For a memorable night out, experience A Night at The Proms Spectacular – The Platinum Jubilee Celebration at The Q in Queanbeyan on Friday 13 May for one night only.
This stunning spectacular salutes the famous BBC Proms Concerts of London’s Royal Albert Hall, including well-known favourites Rule Britannia, Jerusalem, Radetzky March, and Land of Hope & Glory.
The greatest love songs of all-time including Love is a Many Splendored Thing, Mario Lanza’s The Loveliest Night of the Year, Stranger in Paradise, and beautiful selections from South Pacific.
The Governor Macquarie Memorial Pipe Band salutes the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo and with the orchestra, perform Amazing Grace, Skye Boat Song, Scotland the Brave and the magnificent Highland Cathedral.
Starring in A Night at The Proms Spectacular will be Virtuoso Concert Violinist, Ian Cooper.
Cooper was commissioned to compose and perform the Tin Symphony for the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney. The event was televised worldwide with an estimated 2.85 billion viewers. He is Australia’s most exciting virtuoso violinist and his high-energy and humorous performances draw on musical styles from Classical, Gypsy, Jazz, Irish, Tango, Latin, the Blues and even a touch of Cowboy music. He has appeared in Australia and overseas, both live and on recordings with artists as diverse as Australian Jazz trumpeter James Morrison, George Benson, John Farnham, Marcia Hines, Tommy Emmanuel, Mary Schneider, Barry White, Andrea Bocelli, David Helfgott, Neil Sedaka, and Olivia Newton-John.
In August 2015, Cooper was the guest artist of guitarist Tommy Emmanuel for his Australian tour and joined him on stage at the Sydney Opera House, Melbourne and Brisbane Concert Halls. Cooper and Emmanuel released an album together in July called Just Passing Through. Cooper said “I’m thrilled with this recording. Tommy has brought out some of my best violin playing ever!”
Following the success of an outback tour with pianist Simon Tedeschi in 2013, Cooper was invited back to present his show, Classics, Gypsy and Jazz, for the Queensland Music Festival in 2015. Together with pianist Ambre Hammond, they presented 16 concerts and master classes in remote towns in Far North Queensland.
The Australian composer Matthew Dewey was commissioned to compose a work for Symphony orchestra and three soloists – Cooper, trumpeter Morrison and Hammond. Symphony for the Inland Sea was premiered in July 2015 as part of the Mount Isa Celebrates event. The orchestra, made up of Mount Isa residents and guest artists from the Queensland Symphony, shared the stage with more than 300 musicians including the Mount Isa Community Chorus and Combined Schools Choir. The concerts were billed as being performed by the most remote symphony orchestra in the world.
Born into a family of classical musicians, Cooper began learning the violin from his mother at the age of four. His first live television appearance was at age five where he performed The Three Grenadiers by Schumann on Channel 7 Australia, and his Sydney Opera House debut was at age six. Cooper soon began his world travels and wowed audiences as a child star in the USA and Canada, and later in Britain, Europe and Japan for NHK TV.
At age 12, he performed with the Vienna Boys Choir in their hometown. Cooper was awarded a scholarship to the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music at age eight and continued his training there for the next ten years.
After meeting the famed French violinist Stéphane Grappelli, Cooper swung his attention towards Jazz, and his fiery approach to the Devil’s Instrument became reminiscent of the 1930s Quintet of the Hot Club of France.
A result of touring and endeavoring to perform with locals wherever he travels, Cooper has added Gypsy and Irish music to his exciting repertoire. Never forgetting his love of Classical music, he continues to perform concerts as a soloist with orchestras.
Cooper has released 10 CDs, the latest being Just Passing Through with Tommy Emmanuel. Among his many live performance accolades, Cooper has received 5 Golden Fiddle Awards, 2 MO Awards, 3 ACE Awards, and has been honoured with a platinum ARIA Award – the Australian equivalent of the Grammys.
He is also a qualified pilot and flies his band to concerts around Australia. He has composed soundtracks for Discovery Channel and is a keen yachtsman in his spare time.
Experience A Night at The Proms Spectacular – The Platinum Jubilee Celebration at The Q, Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre, Friday 13 May 7pm. Tickets make an ideal Mother’s Day gift.
Bookings: (02) 6285 6290 | www.theq.net.au
Tickets: Adults $85, Conc $81, Groups 8+ $79 each
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