Music and Tea - Across the Seas

Join emerging concert artists Violeta Shopova and international artist Eva Bogoevska, who share a Macedonian heritage. Violeta recently completed her studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Australia, while Eva has an established professional violin career in Macedonia. They perform alongside New Zealand collaborative pianist Gracie Francis, a 2026 graduate of the C. V. Starr Doctoral Program at The Juilliard School in New York.

The program charts a journey across Europe, from the charm of Mozart's Violin Sonata in G Major to the colours of Debussy, in his poignant and final chamber work, the Sonata for Violin and Piano, written close to his death. Zografski's Song for Solo Violin, a modern work rooted in Macedonian Folk Music, is balanced through the lightness of a Pleyel Sonata for Violin Duo. The program concludes with Shostakovich's Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano, each piece drawn from larger works and arranged for violins and piano. Familiar in form yet steeped in the times and places that shaped each composer, this music, like the performers themselves, has always travelled, carried across seas, borders, and generations to find new life in performance.

Tickets are free (donations appreciated) but bookings are essential, book your spot via Humanitix.

Music and Tea at the Gallery is produced by Inspire Music Australia.