Name: An Afternoon of Arias
Start: 2024-06-13T13:00:00+09:30
End: 2024-06-13T13:50:00+09:30
Location: 104 Tynte Street, North Adelaide

Well known Adelaide musicians Jiacheng Ding (tenor), and James Huon George (piano) perform arias by Tosti, Giordani, Bellini, Donizetti, Scarlatti, Mozart, Gastaldon, and Lehar at the Baroque Hall at North Adelaide.
Program:
Non T'amo Piu – Francesco Paolo Tosti
Caro mio ben - Giuseppe Giordani
Ma rendi pur contento - Vincenzo Bellini
Una furtiva lagrima - Gaetano Donizetti
Greg Clouds S. 199 - Franz Liszt
Gia il sole dal Gange - Alessandro Scarlatti
Vanne, o rosa fortunata - Vincenzo Bellini
Il mio tesoro intanto - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Nocturne ‘Dreaming’ S. 207 - Franz Liszt
Vaga luna, che inargenti - Vincenzo Bellini
Musica proibita - Stanislao Gastaldon
Dien ist mein ganzes Herz - Franz Lehar
Biographies:
Jiacheng Ding began learning the piano at the age of 3. He studied both voice and piano at the prestigious Nanjing Normal University in China where he graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Music Performance and teaching. He was also the recipient of the Changjiang Cup – the First Prize of the national Normal Students Singing Competition. In 2017 he moved to Australia to commence postgraduate study at the Elder Conservatorium and in 2018 he graduated with High Distinction from The University of Adelaide with a Masters of Music (Performance). Jiacheng joined the first cohort of artists in State Opera South Australia’s Opera Academy and has worked with Nicholas Braithwaite, Graham Abbott, Sharolyn Kimmorly, Anthony Hunt, Rosalind Martin, Sally Anne Russell and Glenn Winslade. Performances for the State Opera as a member of the chorus include Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. For Co-Opera – Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Concert repertoire as tenor soloist includes Gounod’s Requiem and Orff’s Carmina Burana for Victoria Chorale in Melbourne, appearances at The Queen Adelaide Club, Handel’s Messiah with The Adelaide Harmony Choir and Corinthian Singers of Adelaide, Britten’s Chichester Psalms and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with Adelaide Chamber Singers, Mozart’s Requiem and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with CoOpera, Haydn’s Nelson Mass with Adelaide Philharmonia Choir and recitals of Schumann’s Die Schöne Müllerin and Dichterliebe Flinders St Baptist Church “Tuesdays on Flinders” 2018/2019 and at Elder Hall. In 2022, performances include The Golden Cockerel for Adelaide Festival, Rinuccio in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi for Co-Opera, Puccini’s Messa di Gloria for Victoria Chorale, Handel’s Messiah at Coriole Winery, Parpinol in Puccini’s La Bohème and Topp in Meale’s Voss both for State Opera South Australia.
James Huon George is gaining a reputation as an outstanding young piano talent from South Australia. Born in 1999, and raised in Adelaide, he is currently undertaking a Masters in Music (Performance Studies) at the Elder Conservatorium, University of Adelaide under the tutelage of Lucinda Collins, having previously completed undergraduate study under Stefan Ammer, and Konstantin Shamray. James is a well known performer in Adelaide, and has had many performance broadcasts on Radio 5MBS, appeared in the Recitals Australia, Flinders University, Tuesday on Flinders, Mount Lofty Music Club, and Baroque Hall concert series. Many of his performances have been reviewed, and praised heavily by members of the Adelaide Critics Circle. A passionate chamber player, and collaborative pianist, James often performs alongside South Australia’s finest young musicians in various contexts. Throughout his postgraduate studies, he has been awarded the 2023 Norman Chinner scholarship by the Elder Conservatorium. As a concert curator, James has organised concerts in a diverse array of contexts, encompassing lecture-recitals, fundraising events, and independent solo, and ensemble concerts. He has featured as a concerto soloist with local orchestras – recent highlights include Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 with the Burnside Symphony Orchestra in 2021, and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 at the North Adelaide Baroque Hall in 2023. After completing his Masters in Adelaide, James intends on furthering his studies overseas, and preparing for piano competitions.