{"product_id":"eye-of-the-night","title":"Eye of the Night","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEye of the Night | \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrio Lyra\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7pm, Friday 16th October\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMelbourne-based musicians Alyse Faith, Sandra Ionescu and Katia Mestrovic present a program inspired by the natural world, mythology and the enduring relationship between landscape and storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough the distinctive combination of flute, viola and harp, they journey through forests, beneath the ocean’s surface, to legendary lost cities and across celestial skies. Along the way, vivid musical landscapes emerge in Natalia Mann’s Fire Tree, Mel Bonis’ Scènes de la forêt, Miguel del Aguila’s Submerged, Alan Stivell’s YS, Robert Paterson’s Xi Wang Mu, and David Bruce’s The Eye of Night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether, these works invite audiences to explore the wonder, mystery and imagination inspired by the world around us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist Bios:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSandra Ionescu\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSandra Ionescu is a distinguished violist who began her musical journey in Romania and later \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eadvanced her studies at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, earning both a Bachelor \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDegree in Music Performance, and a Masters Degree in Performance Teaching. Since \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erelocating to Australia, she has become an integral part of the classical music community.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSandra is an active and versatile chamber musician, regularly performing professionally across Australia. She is the core violist of the Alari String Quartet and the newly formed Trio \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLyra. Sandra has participated in numerous chamber music festivals, including the Australian \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChamber Music Festival in Townsville in 2024, where she performed as part of the Australian \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYouth Orchestra's Momentum Ensemble.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe is active in performing new music including premiering contemporary works by composers \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esuch as Stuart Greenbaum, Julia Potter, and Elena Kats-Chernin. Sandra recently completed a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003econtract with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and, earlier in 2024, served as the sole violist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efor Opera Australia's production of Sunset Boulevard. She regularly performs with esteemed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAustralian ensembles, including the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQueensland Symphony Orchestra, and Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. In 2025, Sandra joined \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe Australian tour of Les Misérables: The Arena Spectacular and will re-join the tour from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOctober-December 2025 at the Shanghai Grand Theatre for their production in China.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSandra has received numerous awards, including the Corinna D'Hage Mayer String \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScholarship, Monash-Pratt Musician Performance Scholarship, first prize in several Romanian \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNational Competitions, and was a winner of The Richard Bonynge Orchestral Fellowship with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrchestra Victoria. Her solo performances have been showcased in several high-achievement \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eprograms, most notably being one of few solo violists to be selected to perform in Music \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVictoria’s Seasons of Excellence held at Melbourne Recital Centre. Passionate about music \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eeducation, Sandra dedicates herself to teaching viola at Scotch College, where she motivates \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003estudents while maintaining her career as a performing artist. She also participates \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eenthusiastically in outreach initiatives that aim to broaden the appreciation of the viola as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003echamber, musical theatre, orchestral, and solo instrument, firmly convinced of its capacity to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eenhance lives and foster artistic inspiration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlyse Faith\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAustralian flautist, Alyse Faith is an exciting and versatile performer. She is a prizewinner of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eseveral competitions in Australia and abroad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlyse was the winner of the Leslie Barklamb Flute Competition in 2018 and the winner of The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFlutes in Tuscany Young Artist Award in 2019.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlyse is a casual musician with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, Opera \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAustralia Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic. She \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas a member of the MSO Academy in 2023. Alyse has appeared as guest principal flute with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlyse holds a Master of Arts in Performance degree from the Royal Academy of Music in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLondon. She studied under renowned teachers William Bennett, Michael Cox and Patricia \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMorris. Her studies at the Academy were generously supported by the Bouddi Foundation for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe Arts, The Ian Potter Cultural Trust and the PPCA Performers’ Trust Foundation. Alyse was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCommended in the Royal Academy of Music J \u0026amp; J Brough Flute Prize 2019-20. Alyse has also performed with the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, Royal \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcademy of Music Opera Orchestra and the University of London Symphony Orchestra. She \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eperformed as principal flute on tour in China with the orchestra of the Australian International \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOpera Company.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKatia Mestrovic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKatia is an eclectic modern-classical harpist-composer based in Melbourne. Her goal in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eperforming and composing is to show audiences the versatility of the harp - its extended \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etechniques, capacity for resonance, moods and colours. She graduated from The Sydney \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConservatorium of Music with High Distinction (2022), mentored by renowned international \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esoloist, Alice Giles AM. 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