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Richard Tognetti contemplates a lonely, fin-free surf. PIC Jon Frank.
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Australian virtuoso violinist Richard Tognetti premiered his latest bizarre fusion of surf and sound in the most unlikely place last September - in the picturesque city of Maribor, in the wine-growing hills above Slovenia's River Drava.
The collaboration of Tognetti and friends playing the classics while surf cinematographer Jon Frank provides the vision, proved to be a huge hit at Festival Maribor, and the concert, known as "Glide", will make its Australian premiere at the Global Surf Industries Noosa Festival of Surfing, presented by Golden Breed.
Tognetti, one of the most respected violinists in the world, is celebrating his twentieth year as artistic director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra. What is not so well known about him is the fact that he is as enthusiastic about surfing as he is about music. A highly-skilled surfer who grew up riding the beach breaks around Wollongong, NSW, Tognetti has in recent years specialised in riding surfboards without fins, a movement pioneered by his friend, former pro surfer Derek Hynd.
In 2007, Hynd and Tognetti took a group of surfers to the remote coast of King Island in Bass Strait, where they experimented on finless boards by day and played music in rustic halls by night. The result, a film called "Musica Surfica", has been a smash hit at surf film festivals around the world, taking out awards in New York and San Sebastian.
"Glide" is a further extension of Tognetti's passion for exploring the moods of the ocean through music. "It's not 'happy-clappy aloha' stuff," he warns. "The ocean has its dark moments, and so does this work."
"Glide's" premiere in Slovenia included original compositions by Tognetti and works by Bach and Strauss. In Noosa, Tognetti will be accompanied for the two-hour concert by his ACO colleague, violinist Satu Vanska and a vocalist and percussionist.
"Glide" will be performed in a concert marquee at "Surf City" (Noosa Lions Park) on Monday, March 15, 2010.
Further information and ticket sales: www.noosafestivalofsurfing.com
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