremost concert halls including the Théâtre des Champs Elysées (Paris), Carnegie Hall (New York), Musikverein (Vienna) and Wigmore Hall (London).
A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia) and the Guildhall School of Music (London), Daniel moved to Australia at age 23 to become Leader of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. He has since appeared with the Melbourne, Tasmanian and Queensland Symphony Orchestras and was awarded the Centenary Medal for Service to Australian Society and the Advancement of Music.
Daniel will perform two violin solos: Finnish composer Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 and Pablo de Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy.
Sibelius’s only concerto remains one of the most emotionally intense and technically demanding works in the violin repertoire. This evocative piece captures the brooding Nordic spirit.
Based on Bizet’s beloved opera, Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy is a dazzling showcase of violin virtuosity. Expect fiery Spanish rhythms, lyrical charm and a finale of breathtaking flair.
“The Sibelius is a rich, powerful and intense work, which requires a very passionate and direct sound, as well as being able to project through the complex and interesting orchestration,” Daniel said.
“The Carmen is much lighter, charming and nimble music where the soloist is tasked with playing many, many notes very fast, up and down the fiddle, while staying true to the original operatic material.
“The audience will enjoy the stark difference between these works as well as observing the full range, technical and musical, of what is possible on the violin.”
Conductor Antoni Bonetti said these pieces were very challenging for the violin soloist.
“Carmen is Sarasate’s clever arrangement of the most well-known movements from the Bizet’s Opera “Carmen”,” Antoni said. “The violinist needs to fly and run in the Sarasate; and be very expressive in the Sibelius.”
This farewell to 2025 is the largest gathering of musicians Noosa Orchestra has assembled.
The concert is on Sunday 16 November at 2.30pm at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Hall (Noosaville)
Tickets from trybooking.com – adults $40, students (18+) $15, school age $10 or $45 at the door (cash only).
For more information visit: noosaorchestra.com.au
