Zachary Dunbar - 'Twilight'
Zachary Dunbar, piano
Built around the theme Twilight, this program explores music that reflects the subtle transition from light into ‘different light', a moment when reality loosens, forms soften, and edges dissolve. Spanning multiple musical eras, the selected works trace not only the interplay between darkness and light, but also the inward states twilight evokes: solitude, contemplation, traces of the past, and dreaming. Yet twilight is not solely hushed or elegiac. It can also suggest expectancy and renewal, as the fading of the past hints at the promise of new light.
PROGRAM
Thomas ADÈS Darknesse Visible (1992)
Maurice RAVEL Oiseaux Triste from Miroirs
Fréderic CHOPIN Nocturne in C-sharp Minor, Opus 27, No. 1
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Sonata una quasi fantasia in C-Sharp Minor, Opus 27, No. 2
Piotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY October from The Seasons
Fritz KREISLER - Sergei RACHMANINOV Liebeslied
Leoš JANÁČEK On an Overgrown Path
Frédéric CHOPIN Ballade in F Minor, Opus 52, No. 4
About the artist:
Zachary Dunbar is Associate Professor of Theatre and Principal Fellow in the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music at the University of Melbourne. His career began as a concert pianist before expanding into theatre, writing, and performance research. He studied piano at Rollins College with Sylvia Reynolds and Thomas Brockman, participating in masterclasses with Rudolph Firkusny, Guido Agosti, Gary Graffman, and Claude Frank. At Yale University he studied with Peter Frankl and Daniel Pollack, before winning a Fulbright grant to study with Kendall Taylor at the Royal College of Music. He has performed throughout Europe and the United States. His theatre works have been staged in London, Edinburgh, Copenhagen, and Melbourne, and his academic publications in theatre have received awards.
TICKETS $30 | $25
Online sales close at 7:30pm on the day of the concert. Tickets can be purchased at the door, dependent on availability. Tempo Rubato is a cashless venue.
Built around the theme Twilight, this program explores music that reflects the subtle transition from light into ‘different light', a moment when reality loosens, forms soften, and edges dissolve. Spanning multiple musical eras, the selected works trace not only the interplay between darkness and light, but also the inward states twilight evokes: solitude, contemplation, traces of the past, and dreaming. Yet twilight is not solely hushed or elegiac. It can also suggest expectancy and renewal, as the fading of the past hints at the promise of new light.
PROGRAM
Thomas ADÈS Darknesse Visible (1992)
Maurice RAVEL Oiseaux Triste from Miroirs
Fréderic CHOPIN Nocturne in C-sharp Minor, Opus 27, No. 1
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Sonata una quasi fantasia in C-Sharp Minor, Opus 27, No. 2
Piotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY October from The Seasons
Fritz KREISLER - Sergei RACHMANINOV Liebeslied
Leoš JANÁČEK On an Overgrown Path
Frédéric CHOPIN Ballade in F Minor, Opus 52, No. 4
About the artist:
Zachary Dunbar is Associate Professor of Theatre and Principal Fellow in the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music at the University of Melbourne. His career began as a concert pianist before expanding into theatre, writing, and performance research. He studied piano at Rollins College with Sylvia Reynolds and Thomas Brockman, participating in masterclasses with Rudolph Firkusny, Guido Agosti, Gary Graffman, and Claude Frank. At Yale University he studied with Peter Frankl and Daniel Pollack, before winning a Fulbright grant to study with Kendall Taylor at the Royal College of Music. He has performed throughout Europe and the United States. His theatre works have been staged in London, Edinburgh, Copenhagen, and Melbourne, and his academic publications in theatre have received awards.
TICKETS $30 | $25
Online sales close at 7:30pm on the day of the concert. Tickets can be purchased at the door, dependent on availability. Tempo Rubato is a cashless venue.
Friday 4 September 2026 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM (UTC+10)
Location
Tempo Rubato
34 Breese St, Brunswick VIC 3056
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