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3 March, 2023
Celebration of classical music
TABLELANDERS looking for their classical mu-sic fix are being invited to come along to the second annual Atherton Tablelands Chamber Music Festival to be held in September.
Directed by Tablelands local Dr. Khalida De Ridder, the festival will run from 22-24 September and gather a mix of local and interstate classical musicians including soloists and a chamber orchestra.
Dr De Ridder met her now husband, Danish classic guitarist Simon Thielke, at the Royal Academy of Music in Denmark and upon re-turning home each year to visit family, hosted a classical music concert on the Tablelands.
“In 2021 we started it up but we have had a music series on the Tablelands since about 2016,” Dr De Ridder said.
“There is no real clas-sical music festival past Townsville, they have an amazing one which is one of the largest in Aus-tralia.
“I feel like the Tablelands has a very high classical music lover population.”
In the lead up to the festival, several smaller concerts are being held across the Tablelands over the next couple of weeks.
The next concert will be held on 11 March at the Yungaburra Hall before another performances in Atherton at Halloran’s Hill on 18 March.
To book your tickets for the upcoming concerts head to https://www.try-booking.com/CFNZV
