Diane Berger (flute)
Richard Rourke (clarinet)
Sumiko Yamamura (pianoforte)
Parallax - Paul Moulatlet (b.1955)
Flute, clarinet & piano
Clarinet concerto K622 slow mvt - W.A. Mozart (1756- 1791)
Leaves . . . . in . . . time - Howard Dillon (b.1954)
Flute, clarinet & piano
Il Gardellino RV 428 1st and 2nd mvts - A. Vivaldi (1678- 1741)
Cirrus - Alan Holley (b.1954)
Flute, clarinet & piano
Where the Rivers Meet - Johanna Selleck (b.1959)
Flute & piano
Diane Berger has held the position of Principal Piccolo/Flute with the Opera Australia Orchestra since 1990. Before this time, Diane studied under Rosamund Plummer at the NSW Conservatorium gaining her Bachelor of Music (with Merit) and at Indiana University with Peter Lloyd and Kate Lukas attaining her Graduate Diploma of Performance (with Distinction). This was achieved with the support of a Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship, and grants from the Music Students' Overseas Study Foundation and the Sydney Conservatorium Association. Private teaching is also a great passion as well as performing in chamber music recitals. Diane is a Haynes Flute Representative Artist.
Richard Rourke spent two years freelancing in London before becoming a permanent member of the Opera Australia Orchestra in 1992. Richard has recorded and performed widely as a soloist and chamber musician performing with The Gallery Players, the Sydney Symphony and the Australia Ensemble. In 2010 he played with the Australian Chamber Orchestra on their trans-Atlantic tour, performing at the Tanglewood Festival in the US and major European summer festivals. Richard is a Yamaha Music Australia Artist.
Sumiko Yamamura is a freelance accompanist born in Japan. She completed Bachelor of Music in performance with Elizabeth Powell, and Graduate Diploma in piano accompaniment with David Miller at Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Sumiko has performed and recorded for ABC FM and Fine Music FM with various musicians and groups including Orana Trio, Sirius Ensemble, The Phoenix Ensemble, Ensemble Vinifera, Kammer Trio, John Cran and Richard Rourke and Jonathon Ramsay. Recently she performed for Lane Cove Music Club with Mark Walton.