Entertainment
9 June, 2023
Sounds of music set to impress at new festival
PLANNING for the newly formed Atherton Tablelands Chamber Music Festival is well underway, with an exciting program set to impress audiences.
The festival, which will take place on 22-24 September, is a solely artist-led event, grown from a previous concert series which started in 2016.
The festival is directed by Khalida De Ridder - a violinist with an impressive emerging international career.
Born in Atherton and raised in Silver Valley, she took to the stage at just five years of age and later graduated from the prestigious Royal Danish Academy of Music.
Her life priority is to give back to the very region she says shaped her core and artistic expression.
This year’s program will feature a string quartet, Sydney-based operatic soprano Katie Miller-Crispe as well as a young local talent, Jean Plushke, on piano.
Players of the North Queensland Chamber Orchestra will also perform, due to accompany classical guitarist Simon Thielke.
One of the highlights of the festival will be a public forum supported by a Regional Arts Development Fund thanks to Tablelands Regional Council. The forum will be an important first step in finding ways in which to attract, maintain and sustain skilled regionally based artists in our region.
The festival is now seeking sponsors to support the event, with individuals and businesses able to claim a tax deduction for any donation made to the festival made possible by the Australian Cultural Fund.
Anyone interested in assisting can contact Khalida directly at tablelandscmf@gmail.com or for a tax deductible donation, the link is www.artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2E9q000000CmSQEA0/atherton-tablelands-chamber-music-festival-2023
