ANAM Recital: Lili Stephens
Wed 22 Oct 2025, 3.30PM

As a musician’s instrumental proficiency develops, so too does their artistic taste and temperament. Each ANAM musician’s recital is a snapshot in time – simultaneously summarising their year of training and revealing glimpses of their future selves. What music excites them? What do they want to communicate? How does their art help them understand the world better? Hear what the next generation of virtuosi have to say, and how, in the 2025 ANAM Recital series.

Drama and Virtuosity: From Shakespeare to Storms
"Step into an evening of passion, wit, and virtuosity as the violin takes center stage. This program opens with Erich Korngold’s Suite from Much Ado About Nothing, a charming and cinematic take on Shakespeare’s beloved comedy. Eugène Ysaÿe’s Sonata No. 4 follows—a dazzling solo tour de force blending elegance and fire. The recital concludes with Beethoven’s stormy Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, a dramatic and emotionally charged masterpiece that pushes both instruments to their expressive limits. From light-hearted mischief to brooding intensity, this recital traverses the full spectrum of the violin's voice." — Lili Stephens

Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD Much Ado About Nothing Suite, op. 11
Eugène YSAŸE Violin Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, op. 27 Fritz Kreisler
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, op. 30 no. 2

Lili Stephens (QLD) violin
Reuben Johnson (alum 2024) piano

Photo by Pia Johnson