OCT 20TH, 2019
4 – 6 PM
Tempo Rubato
34 Breese St, Brunswick 3056
Tickets full: $30, student & conc: $20
Doors open: 3pm
(Close to Anstey Station and plenty of parking close by.)

After Nicholas performs Introspection there will an Intermission. In the second half Nicholas will play 3 piano pieces from my new Rare View album. He will then be joined with renowned string players ANAM cellist Fellow Gemma Kneale and concert violinist Ben Spiers to perform 5 new chamber works.

Rare View’s 2018 World Premiere at Tallis Pavilion, Beleura House was sponsored by SONY and Stuart & Sons and was also the debut concert of the world’s first 108-key Stuart & Sons concert grand piano. I re-arranged the album’s repertoire to encompass its extra 20-key range. The live recording of this performance is on this website.

Known as the Big Beleura (BB), this is the world’s first 9-octave piano.

The Rare View Victoria Premiere encompasses the extra 14-key range of a 102-key Stuart residing at Tempo Rubato.

Critics of Rare View say:

Griffiths takes ‘the working premises or the essence of Romantic “fullness” and remakes it all in his own image.’
Classic Modern Music, New York, Jun 24th 2019

‘…is stunning to mind and body. I sat… listening for an hour, flabbergasted… individuality in unexpected and touching ways.’
factsandarts, Bordeaux, May 6th 2019

Critics of Introspection say:

‘There is substantial music to be heard… it has authentic originality. Very beautiful piano music’
Classic Modern Music, New York, Feb 28th 2019

‘Griffiths can move easily from one mode of expression to another seamlessly.’
Fanfare Magazine, New York, Apr 4th 2018

‘…great compositional balance of virtuosity, simplicity, fragility and drama… This is not an easy task for solo piano music.’
CutCommon, Hobart, Jul 30th 2017

‘Griffiths really has developed his own style… he can be confident in calling all of his compositions uniquely his own.’
Canberra Critics Circle, Dec 6th 2016

‘He has established himself as an accomplished composer and his Introspections justify close listening.’
News Weekly, Melbourne, Nov 5th 2016