Wednesday Lunchtime Concert: Classical Lines, Romantic Fire
Wed, 15 Apr
|Wesley Music Centre
On Wednesday 15th April 2026, Canberra’s most well-loved pianist, Robert Schmidli, returns to the Wesley Lunchtime Concert series to perform a wonderful program of works by Beethoven (Sonata Op 2 no 2 in A major), Chopin (Tarantella Op 43 and Berceuse Op 57) and more.
Time & Location
15 Apr 2026, 12:40 pm – 1:20 pm
Wesley Music Centre, 20-22 National Circuit, Entrance via, Fitzroy St, Forrest ACT 2603, Australia
About the event
On Wednesday 15th April 2026, Canberra’s most well-loved pianist, Robert Schmidli, returns to the Wesley Lunchtime Concert series to perform a wonderful program of works by Beethoven (Sonata Op 2 no 2 in A major), Chopin (Tarantella Op 43 and Berceuse Op 57) and Liszt (Polonaise no 1 in C minor – "Polonaise Mélancolique").
Robert Schmidli studied with Alice Farquhar, Iola Shelley and Johannes Giessen in New Zealand and later with Steven MacIntyre and Jean Starling in Melbourne. He passed his LTCL and LRSM diplomas in New Zealand while studying medicine. In his first year of Medicine in Christchurch he was awarded the Union in Graduates in Music prize at Canterbury University. During his medical studies in Dunedin he performed on national and local radio. He has played works including the Liszt second piano concerto and the Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini with orchestras in New Zealand and Australia.…